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"Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes." »Carl Sandburg
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"If someone offers to furnish a sure test, ask what the test was which made the sure test sure." »Author Unknown
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"More important than winning the election, is governing the nation. That is the test of a political party -- the acid, final test." »Adlai Ewing Stevenson
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"We do not quite say that the new is more valuable because it fits in but its fitting in is a test of its value -- a test, it is true, which can only be slowly and cautiously applied, for we are none of us infallible judges of conformity." »T. S. Eliot
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"The test of courage comes when we are in the minority the test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority." »Ralph W. Sockman
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"The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority." »Ralph W. Sockman
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"This life is a test. It is only a test. Had this been an actual life, you would have received further instructions as to what to do and where to go." »Unknown
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"There is no reason to accept the doctrines crafted to sustain power and privilege, or to believe that we are constrained by mysterious and unknown social laws. These are simply decisions made within institutions that are subject to human will and that must face the test of legitimacy. And if they do not meet the test, they can be replaced by other institutions that are more free and more just, as has happened often in the past." »Noam Chomsky
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"Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it." »Milan Kundera
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"Children are born true scientists. They spontaneously experiment and experience and reexperience again. They select, combine, and test, seeking to find order in their experiences - "which is the mostest? which is the leastest?" They smell, taste, bite, and touch-test for hardness, softness, springiness, roughness, smoothness, coldness, warmness: the heft, shake, punch, squeeze, push, crush, rub, and try to pull things apart." »R. Buckminster Fuller
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"No one should be judge in his own case." »Publilius Syrus
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"...tests are a gift. And great tests are a great gift. To fail the test is a misfortune. But to refuse the test is to refuse the gift, and something worse, more irrevocable, than misfortune." »Lois McMaster Bujold, Shards of Honor
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"Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering." »Richard Buckminster Fuller
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"Egotism -- usually just a case of mistaken nonentity." »Barbara Stanwyck
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"In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you." »Mortimer Adler
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"In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark." »Nicholson Baker
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"What is the answer I was silent. In that case, what is the question" »Gertrude Stein
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"Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the idea is quite staggering." »Arthur C. Clarke
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"The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest." »Conan Doyle
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"The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity." »George Stanley McGovern
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"You know why there's a Second Amendment In case the government fails to follow the first one." »Rush Limbaugh
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"It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins." »Karl Barth
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"In case of doubt it is best to lean to the side of mercy." »Legal Proverb
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"I realize that I'm generalizing here, but as is often the case when I generalize, I don't care." »Dave Barry
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"A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take her off his hands." »Sacha Guitry
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"What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet." »Woody Allen
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"Science says that there are many more universes apart from ours. In that case, even when we think universally, we still think locally!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"In case you never noticed, the path you never chose has chosen you." »Jason Mraz
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"What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet." »Woody Allen
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"As an answer on any test, the best of you will always be better than the least of you." »Chase LeBlanc
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