Just to the extent that the Bible was appealed to in matters of science, science was retarded; and just to the extent… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I'd been taught from an early age that I was in the 'other' category on the standardized tests. You know, I had… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
Our knowledge and our ability to handle our problems progress through the open conflict of ideas, through the tests of phenomenological adequacy,… — Rudolph Rummel Copy Share Image
The one test of the really weird (story) is simply this--whether or not there be excited in the reader a profound sense… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Perhaps the pleasure one feels in writing is not the infallible test of the literary value of a page; perhaps it is… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
In Jamaica we had the English way of schooling from the age of four, so when I got to America I was… — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
Before the first atomic bomb test, scientists took the time to calculate whether the blast would ignite the nitrogen in Earth's atmosphere… — Dennis Overbye Copy Share Image
Not only is [a half marathon] a good test for the marathon, it is also good for those who feel they were… — Grete Waitz Copy Share Image
The Monks of Cool, whose tiny and exclusive monastery is hidden in a really cool and laid-back valley in the lower Ramtops,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I think there's a danger with any great art, that if you begin to test your ideas on other people, and get… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
Strange, when one thinks of all the other boys, infinite experimental kisses, test tube infatuations, crushes, pseudo-loves. All through this physical separation,… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
I am not against standardized tests. There are tests and tests and tests, and, to simplify, the ones I favor are criterion-referenced… — Nicholas Lemann Copy Share Image
Don't tell me what delusion he entertains regarding God, or what mountebank he follows in politics, or what he springs from, or… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Those who actually set out to see the fall of a city or those who choose to go to a front line,… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
When men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe... that the ultimate good desired is… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
We’re all good when it suits us, he used to say: that doesn’t count. It’s when you want so badly to do… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Some men may be genetically inclined to have and hold a single partner, while some may not. In the near future, young… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
Friday morning, Kylie, Miranda, and Della, each carting suitcases, walked the trail to meet up with their parents. They walked slowly, like… — C.C. Hunter Copy Share Image
Laboratory tests are the next set of important numbers to know. Here are the key lab test numbers you need to know:… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I ... am endeavoring ... to attend to my own duty only as a Christian. ... let us take care that our… — William Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I have not seen that standardised tests make the profession less attractive, though some principals respond to them in a way that… — Wendy Kopp Copy Share Image
Basically, being alive means keeping yourself ready for the sky to fall in on you at any time. If you start from… — Yasmina Khadra Copy Share Image
We have among us a class of mammon worshippers, whose one test of conservatism or radicalism is the attitude one takes with… — Richard T. Ely Copy Share Image
People think of life as being so sacred and they feel like this is their only chance and they have to do… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
In pulp fiction it is a rigid convention that the hero's shoulders and the heroine's balcon constantly threaten to burst their bonds,… — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
And for me, it is a choice. I understand that for many people its not, but for me its a choice, and… — Cynthia Nixon Copy Share Image
Ideals are very often formed in the effort to escape from the hard task of dealing with facts, which is the function… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men. Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Many a young lady does not realize just how strong her love for a young man is until he fails to pass… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The library in summer is the most wonderful thing because there you get books on any subject and read them each for… — Polly Horvath Copy Share Image
Franklin Roosevelt said the test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance to those who have much;… — Patrick J. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Physicians today, as human beings, are not exempt from the perverse economic pressures created by fee-for-service regimes to see more patients for… — Mitch Kapor Copy Share Image
The drug war has nothing to do with making communities livable or creating a decent future for black kids. On the contrary,… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
Objectivity cannot be equated with mental blankness; rather, objectivity resides in recognizing your preferences and then subjecting them to especially harsh scrutiny… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
God's command to have dominion over every living thing is a call to service, a test of responsibility, a rule of love,… — Hugh Nibley Copy Share Image
It takes courage to push yourself to places you have never been before... to test yout limits... to break through barriers. And… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico, Haiti… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
The heavenly bodies are nothing but a continuous song for several voices (perceived by the intellect, not by the ear); a music… — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
It's a strange atmosphere always over there, it is darker and less glamorous, and you don't feel as high. It is a… — Arsene Wenger Copy Share Image