See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise, you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that.
Douglas Adams
ThinkYouForgetTestWillSee
The biographies and autobiographies are on the whole more impressive than the fiction of the last two decades, but the freakish best sellers among them are least likely to withstand the test of time.
Harold Acton
TimeBestTestMoreTwoFiction
Not long after I got my test pilot qualification, I realised there was no manned space flight programme in the U.K., and there was unlikely to be one.
David Mackay
SpaceLongFlightTestPilotGot
Many athletes are seeking new and novel ways of pushing their limits, and the challenge of running back-to-back races is certainly one way to test the boundaries.
Dean Karnazes
ChallengeLimitsNewTestWayMany
It's good to draw spectators to the grounds, but I don't think Twenty20 will help you produce good Test cricketers.
Garfield Sobers
GoodThinkHelpYouTestWill
The hearing test, which involved sitting in a quiet room listening to noises of various pitch played through headphones, confirmed the worst. I had no hearing in my left ear whatsoever.
David Hewson
ListeningQuietTestSittingWorst
Babies are born bow-legged in South Dakota. By the age of 12, they can purchase guns. At 14, they can take their driving test. Fortunately, since the geographical area of South Dakota can accommodate both France and Germany, but has a population of only 750,000, the chances of hitting anything are pretty slim.
Clive Sinclair
AgeDrivingBornTestGunsAnything
I was forced away from the plantation because I wouldn't go back and withdraw, you know, my literacy test after I had tried to take it. I wouldn't go back.
Fannie Lou Hamer
YouBackGoKnowTestLiteracy
I did not dwell on the issue of Europe during either the 2001 or the 2005 campaigns - despite it being a pivotal personal concern and despite seeing it as something of a litmus test for liberal democracy.
Charles Kennedy
DemocracySeeingTestDwellPersonal
There's only one test of a great children's book, or a great children's film, and that is this: If it can be read or viewed with pleasure by adults, then it has the chance to be a great children's film, or a great children's book.
Chuck Jones
ChildrenGreatBookChanceTest
There was a general consensus to go for the nuclear test. The whole nation wanted it, and it was done properly.
Abdul Qadeer Khan
GoDoneTestNationConsensusWhole
Bromates are regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act, but officials are required to test for them only when water leaves a treatment plant.
Charles Duhigg
WaterPlantDrinking WaterTestAct
It's a big part of what we do - we test our movies extensively. I'm always there myself. It's sometimes difficult to sit through, especially if it's a version of the movie that's not working particularly well.
Bobby Farrelly
MyselfSometimesMoviesTestAlways
The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I get a response there, then I accept.
D. H. Lawrence
MindBodyTestAcceptAnythingGet
I change my socks often, because I had bad bouts of athlete's foot fungus infections as a kid. I may be able to change socks less frequently and not get the fungus. But, I'd rather not run the test to determine just how infrequently I could change socks. I don't feel superstitious about it.
Bill Nye
ChangeFeelBadSocksTestRun
It's annoying to be on the bench - it's truly annoying - but it's a test you have to overcome, and that's how you progress. It's difficult because all you want is to be able to help the team, and when you're on the bench, you can't.
Anthony Martial
ProgressTeamHelpYouWantTest
There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief.
Barbara Castle
PeopleLawTestPoorWelfareRelief
I really don't get nervous when I perform -it's more of an exciting feeling than anything else. But put me in a classroom with kids my age and have me take a test and yeah, I'll be nervous!
Alexa Vega
AgeMeFeelingNervousTestMore
You can absolutely drive through an atmospheric bomb test and not be affected.
Annie Jacobsen
DriveYouTestThroughAbsolutely
Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.
William Arthur Ward
TimeWiseTroubleTestTemporary
When you go in to do a screen test, you negotiate your contract and sign all your paperwork before you even get on a plane.
Allison Tolman
YouGoTestContractScreenGet
I'm a risk-taker. I like to test myself.
Joanne Woodward
MyselfTestLike
Our brave soldiers and support personnel are engaged in a battle as important as any the United States has ever before waged, for the success of democracy in Iraq is a crucial test of the ideals this Nation was founded upon.
Virginia Foxx
SuccessSupportBraveDemocracyTest
Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.
William James
StandYouFindTestEverydayNeed
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