Test of time quotes:

Send

I want to make music that stands the test of time. -- Bridgit Mendler
Friendships that have stood the test of time and change are surely best. -- Joseph Parry
It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time. -- David Allan Coe
I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become living examples of the absolute best. -- Giorgio Armani
A relationship cannot survive the test of time without trust. -- Gabrielle Dennis
I've seen the future, and I survived the test of time. -- Mike Caro
Elegance is innate...individual...eternal...it stands the test of time! -- Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Of all the poetry written in our generation, Frost's is most likely to stand the test of time -- Lewis Gannett
Identify with excellence, put your name on your work, and both your work and name will stand the test of time. -- Denis Waitley
Meditation and prayer have withstood the test of time. They work today as perfectly as they did for those who first practised and perfected them. -- Michael Beckwith
Everything that originates from God will endure the test of time. Therefore, it is good to check out the origins of everything to make sure they were started by God. -- Eric Ludy
When you get older, everybody sort of changes and moves away. I think that stands the test of time, when you have a friendship from youth that's still in your life today. -- Michelle Gomez
I think the best friendships are those that can stand the test of time, where the friendship is based more on who you are than on what you do or what you have. -- Steve Pavlina
So much easier to aim for the smallest possible audience, not the largest, to build long-term value among a trusted, delighted tribe, to create work that matters and stands the test of time. -- Seth Godin
First you date the songs, and then you get engaged and then you marry them. They have to stand the test of time, because they are going to be yours for the next 20, 30, 40 years. So you had better choose right -- Marc Anthony
Theo Wanne has done it again!!!!!! He has brought a new dimension in mouthpieces that will not only stand the test of time, but will be a benchmark mouthpiece for many, many years to come! The bar has been raised. -- Jeff Coffin
A lot of the album is made of love songs I've written over the past three or four years that have lasted the test of time. It's probably the thing that connects the songs together other than the sound of my vocals. -- Vance Joy
When I hear about some sensational new writer I sort of think, Shut up ... you've got to be around for a long time before you can really say you're a writer. You've got to stand the test of time, which is the only real test there is. -- Martin Amis
I want my books to last, to stand the test of time, and to do that I focus on the forces that shape the subject - the cultural and sociological geography - to capture them in a way that will explain them no matter what they are doing. -- David Maraniss
Melancholy had crept inside me. Small children made me cry, I got depressed eating meat, old book bindings awakened tenderness in me. Everything was disintegrating. Nothing stood the test of time, including me. Somewhere on the other shore were madness and God, sometimes both wearing a beard. Neither instilled much confidence. -- Mati Unt
The Men at Work thing is always there, it's always going to be there. It's not something I consciously think that much about anymore. The thing that stays with you is the songs, which is a good thing for me, because the songs are the things that stand the test of time. -- Colin Hay
Art. Its definitions are legion, its meanings multitudinous, its importance often debated. But amid the many contradictory definitions of art, one has always stood the test of time, from the Upanishads in the East, to Michelangelo in the West: art is the perception and depiction of the sublime, the transcendent, the beautiful, the spiritual. -- Ken Wilber
I don't know if One Direction will stand the test of time. I have a niece who goes crazy for them. But the only way to judge art is to wait and see if it becomes evergreen. This takes a bit of time. Adele is a very good musician and I'd like to sing with her. But, again, time will tell if her music will become evergreen. -- Andrea Bocelli
I want to be in movies that stand the test of time. -- Clive Owen
I like the idea of love standing the test of time and circumstances. -- Brooke Elliott
I try to make sure that I make music that can stand the test of time. -- Mayer Hawthorne
I do love to capture beauty in this world. And photos can last the test of time. -- Nathaniel Buzolic
I loved 'The Social Network.' I think it's one of those movies that will stand the test of time. -- Jon M. Chu
What is true for book publishing is true for civilization: the books that survive the test of time are humanity's backlist, our collective memory. -- Jason Epstein
Acting is a general thing; it's not like being a primary artist like a painter or writer which stands the test of time. I don't think acting stands the test of time, but it can capture the mood of the moment, which is in itself very exciting, but it rarely lasts. -- Tom Hollander
They that know their God shall not be disappointed. They will stand the test of time. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
