We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible and invented selection tests for personnel who had a superior ability to recognize sound in a noisy background. M. H. Abrams Critic More M. H. Abrams Quotes 0
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. Chinua Achebe Nigerian Writer More Chinua Achebe Quotes 0
Arsenic sticks around and today it's easily found after death if somebody thinks of looking for it, because the problem with arsenic, it isn't looked for in the common tests for drugs. Michael Baden American Celebrity More Michael Baden Quotes 0
The aim of the tests carried on with these syllable series was, by means of repeated audible perusal of the separate series, to so impress them that immediately afterward they could voluntarily be reproduced. Hermann Ebbinghaus German Psychologist More Hermann Ebbinghaus Quotes 0
The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests. We believe that this would be an important step toward reduction of international tensions and would open the way to further agreement on substantial measures of disarmament. Dwight D. Eisenhower American President More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes 0
I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition. Suzanne Farrell American Dancer More Suzanne Farrell Quotes 0
There were symptoms that I saw, and though I went to many doctors and had many tests, no one diagnosed MS. Teri Garr American Actress More Teri Garr Quotes 0
And then, of course, there's a couple that claim to be, but I haven't done any DNA tests or anything. Merle Haggard American Musician More Merle Haggard Quotes 0
At college age, you can tell who is best at taking tests and going to school, but you can't tell who the best people are. That worries the hell out of me. Barnaby C. Keeney American Educator More Barnaby C. Keeney Quotes 0
Aside from all that, we recall that antibodies to malaria and other diseases prevalent in Africa show up as HIV-positive on tests. Serge Lang Mathematician More Serge Lang Quotes 0
Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone. Agnes Macphail Canadian Politician More Agnes Macphail Quotes 0
Can advertising foist an inferior product on the consumer? Bitter experience has taught me that it cannot. On those rare occasions when I have advertised products which consumer tests have found inferior to other products in the same field, the results have been disastrous. David Ogilvy English Businessman More David Ogilvy Quotes 0
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. James Randi Canadian Entertainer More James Randi Quotes 0
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. Thomas J. Sargent American Economist More Thomas J. Sargent Quotes 0
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship. Henry Ward Beecher American Clergyman More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes 0
Adversity tests us from time to time and it is inevitable that this testing continues during life. Walter Annenberg American Businessman More Walter Annenberg Quotes 0
The Laboratory for Radioactivity consisted of only two rooms at the time; at a later date, when tests of radioactive substances became more extensive, it expanded into four rooms. Walther Bothe German Physicist More Walther Bothe Quotes 0
The tests which showed that this was the only rifle which had the markings which were shown on the bullets; the fact that a man was seen by several witnesses, not identified, but seen in the window with the general description of what he looked like. John Sherman Cooper American Politician More John Sherman Cooper Quotes 0
I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed IQ tests. And it was one of the reasons I left school when I was 15 years old. And if I - if I'm not interested in something, I don't grasp it. Richard Branson British Businessman More Richard Branson Quotes 0
The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests. David Deutsch Scientist More David Deutsch Quotes 0
Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must express the personality both of the writer and of the recipient. E. M. Forster English Novelist More E. M. Forster Quotes 0
One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. Arnold H. Glasow More Arnold H. Glasow Quotes 0
One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. Arnold H. Glasow More Arnold H. Glasow Quotes 0
I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones. Andy Goldsworthy British Artist More Andy Goldsworthy Quotes 0