If you look at literacy tests in the South, for example, they were absurdly difficult and didn't measure literacy. They were simply… — Marc Lamont Hill Copy Share Image
We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory. Like the images the… — Georges Duhamel Copy Share Image
The game of science is, in principle, without end. He who decides one day that scientific statements do not call for any… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It has the property of detonating very violently in certain circumstances. On one occasion a small amount of ether solution of pyroglycerin… — Ascanio Sobrero Copy Share Image
Zia turned toward us, her expression grim. “I will show you to your quarters. In the morning, your testing begins. We will… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
By the time the average person finishes college, he or she will have taken over 2,600 tests, quizzes, and exams. The right… — Roger von Oech Copy Share Image
In this nation I see tens of millions of its citizens, a substantial part of its whole population, who at this very… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
So many things beat upon us in a lifetime that simply enduring may seem almost beyond us… But the test a loving… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
When everything goes wrong, what a joy to test your soul and see if it has endurance and courage! An invisible and… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
I'm arrogant enough to tell you that I'm smart enough to have scored higher on my Scholastic Aptitude Test than any US… — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
I remember learning to drive on my dad's lap. Did you guys ever do that? He'd work the brakes. I'd work the… — Garry Shandling Copy Share Image
Well, it's such a record that you can only compare it with Bob Beamon's long-jump world record set in the 1968 Olympics… — Sunil Gavaskar Copy Share Image
In California we froze property taxes, school size increased, test scores declined, and there was a massive middle-class white flight to private… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
But the reason I call myself by my childhood name is to remind myself that a scientist must also be absolutely like… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
America you are beautiful . . . and blessed . . . . The ultimate test of your greatness is the way… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Today the real test of America's power and wisdom is not our capacity to make war but our capacity to prevent it.… — Dale E. Turner Copy Share Image
It's two seasons since I raced in Sepang and I'm looking forward to it now. It's a track where you have a… — Dani Pedrosa Copy Share Image
I don't think that there's substantiated evidence that shows that voter fraud is such a rampant problem that we have to put… — Clay Aiken Copy Share Image
We knew before we came (to earth) that there would be many adverse circumstances to test us: accidents, sickness, and disease to… — Robert E. Wells Copy Share Image
You get two weeks after you do a shoe where you can test whether it's good or not - if you're going… — Manolo Blahnik Copy Share Image
I think there is a potential civic culture in Arab countries that can lead to democratic institutions and I think Iraq is… — Richard Perle Copy Share Image
The test of a man’s religious life and character is not what he does in the exceptional moments of life, but what… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The principle of science, the definition, almost, is the following: The test of all knowledge is experiment. Experiment is the sole judge… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Wind, weather, power, load - gradually these elements stop churning in my mind. It's less a decision of logic than a feeling,… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
With recidivism algorithms, for example, I worry about racist outcomes. With personality tests [for hiring], I worry about filtering out people with… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
In his mercy, He sent the storm itself to make us seek help. And then knowing that we're likely to get the… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
The people that choose to face life, the people that choose to embrace it, the people that choose to just soak it… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The intelligence community, in particular the FBI, have been sounding alarms about this for more than a year. So to argue that… — Angus King Copy Share Image
Twenty centuries of 'progress' have brought the average citizen a vote, a national anthem, a Ford, a bank account, and a high… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
Guerrilla war is a test of wills. Obama's actual objectives - rollback in Iraq, containment in Syria - are not unreasonable. But… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
In the past few months I've become religious, I've started to believe in god, creationism and intelligent design, and the reason that… — Stewart Lee Copy Share Image
Picasso spent hundereds of hours carefully planning his masterpieces. The sketchbooks were filled with ideas, bits and pieces, test runs, none of… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
Scholars, who pride themselves on speaking their minds, often engage in a form of self-censorship which is called "realism." To be "realistic"… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Rose: "I was testing dorm security. It sucks." Dimitri: "You must be freezing. Do you want my coat?" Rose: "I'm fine. What… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
We constantly see surveys that reveal this ignorance, especially among our high school students,78 percent of whom, in a recent nationwide multiple-choice… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Poets are excellent students of blizzards and salt and broken statuary, but they are always elsewhere for the test. Any intention in… — Dean Young Copy Share Image
So how can we test the idea that the transition from nonlife to life is simple enough to happen repeatedly? The most… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
The true test is, whether the object be of a local character, and local use; or, whether it be of general benefit… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
As part of the process, there are a lot of different ways to evaluate players. There are a number of different companies… — Bill Belichick Copy Share Image
As unity demanded for its expression what at first might have seemed its opposite--variety; so repose demands for its expression the implied… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image