Quotes for All
Please, God,’ Ruth would pray, ‘don’t let me be competitive. Let me realize what a privilege it is to study. Let me remember that knowledge must be pursued for its own sake and please, please stop me wanting to beat Verena Plackett in the exams.’ She prayed hard and she meant what she said. But … Read more
Looking back, I question whether I really loved Nate, or just the security of our relationship. I wonder if my feelings for him didn’t have a lot to do with hating my job. From the bar exam through that first hellish year as an associate, Nate was my escape. And sometimes that can feel an … Read more
Breast cancer is being detected at an earlier, more treatable stage these days, largely because women are taking more preventive measures, like self-exams and regular mammograms. And treatment is getting better too. Elizabeth Hurley
Lots of my dying patients say they grow in bounds and leaps, and finish all the unfinished business. But assisting a suicide is cheating them of these lessons, like taking a student out of school before final exams. That’s not love, it’s projecting your own unfinished business Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
I know that if I’d had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn’t have got anywhere. You don’t take exams for acting, you take your courage. Edith Evans
As long as learning is connected with earning, as long as certain jobs can only be reached through exams, so long must we take the examination system seriously. If another ladder to employment was contrived, much so-called education would disappear, and no one be a penny the stupider. E. M. Forster
A perfect example of the power of prayer is when a blizzard closes the schools on the day of a big exam. Doug Larson
If we believe that the EU is only a fair-weather event we will be doomed. The EU cannot be an answer only to the tragedies of the past but also to the problems of the future. We must understand that the geopolitical holidays are over. It’s time to go back to school where there will … Read more
You’re pretty smart for a Fed. I missed a bunch of questions on the entrance exam on purpose so that I could get into the agency. Diana Rowland
Until the Left took over American public education in the second half of the 20th century, it was generally excellent – look at the high level of eighth-grade exams from early in the 20th century and you will weep. The more money the Left has gotten for education – America now spends more per student … Read more