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Tests Quotes - Page 32

If you want to keep a friend, never test him.

John Steinbeck (2008). “The Winter of Our Discontent”, p.138, Penguin

I believe strongly that we should have nominees to the United States Supreme Court based on their qualifications rather than any litmus test.

John McCain at The Third Presidential Candidates Debate at Hofstra University at Hempstead, New York, www.nytimes.com. October 15, 2008.

Once we allow ourselves to be disobedient to the test of an accountant's profit, we have begun to change our civilization.

John Maynard Keynes (1982). “Activities 1931-1939: world crises and policies in Britain and America”

What is the true test of character unless it be its progressive development in the bustle and turmoil, in the action and reaction of daily life.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1853). “Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art”, p.46

Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1853). “Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art”, p.57