Examination Quotes - Page 3

Great success in examinations does naturally not as a rule go with originality of thought.

A happiness that won't stand up to examination is less than worthless.

The examining physician often hesitates to make the necessary examination because it involves soiling the finger.

On examinations: Das Wissen ist der Tad der Forschung. Knowledge is the death of research. Nernst's motto.

And finally I begin to have such a success in my examinations that I found myself in a career you see.

I visited the Gymnasium in The Hague and passed my final examination (in the sciences section) in 1943.

The crucial question one comes back to is the examination; without that experience is meaningless. And I think it's true that society is becoming more and more passive, less and less fired up with enthusiasm, in many spheres.

Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever.

A nonviolent life is an act of self-examination and self-purification, whether by an individual, group or nation.

It is not expedient or wise to examine our friends too closely; few persons are raised in our esteem by a close examination.

The fiction writer has to engage in a continual examination of conscience. He has to be aware of the freak in himself.

The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.

We also have issue oriented storylines which are an examination of an issue, be it ethical or social.

Whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion, be on your guard; you will probably find, on examination, that your belief is going beyond what the evidence warrants.

Cut through the ridicule and search for factual information in most of the skeptical commentary and one is usually left with nothing. This is not surprising. After all, how can one rationally object to a call for scientific examination of evidence? Be skeptical of the skeptics.

Twas the saying of an ancient sage that humour was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour. For a subject which would not bear raillery was suspicious; and a jest which would not bear a serious examination was certainly false wit.

It’s not only for unanswered questions that we seek knowledge but also for the examination of unquestioned answers.

Do not on any account attempt to write on both sides of the paper at once.

He was appalled by the examination system, when it was explained to him, he could not imagine a greater detterent to the natural wish to learn than this pattern of cramming in information and disgorging it on demand.

All of us must come to an honest, open self-examination, an awareness within as to who and what we want to be.

All I remember about the examination is that there was a question on Sturm's theorem about equations, which I could not do then and cannot do now.

Students should not feel as if they had missed the boat if they failed examinations and should be presented with more opportunities to further their studies.

When the evening was over, Anne could not be amused…nor could she help fearing, on more serious reflection, that, like many other great moralists and preachers, she had been eloquent on a point in which her own conduct would ill bear examination.

Something like Nightmare On Elm Street, to me, was kind of an examination of levels of consciousness and the pain of facing the truth, and how easy it is to fall asleep, or want to fall asleep.

One of the first things we teach medical students is to listen to the patient by taking a careful medical history. Ninety percent of the time, you can arrive at an uncannily accurate diagnosis by paying close attention, using physical examination and sophisticated lab test to confirm your hunch (and to increase the bill to the insurance company).