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Whether statistics be an art or a science... or a scientific art, we concern ourselves little. It is the basis of social and political dynamics,… — Adolphe Quetelet
This is a test. It is only a test. Had it been an actual job, you would have received raises, promotions, and other signs of… — Robert Benchley
The test of good citizenship is loyalty to country. — Bainbridge Colby
To be true to one's self is the ultimate test in life. To have courage and the sensitivity to follow your hidden dreams and stand… — Flo Hyman
Quitting smoking can be a very good test of ones character. Pass the test and you will have accomplished so much more than just get… — Abraham Maslow
Energy will be the immediate test of our ability to unite this Nation, and it can also be the standard around which we rally. On… — Jimmy Carter
We are constantly being put to the test by trying circumstances and difficult people and problems not necessarily of our own making. — Terry Brooks
Many 'hard' scientists regard the term 'social science' as an oxymoron. Science means hypotheses you can test, and prove or disprove. Social science is little… — Michael Kinsley
We must trust to nothing but facts: These are presented to us by Nature, and cannot deceive. We ought, in every instance, to submit our… — Antoine Lavoisier
Art has always had as its test in the long term the ability to speak to our innermost selves. — Bill Viola
There never comes a point where a theory can be said to be true. The most that one can claim for any theory is that… — A.J. Ayer
Complexity kills. It sucks the life out of developers, it makes products difficult to plan, build and test, it introduces security challenges, and it causes… — Ray Ozzie
The day when the scientist, no matter how devoted, may make significant progress alone and without material help is past. This fact is most self-evident… — Ernest Lawrence
The test of a theory is its ability to cope with all the relevant phenomena, not its a priori 'reasonableness'. The latter would have proved… — John Polkinghorne
This was what the universities were turning out nowadays. The science-is-a-sacred-cow boys. People who believe you could pour mankind into a test-tube and titrate it,… — Frank M. Robinson
It has the property of detonating very violently in certain circumstances. On one occasion a small amount of ether solution of pyroglycerin condensed in a… — Ascanio Sobrero
The physicist can never subject an isolated hypothesis to experimental test, but only a whole group of hypotheses. — Pierre Duhem
Never lead your soldiers to battle if you have not first confirmed their spirit and known them to be without fear and ordered; and never… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity. — Jane Rule
Not only is [a half marathon] a good test for the marathon, it is also good for those who feel they were just getting going… — Grete Waitz

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