"The SAT is not perfect. We all know smart, knowledgeable people who do badly on standardized tests. But neither is it useless. SAT scores do measure both specific knowledge and valuable thinking skills."

-- Virginia Postrel

#Smart Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Skills Quotes

“Man's hope can paint a purple picture, can transform a soaring vulture into a noble eagle or moaning dove.”
“As long as there are young men with the light of adventure in their eyes or a touch of wilderness in their souls, rapids will be run.”

Source : "Singing Wilderness".
“When a man lies he murders some part of the world. These are the pale deaths men miscall their lives.”
“Six years-six little years-six drops of time.”
“Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.”

Source : Robert F. Kennedy (1964). “The Pursuit of Justice”, New York : Harper & Row
“Well, I believe that "thinking" is just as real a phenomenon in the world as anything else, and just as worthy of exploration. Maybe even more? So writing about "thought" to me is like writing about a tree or anything else real.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Stop sharing your dreams with people who try to hold you back, even if they're your parents.”
“And they drank heavily, partied with great enthusiasm, and relished the drug culture; they moved in and out and slept around, and this was okay because they defined their own morality. They were fighting for the Mexicans and the redwoods, dammit! They had to be good people!”

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