Quotes having the keyword Tests
A renewed commitment to the freedom and opportunity of our people is the touchstone of our time. In this new century, where tests are many and challenges change with the shifting of the wind, we must hold fast to the principles that have made our nation the envy of the world.
by Bill Owens (Politician, American , born in 1950) keywords: century, challenges, change, commitment, envy, fast, freedom, hold, made, many, must, nation, new, opportunity, our, principles, renewed, shifting, tests, time, touchstone, where, wind , world When the National Security Agency recruited me, they put me through a day of lie detector tests. They found out all my weaknesses and immediately seduced me. They used the strongest drugs in our culture, sex, power and money, to win me over.
by John Perkins (Economist) keywords: agency, culture, day, drugs, found, immediately, lie, money, national, our, out, over, power, put, recruited, security, seduced, sex, strongest, tests, through, used, weaknesses , win Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.
by Karl Popper (Philosopher, Austrian , born in 1902) keywords: again, alive, flawed, good, guess, kill, remain, tests , theories I was not surprised by the results of the Horizon experiments, but I remain willing to observe and consider any and all other tests that are done under similarly precise conditions.
by James Randi (Entertainer, Canadian , born in 1928) keywords: any, conditions, consider, done, experiments, horizon, observe, other, precise, remain, results, similarly, surprised, tests, under , willing There was a danger that skeptics and opponents would misread those likelihood ratio tests as rejections of an entire class of models, which of course they were not.
by Thomas J. Sargent (Economist, American , born in 1943) keywords: class, course, danger, entire, likelihood, models, opponents, ratio, rejections, skeptics, tests, those, were, which , would And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn't graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing.
by Bob Schieffer (Journalist, American , born in 1937) keywords: ace, after, biological, creative, did, doing, going, graduate, help, honors, journalism, over, realized, some, switched, tests, those, time, two, writing , years The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description of all atomic phenomena.
by Erwin Schrodinger (Scientist, Austrian , born in 1887) keywords: accepted, accurate, atomic, consistent, countless, description, framework, mathematical, now, passed, phenomena, quantum, successful, tests, theory , universally And as part of my activity there, he had indicated he wanted me to work with him on that and conduct the various technical tests. And so a few months later I moved from Southern California up to the Monterey Peninsula where I still live today.
by John Sexton (Photographer, American , born in 1952) keywords: activity, california, conduct, few, had, him, indicated, later, live, months, moved, part, peninsula, southern, still, technical, tests, today, up, various, wanted, where , work Some films could only have been cast in one way: Screen tests were given and the losers got the parts.
by Gene Shalit (Critic, American , born in 1932) keywords: been, cast, could, films, given, got, losers, only, parts, screen, some, tests, way , were The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.
by Gail Sheehy (Writer, American , born in 1937) keywords: action, course, develops, faced, habit, his, leader, lies, life, meeting, over, secret, tests, those , whole There was a lot of protest after Bravo, from countries like India, for example. India was the first country which came forward and proposed at the United Nations that all of these nuclear tests should be stopped, that there should be a complete ban on nuclear testing.
by Martha Smith (Actor, American , born in 1953) keywords: after, ban, bravo, came, complete, countries, country, example, first, forward, india, lot, nations, nuclear, proposed, protest, should, stopped, testing, tests, these, united , which That said, ID does not qualify as science because it gives us nothing to test or measure. Science requires replicable tests involving measurable variables.
by Tony Snow (Journalist, American , born in 1955) keywords: because, does, gives, id, involving, measurable, measure, nothing, qualify, requires, said, science, test, tests, us , variables Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.
by Willie Stargell (Athlete, American , born in 1940) keywords: beings, come, human, later, life, lord, pampered, real, tests, their , until But in any case, I did poorly on the tests and so, in the first three years of school, I had teachers who thought I was stupid and when people think you're stupid, they have low expectations for you.
by Robert Sternberg (Educator, American , born in 1949) keywords: any, case, did, expectations, first, had, low, poorly, school, stupid, teachers, tests, think, thought, three , years In other words, the better they did on the IQ test, the worse they did on the practical test and the better they did on the practical tests, the worse they did on the IQ test.
by Robert Sternberg (Educator, American , born in 1949) keywords: better, did, iq, other, practical, test, tests, words , worse Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.
by John Greenleaf Whittier (Poet, American , born in 1807) topics: Peace keywords: battle, ever, hath, higher, knew, manhood, peace, tests , than As I look back over fifty years of ministry, I recall innumerable tests, trials and times of crushing pain. But through it all, the Lord has proven faithful, loving, and totally true to all his promises.
by David Wilkerson (Clergyman , American) keywords: back, crushing, faithful, fifty, his, innumerable, look, lord, loving, ministry, over, pain, promises, proven, recall, tests, through, times, totally, trials, true , years But the person who scored well on an SAT will not necessarily be the best doctor or the best lawyer or the best businessman. These tests do not measure character, leadership, creativity, perseverance.
by William J. Wilsonkeywords: best, businessman, character, creativity, doctor, lawyer, leadership, measure, necessarily, perseverance, person, sat, scored, tests, these, well , will
