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“Democracy...is a society in which the unbeliever feels undisturbed and at home. If there were only a half dozen unbelievers in America, their well-being would be a test of our democracy.”

Ifs Feels Wells Home Would Be America Half Democracy Tests Safety Well Being Dozen Unbelievers

Author:Alfred North Whitehead

“I believe this thought, of the possibility of death - if calmly realised, and steadily faced would be one of the best possible tests as to our going to any scene of amusement being right or wrong. If the thought of sudden death acquires, for you, a special horror when imagined as happening in a theatre, then be very sure the theatre is harmful for you, however harmless it may be for others; and that you are incurring a deadly peril in going.”

Ifs Believe May Would Be I Believe Special Possibility Horror Scene Happenings Tests Theatre Acquire Amusement Peril Realised Sudden Death Incurring

Book:Sylvie and Bruno

Source: Sylvie and Bruno

“My agent called me and said, they watched you do Chopped Champions and they thought you'd be good for this competition. What do you think? And I said, well, what do you think? He said he thought it would be great and I said let's do it. When you decide to do this, you don't really think that you're going to win it. I thought it would be fun, good to test my mettle; games are fun like that. Why not? I'll try it.”

Thinking Trying Wells Said Would Be Games Winning Fun Tests Competition Be Good Agents Champion Why Not Mettle

Author:Geoffrey Zakarian

“The best way that a man could test his readiness to encounter the common variety of mankind would be to climb down a chimney into any house at random, and get on as well as possible with the people inside. And that is essentially what each one of us did on the day that he was born.”

People Men Way Wells Would Be House Born Common Mankind Tests Best Way Variety Encounters Climbs Readiness Chimneys

Book:Heretics

Source: Heretics

“The material which a scientist actually has at his disposal, his laws, his experimental results, his mathematical techniques, his epistemological prejudices, his attitude towards the absurd consequences of the theories which he accepts, is indeterminate in many ways, ambiguous, and never fully separated from the historical background . This material is always contaminated by principles which he does not know and which, if known, would be extremely hard to test.”

Source: Against Method

“Just as we need to encourage women to test life's many options, we need to acknowledge real limits of energy and resources. It would be pointless and cruel to prescribe role combination for every woman at each moment of her life. Life has its seasons. There are moments when a woman ought to invest emotionally in many different roles, and other moments when she may need to conserve her psychological energies.”

Needs May Different Real Moments Would Be Energy Women Roles Ought Limits Resources Tests Seasons Psychological Combination Acknowledge Pointless

Book:Juggling: The Unexpected Advantages of Balancing Career and Home for Women and Their Families

Source: Juggling: The Unexpected Advantages of Balancing Career and Home for Women and Their Families

“Lucifer whispers that life's not fair and that if the gospel were true, we would never have problems or disappointments. ... The gospel isn't a guarantee against tribulation. That would be like a test with no questions. Rather, the gospel is a guide for maneuvering through the challenges of life with a sense of purpose and direction.”

Ifs Problem Would Be Purpose Challenges Fairs Tests Adversity Disappointment Guides Guarantees Tribulation Not Fair Lucifer Purpose And Direction

Book:No Doubt about it

Source: No Doubt about it

“If God were not to test us, there would be no patience.”

Ifs Would Be Faith Religious Tests No Patience

Author:John Calvin

“I was very pleased to get a Supreme Court justice suggesting a column, so I went and did a column about Beano. I went with my wife and another guy to a Mexican restaurant, which we thought would be the ultimate test for an antiflatulance product. There's a reason most of Mexico is located out of doors. And it worked. Several newspapers refused to run that column. But they did run advertisements for Beano.”

“For that reason the simple test of the slogan 'Consume Less' as a basis for social action on the environment would be to tell it to the blacks in the ghetto. The message will not be very well received for there are many people in this country who consume less than is needed to sustain a decent life.”

People Wells Country Reason Would Be Action Social Simple Environment Needed Messages Tests Bases Decent Slogans Ghetto Affluence Social Action Decent Life

Author:Barry Commoner

“This new war, like the previous one, would be a test of the power of machines against people and places; whatever its causes and justifications, it would make the world worse. This was true of that new war, and it has been true of every new war since... I knew too that this new war was not even new but was only the old one come again. And what caused it? It was caused, I thought, by people failing to love one another, failing to love their enemies.”

People World Has Beens War Would Be Causes Enemy Failing Tests Machines Justification Love One Another

Book:Jayber Crow: A Novel

Source: Jayber Crow: A Novel

“It is one thing to say that science is only equipped to test for natural causes and cannot speak to any others. It is quite another to insist that science proves that no other causes could possibly exist. . . . There would be no experimental model for testing the statement: 'No supernatural cause for any natural phenomenon is possible.' It is therefore a philosophical presupposition and not a scientific finding.”

Would Be Speak Causes Natural One Thing Prove Findings Models Tests Philosophical Statements Phenomenon Testing Natural Phenomena

Author:Timothy Keller

“If joy and peace and rewards were instantaneously given the doer of good, there would be no evil-all would do good but not because of the rightness of doing good. There would be no test of strength, no development of character, no growth of powers, no free agency, only satanic controls.”

