Perhaps measuring animal intelligence by comparing it to human intelligence isn't the best litmus test.
The litmus test for whether I want to take on a role or not is usually fear. If I'm afraid of it, then I want to do it.
A lot of bad music sells a million copies; I don't think it's a good litmus test for whether things are going well.
A good litmus test is that you should be comfortable with your significant other being present when you hang out with your friend.
I love theatre because it's just me and the audience. It's the litmus test in acting, to be able to sustain a performance over one, two or three hours.
Positioning the brand and regaining trust are all smart things for us to do and those are the litmus tests for any decisions we make.
Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days.
Somehow, architecture alters the way we think about the world and the way we behave. Any serious architecture, as a litmus test, has to be that.
There was a bad patch in the '80s and early '90s when feminist thinking had become sort of a monopoly and had developed a series of litmus tests.
The litmus test for our success as Leaders is not how many people we are leading, but how many we are transforming into leaders
My parents are always a great litmus test. Based on the amount of shrieks my mother gives when we're out in public, her constant shock when somebody comes up and says something nice.
But for Mozart love is only the litmus test. To determine whether one is truly free or not.
Attitude is that litmus test which differentiates a knower from a doer. Knowers have only the skills; doers have the skills and the will to do what they know!
I don't have many litmus tests, but this is one: Any candidate who doesn't understand that we need to balance the budget should not be president of the United States.
Litmus: I'm Litmus. Like Litmus paper. When it gets cold, my face gets blue. And when it's hot, my face gets red.
I decided that not talking is like a litmus test for a real friend. You can just sit there and be. Not always be filling up the air with words
I come to urge my party to be open to debate and discussion; to move away from a lock-step litmus test which advocates abortion on demand in an effort to reach a broader national consensus.
I won't use abortion as a litmus test with a pro-choice individual. Someone that is an activist on the abortion issue, I think, goes outside the pale, and I cannot support an activist on the abortion issue.
Most often, qualifications are defined by the credentials of the person who last held the job. If that is to continue to be the litmus test, white males will continue to be the top choice on any list, if the interviewer is also a white male.
I think that's the true litmus test for someone who has become closer to Jesus: their heart is more loving, accepting, childlike, less believing that they have all the answers and more believing in Him.
Lots of people can write a good first page but to sustain it, that's my litmus test. If I flip to the middle of the book and there's a piece of dialogue that's just outstanding, or a description, then I'll flip back to the first page and start it.
