Tests Quotes - Page 4

Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.

My politics were pretty anarchistic until 1969 when the Montreal police went on strike. Within hours, mayhem and rioting broke out and the Mounties had to be called in to restore order. It instilled in me that one's convictions can be subjected to empirical test.

The worst pain ... isn't the pain you feel at the time, it's the pain you feel later on when there's nothing you can do about it, They say that time heals all wounds, But we never live long enough to test that theory.

The great test of life is ... not to endure storms, but to choose the right while they rage.

The final test of a painting, theirs, mine, any other, is: do the painter's emotions come across?

Every test, every trial, every heartache that's been significant, I can turn it over and see how God has turned it into good no matter what.

The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.

The test of true competence is the end result.

We have oftener than once endeavoured to attach some meaning to that aphorism, vulgarly imputed to Shaftesbury, which however we can find nowhere in his works, that "ridicule is the test of truth."

There are no tests similar to SATs to tell us how much undergraduates know. State legislators, who appropriate billions of dollars each year to higher education, are naturally interested in finding out what they are getting for their money.

IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.

Running for the presidency's not an IQ test.

There is no better test of a man's integrity than his behavior when he is wrong.

In all the splendor of solitude... it is a test of myself, and one thing I loathe is to have to test myself in front of other people.

Never forget that God tests his real friends more severely than the lukewarm ones.

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

Anybody can work when everything goes smoothly, when there is nothing to trouble him; but a man must be made of the right kind of stuff who can rise above the things which harass and handicap the weak, and do his work in spite of them. Indeed, this is the test of greatness.

Rick Steiner is so stupid, he once stayed up all night to study for a urine test.

I have learned of this great force and will never test the boundless energy of what is karma.

Are there a lot of designers that matter? The industry hasn’t got a litmus test any more. The whole thing has imploded. Watch it die, like the banking industry

Keep doing the right. God is building character in you, and you are passing that test. Remember, the greater the struggle, the greater the reward.

Speculation is perfectly all right, but if you stay there you've only founded a superstition. If you test it, you've started a science.

THE BIGGEST TEST FOR PARENTS IS NOT HOW THEY PARENT, BUT HOW THEY RESPOND TO DISORDER AND UNPREDICTABILITY

Test Cricket is not a light-hearted business, especially that between England and Australia.

The Finals are about a test of wills.