Tests Quotes - Page 28

• Many criminals believe what they say is true; they could pass a lie detector test.

  Michael Moore

  Lying, Believe, Criminals

  4 Copy quote

• If in my twenties I'd gotten one of the two-dozen roles that I did screen tests for and almost got, I think I would have become bored with the awards circuit, the whole hype machine.

  Viggo Mortensen

  Thinking, Awards, Two

  4 Copy quote

• I would like to fly in space. Absolutely. That would be cool. I used to just do personally risky things, but now I've got kids and responsibilities, so I can't be my own test pilot. That wouldn't be a good idea. But I definitely want to fly as soon as it's a sensible thing to do.

  Elon Musk

  Kids, Responsibility, Space

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• Perhaps measuring animal intelligence by comparing it to human intelligence isn't the best litmus test.

  Ingrid Newkirk

  Animal, Compare, Measuring

  "Top Scientific Minds Declare That We Are Just One Among Many Animals" by Ingrid Newkirk, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 28, 2012.

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• Today, I marvel at the vegan foods in the supermarket, at the cruelty-free clothing choices in stores, and at the fantastic alternatives to dissection in schools, the modern ways to test medicines without killing rabbits and beagles, the many forms of entertainment involving purely human performers.

  Ingrid Newkirk

  School, Medicine, Choices

  "Every Week There is More Reason to Feel Empathy for Animals" by Ingrid Newkirk, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 17, 2009.

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• Evolution is a theory, and it's a theory that you can test. We've tested evolution in many ways. You can't present good evidence that says evolution is not a fact.

  Bill Nye

  Way, Facts, Evolution

  "Science Guy Bill Nye Explains Why Evolution Belongs in Science Education". Interview with Sarah Fecht, www.popularmechanics.com. February 4, 2011.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Drinking, Ignorance, Stupid People

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free Beer”, p.110, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

  53 Copy quote

  Show source

• What would annoy the most people most often? That is the true left-wing test of government intervention.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Government, Wings, People

  5 Copy quote

• Can advertising foist an inferior product on the consumer? Bitter experience has taught me that it cannot. On those rare occasions when I have advertised products which consumer tests have found inferior to other products in the same field, the results have been disastrous.

  David Ogilvy

  Rare Occasion, Fields, Taught

  David Ogilvy (1963). “Confessions of an advertising man”, Holiday House

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• I get extra time to take the test because of my ADD. Everybody's brains works differently and I just need longer for things to register.

  Mary-Kate Olsen

  Extra Time, Brain, Add

  7 Copy quote

• It's in the difficult times that we're growing and you can't just rebuke everything hard. We've got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test.

  Joel Osteen

  Fighting, Growing, Difficult Times

  4 Copy quote

• Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it's the real test of your character and of your faith to say, 'Things are not going our way, but I'm still being good to people; I'm still attending church; I still have a good attitude.'

  Joel Osteen

  Attitude, Real, Believe

  "Interview: Joel Osteen on Power of Prayer, Forgiveness, Trusting in God's Timetable". Interview with Melissa Barnhart, www.christianpost.com. September 24, 2013.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I think a big test we all face in life on a regular basis is that discouragement test. Life's not always fair, but I believe if you keep doing the right thing, God will get you to where you are.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Believe, Thinking

  10 Copy quote

• Let's means-test benefits - let's means-test Social Security and Medicare and make the rich pay more for these benefits.

  Rand Paul

  Mean, Benefits, Pay

  5 Copy quote

• The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.

  Pele

  Inspirational, Player, Important

  8 Copy quote

• I'd go to the farmers' market in Santa Barbara, and I'd put out my guitar case, and I'd test out these little ditty songs that I would write, and I would get a couple of avocados, a bag of pistachios, and, like, fifteen bucks. That was a lot of money for me.

  Katy Perry

  Song, Couple, Writing

  "The GQ Cover Story: Katy Perry" by Amy Wallace, www.gq.com. January 21, 2014.

  21 Copy quote

  Show source

• Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days.

  John Pilger

  Writing, Reality, Looks

  Interview with David Barsamian, progressive.org. July 16, 2007.

  14 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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.

  Steven Pinker

  Order, Police, Hours

  "This much I know". Interview with Tom Templeton, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2008.

  53 Copy quote

  Show source

• There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Song, Writing, Thinking

  Edgar Allan Poe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated)”, p.1877, Delphi Classics

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• Technique is the test of sincerity. If a thing isn't worth getting the technique to say, it is of inferior value.

  Ezra Pound

  Technique, Sincerity, Inferiors

  7 Copy quote

• I think I've failed every test I've ever taken. If there was a failure I would have been it.

  Lisa Marie Presley

  Taken, Thinking, Taking Things For Granted

  4 Copy quote

• Every job I do, I like to think it makes me better or I learn things. It's all about how much something's going to stretch me or test me.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Jobs, Thinking

  4 Copy quote

• You can't completely control the sport - Tiger Woods comes close. The test is against yourself and nature's own way. I find golf a particularly good metaphor for this story.

  Robert Redford

  Sports, Golf, Stories

  4 Copy quote

• I'm dating myself by saying this, but I was the test audience for 'Space Invaders.' I remember when that was the first game that wasn't a pinball game. I spent a lot of money on 'Space Invaders,' in the form of quarters, of course.

  John C. Reilly

  Games, Space, Dating

  "Comic-Con: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman and Rich Moore Talk WRECK-IT RALPH, Vintage Video Games and Getting the Rights to Game Characters". Press Conference, collider.com. July 13, 2012.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Marathon running, for me, was the most controlled test of mettle that I could ever think of. It's you against Darwin.

  Ryan Reynolds

  Running, Thinking, Marathon

  5 Copy quote