#tests

IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#becomes #began #complicated #ever #first

Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#creative work #difficult #incredibly #lie #tests

I'm not going to say I was opposed to the Vietnam War. I'm going to say I'm opposed to war. But I'm also opposed to protests that deny other people their rights. ↗

— John Wooden

#deny #going #i #opposed #other

Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#barrel #could #easily #global #hearts

And then, of course, there's a couple that claim to be, but I haven't done any DNA tests or anything. ↗

— Merle Haggard

#anything #claim #couple #course #dna

I can't read music. Instead, I'd do stuff inside the piano, do harmonics and all kinds of crazy things. They used to put me in these annual piano contests down at Long Beach City College, and two years in a row, I won first prize - out of like 5,000 kids! ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#beach #city #college #contests #crazy

I can't read music. Instead, I'd do stuff inside the piano, do harmonics and all kinds of crazy things. They used to put me in these annual piano contests down at Long Beach City College, and two years in a row, I won first prize - out of like 5,000 kids! The judges were like, 'Very interesting interpretation!' I thought I was playing it right. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#beach #city #college #contests #crazy

In aptitude tests, I scored highest in music. ↗

— Conrad Hall

#highest #i #music #scored #tests

There have been studies that clearly state that children who are exposed to arts education at a young age will in fact do markedly better in their SAT tests. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#arts #arts education #been #better #children

One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals. ↗

— Rutherford B. Hayes

#criminals #people #tests #treatment