Quotes of: Litmus-test Keyword

I thought that I must always search for the remarkable combinations, add unknowns, mix things that were clearly marked with things beyond marking. I would leave the simulated test and enter into forbidden territory. I would look for that moment when ...

The Lords of Discipline

Abby stood nervously before her Master in the classic submissive pose: fully nude, legs apart, wrists placed behind her back; deeply ashamed of her evident arousal. Worse, she had to recount in exact detail the proceedings of her last whipping. The w...

Testing the Submissive

Saavik: Admiral, may I ask you a question? Kirk: What's on your mind, Lieutenant? Saavik: The Kobayashi Maru, sir. Kirk: Are you asking me if we're playing out that scenario now? Saavik: On the test, sir... will you tell me what you did? I would real...

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

The Crack-Up

It was wonderful flirting with him, all the razor-edged literary banter, like Beatrice and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing. A battle of wit, and a test, too.

Code Name Verity

Jamie was like no one else he had ever met. She had ethics; she had moral integrity. She was clearly not corruptible, at least not for money--that test was over.

The Emissary: A Novel

It's as if every conversation with a woman was a test, and men always failed it, because they always lacked the key to the code and so they never quite understood what the conversation was really about.

Enchantment

Temptation is a test of your , not your self-control.

Fresh Air: Trading Stale Spiritual Obligation for a Life-Altering, Energizing, Experience-It-Everyday Relationship with God

Money is a test from God which explains why it pulls your soul away from God.

Face to Face Meetings With Jesus Christ: The Language of Heaven

... because a fight's worth nothing if you know from the start that you're going to win it. It's the ones in between that test you. They're the ones that bring questions with them.

Fighting Ruben Wolfe

With him everything is a test, affection is measured, that given weighed against that which has been received, and the balance, more often than not, disappointing him.

Before I Go To Sleep

A blanket could keep a family of three warm for a lifetime, but global warming could do the same for the world forever.  

The Brick and Blanket Divergence Test

A brick could be used as a floating object that dispensed fresh water, if only it were lighter and shaped like a cloud. 

The Brick and Blanket Divergence Test

A brick could be used as an idol you can worship. But be careful, lest God smite thee with His wrath. 

The Brick and Blanket Divergence Test

A brick could be used as a middle name. But who’d be dumb enough to do that, when it would clearly make a better first name? 

The Brick and Blanket Divergence Test

A brick could be used as man’s best friend, if you covered it in fur and taught it to bark and shit in your neighbor’s yard.  

The Brick and Blanket Divergence Test

Bricks could be used to line the pockets of the politicians, the way the people’s money once was, as we drop them off to search for Atlantis. 

The Brick and Blanket Divergence Test

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it's hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

Joel Osteen

I have two cousins with juvenile diabetes. They both contracted the disease before the age of 5, and it was so heartbreaking watching them go through daily blood tests and injections. It is such a difficult disease to live with and requires constant ...

Amy Robach

Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well.

P. G. Wodehouse

We are really on top of one another at the moment and I think it is amazing how we stay so close. Maybe that's the test. Why not totally put yourself together, rather than always wonder whether you actually like each other?

Linda McCartney