“In pulp fiction it is a rigid convention that the hero's shoulders and the heroine's balcon constantly threaten to burst their bonds, a possibility which keeps the audience in a state of tense expectancy. Unfortunately for the fans, however, recent tests reveal that the wisp of chiffon which stands between the publisher and the postal laws has the tensile strength of drop-forged steel.” StatesLawFictionAudienceFansPossibilityHeroTestsShouldersConventionsSteelPublishersTenseHeroinesForgedPulpExpectancyWisps Author:S. J. Perelman
“That is one of the Law's purposes, of course: to test the qualities of those who choose to employ it.” LawPurposeCoursesQualityTests Book:The Dosadi Experiment Source: The Dosadi Experiment
“Litmus test: If you can't describe Ricardo's Law of Comparative Advantage and explain why people find it counterintuitive, you don't know enough about economics to direct any criticism or praise at "capitalism" because you don't know what other people are referring to when they use that word.” PeopleIfsKnowsEnoughUseLawCapitalismAdvantageEconomicsDirectCriticismTestsPraiseReferringComparative Advantage Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“Lawyers rarely test their power, or the power they promote, against this simple pragmatic question: "Will it do good?" When challenged about the expanding reach of the law, the lawyer answers, "Why not?” LawSimpleAnswersTestsLawyerWhy NotExpandingPragmatic Book:Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity Source: Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity
“Legislatures have no right to set up an inquisition and examine into the private opinions of men. Test-laws are useless and ineffectual, unjust and tyrannical.” MenLawOpinionAtheismTestsPositive AtheismUselessUnjustLegislatureInquisition Author:Oliver Ellsworth
“Barack Obama's mother-in-law might be moving into the White House with him. Joe Biden was right. Hostile forces will test him in the first few months.” FirstsMightMovingLawMotherHouseForceWhiteMonthsTestsBarackWhite HouseHostileIn-lawsBidenMother In Law Author:Jay Leno
“No one knows who wrote the laws of physics or where they come from. Science is based on testable, reproducible evidence, and so far we cannot test the universe before the Big Bang.” KnowsBigsLawUniverseEvidenceTestsPhysicsBangsLaws Of Physics Author:Michio Kaku