(328 quotes found)
“Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.”
Walt Whitman
“I recently had my annual physical examination, which I get once every seven years, and when the nurse weighed me, I was shocked to discover how much stronger the Earth's gravitational pull has become since 1990.”
Dave Barry
“Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there; And 'twill be found, upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation”
Daniel Defoe
“In examinations, those who do now wish to know ask questions of those who cannot tell.”
Walter Raleigh Sr.
“On a candid examination of history, we shall find that turbulence, violence, and abuse of power, by the majority, trampling on the rights of the minority, have produced factions and commotions which, in republics, have, more frequently than any other”
James Madison
“The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.”
Ronald Reagan
“Examine the contents, not the bottle”
The Talmud
“The simplest definition of advertising, and one that will probably meet the test of critical examination, is that advertising is selling in print.”
Daniel Starch
“Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how many occasions they have genuinely and profoundly shared some experience with another”
W. H. Auden
“In all the work we do, our most valuable asset can be the attitude of self-examination. It is forgivable to make mistakes, but to stand fast behind a wall of self-righteousness and make the same mistake twice is not forgivable.”
Dale E. Turner