Ifs Character Would Be Joy Evil Given Growth Development Tests Rewards Agency Doing Good Doers Satanic Free Agency

Author:Spencer W. Kimball

“Nobody with a criminal record would ever be allowed to buy a gun. All assault weapons would be banned, completely. And everybody who still possesses a gun license would receive mandatory education and training by professionals on how to handle a gun. After all, I can't drive my car until I pass a test proving I know how to handle a car.”

Knows Stills I Can Would Be Know How Records Car Prove Weapons Training Gun Tests Criminals Handle Assault License Banned Assault Weapons

Author:Joycelyn Elders

“We have become so quick and effective in building things today. It would be easy to build another Pyramid of Giza or another Great Wall. But these buildings haven't withstood the test of time because of their building quality. They stand tall because they have a symbolic value, they represent a culture.”

Would Be Today Values Culture Easy Quality Havens Building Wall Tests Tall Symbolic Pyramids Test Of Time Great Wall Building Things

Author:Zhang Xin

“I guess if there was a desert island scenario and I only could take one font with me, I guess it would be Helvetica, though it has it's limitations, I think it's incredibly versatile and gets the job done and I also think it's one of the typefaces that will really survive the test of time beyond the next several decades if not into the next century.”

Ifs Thinking Done Would Be Jobs Next Century Tests Decades Limitation Desert Islands Scenarios Versatile Get The Job Done Test Of Time Fonts Typefaces Helvetica

Author:Khoi Vinh

“For a ridiculous analogy, let's take Purple Rain. If you were to put Purple Rain and The Sound of Music on the desk of a producer, he or she would know that the majority of moviegoers would rather listen to Prince. Since they are in the business of making money, no one can blame them. But if it ever came to the decision of making a film like that I'd say, "No." They are very easy films to make, though. In Purple Rain there is nothing complex about the way that they dance. Or sing. It would be a bit boring for an adult to make that film. It just wouldn't test their métier.”

Ifs Knows Way Would Be Film Easy Bits Sound Decision Adults Rain Tests Blame Majority Complexes Boring Ridiculous Producers Making Money Desks Purple Analogies Sound Of Music Purple Rain

Author:Gene Kelly

“I don't want to be an exception, because I was very outspoken about Performance Enhancing Drugs. It would be bad for my reputation if I would have an exemption [for doping test] - I don't want to have a free pass, I want to be like everybody else.”

Ifs Want Would Be Drug Tests Performances Reputation Exception Outspoken Exemption Doping Performance Enhancing Drugs

Author:Georges St-Pierre

“I placed myself in amongst the animal kingdom so that I would be able to confront myself actually. It did not start out as the intention to serve and protect the lives of the innocent within the animal kingdom. I wanted to test myself, to see if I was able to overcome the dire situation that I was headed toward. By this of course I mention the fact that I was an alcoholic and drug addict before I left to live in the wild.”

Ifs Facts Would Be Able Wanted Courses Left Animal Situation Drug Protect Tests Overcoming Intention Kingdoms Innocent Addict Alcoholics Drug Addict Animal Kingdom

Author:Timothy Treadwell

“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.”

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Author:Elon Musk

“If by 'miracle kids' you mean innocent test-tube babies whose DNA was forcibly unraveled and merged with two percent avian genes, yeah, I guess that would be us," I said. "Because it's a miracle that we're not complete nut jobs and mutant disasters.”

Ifs Mean Said Two Would Be Kids Jobs Baby Percent Tests Miracle Yeah Disaster Innocent Nuts Genes Dna Tubes Mutants

Author:James Patterson

“It almost seems as though this roiling world is conspiring to test our patience at every turn. In fact, it is. With this in mind, we would be wise to look on our imperfect environment as a teacher rather than an antagonist. It constantly shows us that we need to be patient on an ongoing basis, not just every now and then, if we´re going to realize true inner peace, happiness, and fulfillment.”

“Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order.”

Heart Matter Would Be Order Freedom Liberty Atheism Shadow Tests Court Mere Positive Atheism Substance Censorship First Amendment Freedom To Read

Author:Robert H. Jackson

“Why is there such controversy about drug testing? I know plenty of guys who'd be willing to test any drug they can come up with.”

Knows Would Be Funny Guy Willing Drug Tests Come Up Plenty Testing Controversy Funny Drug Drug Testing

Author:George Carlin

“The only way to create a foundational document that could stand the test of time was to build in enough flexibility that later generations would be able to adapt it to their own needs and uses.”

Way Needs Enough Use Would Be Able Generations Tests Documents Flexibility Test Of Time

Author:Diane Wood

“I believe this thought, of the possibility of death - if calmly realised, and steadily faced would be one of the best possible tests as to our going to any scene of amusement being right or wrong.”

Ifs Believe Would Be Death I Believe Possibility Scene Tests Amusement Realised

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated)

“From the time we begin school, if not sooner, we are taught to be blind to our assets and only see our deficits. We are carefully marked on how many we got wrong on a test and, rarely if ever, asked how we know how to spell the ones we got right. By the time we are adults, we are well versed in every one of our limitations, skilled in our incompetence. If we were fish in an aquarium, it would be as if we kept smashing against the glass, and forgot the fact that we were perfectly capable of turning ever so slightly and swimming gracefully in the water all around us.”

Source: I Will Not Die An Unlived Life: Reclaiming Passion and Purpose

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