Test Quotes

I'm not sure. I did not set it up. I have never done a polygraph test in my life. I didn't know what to expect. I was just there to answer the questions that they put in front of me.

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.

I want my books to last, to stand the test of time, and to do that I focus on the forces that shape the subject - the cultural and sociological geography - to capture them in a way that will explain them no matter what they are doing.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

I want to try out for Playmate actually. I talked to one of the photographers about doing test shots.

I enjoy the work I do in comedies. It's a valid test of your creative abilities.

And I don't watch cricket. How can you like a game that requires you to take four days off work to follow a Test?

And the test for any actor is whether you stay at the table or go away.

The simplest definition of advertising, and one that will probably meet the test of critical examination, is that advertising is selling in print.

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'

I had a test on my kidneys a few weeks back and found out I have two.

Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.

First you date the songs, and then you get engaged and then you marry them. They have to stand the test of time, because they are going to be yours for the next 20, 30, 40 years. So you had better choose right.

I consider a poem to be a kind of experiment where a number of elements are brought together under test conditions to see how they will interact to create meaning or relevance.

The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.

Moreover, in the experimental sciences, the scientific fraternity must test a new theory to destruction, if possible.

I won't back down. I get a satisfaction from being tested and defeating the test.

The work that we do during the winter is very important; we have a new bike and it's important to develop it during this time, and we start with this test.

The universe is an intelligence test.

I have a Ph.D. in cell biology. And that's really manual labor. I mean, experimental science, you do it with your hands. So it's very different. You're out there in a lab, cleaning test tubes, and it just wasn't that fascinating.

I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test.

On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.

Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth.

Instead of an attic with a few test tubes, bits of wire and odds and ends, the attack on the atomic nucleus has required the development and construction of great instruments on an engineering scale.

In a certain sense, aspects of my solo playing were developed in order to test the theory about how long particular elements could be, as parts of so-called free improvisations.

Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose.

In a Glasser Quality School there is no such thing as a closed book test. Students are told to get out their notes and open their books. There is no such thing as being forbidden to ask the teacher or another student for help.

The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means that the population is winding up its nervous and intellectual system to the utmost point of tension and that sometimes it snaps.

Friendships that have stood the test of time and change are surely best.

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.