You never know if anything is going to stand the test of time or going to be successful. -- Rob Reiner
Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time. -- Pandurang Shastri Athavale
It would be morally reprehensible not to tell the truth... Everything I have written has stood the test of time. -- Kitty Kelley
Marriage without struggle is like an unfired clay pot.It is easily made, but it will not stand the test of time. -- Allan Wolf
I find the songs that have the most human components in production are the ones that will stand the test of time. -- Ryan Tedder
...while extraordinary products and unique services still afford a competitive advantage, the one advantage that stands the test of time...is people. -- Mark Salsbury
Read. Read. Read. Read. Read great books. Read poetry, history, biography. Read the novels that have stood the test of time. And read closely. -- David McCullough
I still perform it in all my shows. I'll do it as long as I'm breathing. I'm so proud it has stood the test of time. -- Ben E. King
Alan Turing gave us a mathematical model of digital computing that has completely withstood the test of time. He gave us a very, very clear description that was truly prophetic. -- George Dyson
The biographies and autobiographies are on the whole more impressive than the fiction of the last two decades, but the freakish best sellers among them are least likely to withstand the test of time. -- Harold Acton
There is no more reason to believe that Bitcoin will stand the test of time than that governments will protect the value of government-created money, although Bitcoin is newer, and we always look at babies with hope. -- Paul Singer
First you date the songs, and then you get engaged and then you marry them. They have to stand the test of time, because they are going to be yours for the next 20, 30, 40 years. So you had better choose right. -- Marc Anthony
Musically I try to connect a common bridge between such exhilarating feelings as performing at the Acropolis, to the emotions each and every one of us feel everyday. In the end, a good melody will always stand the test of time. -- Bradley Joseph
The answer I have is, you know, there a lot of things you can try to build to last. And what we try to do in our work is to come up with ideas that will last. Ideas that will stand the test of time. -- James Collins
When I saw the first I couldn't believe I was in another great movie that would be made into a trilogy. This movie is quite visible and I think it will stand the test of time. I think kids and parents will love this movie for a long time. -- Orlando Bloom
When you sample something, you're using the crutch of borrowing chords and melodies from a song that's already great, that's already stood the test of time, that's already special. When you're trying to do it all from scratch, you're writing something brand new that has to stand on its own. -- G-Eazy
Aquinas is worth reading. He has stood the test of time. And even where he errs, you can learn more from the errors of a great mind than you can learn from the truths of a small mind. You can see a whole lot farther standing on the shoulders of giants. -- Norman Geisler
I can remember back to my early tour days when some fellows didn't think I'd last too long. Nothing physical - they said it was my swing. Some said it was too much of a 'muscle swing' to stand the test of time. One fellow predicted I wouldn't get past 30 out there. -- Arnold Palmer
I don't care if it's a Cole Porter song, or George Gershwin, or Lennon/McCartney, or Elton John, or you know, whoever, Bob Dylan. Great songs are great songs, and they stand the test of time, and they can be interpreted and recorded with many points of view, but yet still retain the essence of what makes them good songs. -- John Oates
There is no more reason to think that they expected the world to remain static than there is to think that any of us holds a crystal ball. The only way to create a foundational document that could stand the test of time was to build in enough flexibility that later generations would be able to adapt it to their own needs and uses. -- Diane Wood
Trust is a product of test over time. -- Myles Munroe
Training was a time where resolutions made in the enthusiasm of an inspired moment were put to personal test. -- Herb Elliott
The very fact that doctrine is hewn from bitter controversy and tested through time is sufficient reason to make them a focus of theology. -- Stanley Hauerwas
I get extra time to take the test because of my ADD. Everybody's brains works differently and I just need longer for things to register. -- Mary-Kate Olsen
I remember growing up with television, from the time it was just a test pattern, with maybe a little bit of programming once in a while. -- Francis Ford Coppola
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald
This is the city of dreamers and time and again it's the place where the greatest dream of all, the American dream, has been tested and has triumphed. -- Michael Bloomberg
My time inside there was very short compared to the amount of time it took to take on and take off this suit and to test me for how much radioactivity I have. -- William Scranton
From a spectator point of view, Test cricket is not important; people hardly watch Test cricket. But as a player, Tests are the real thing. You have to concentrate for five days. It's a lot of time, and not easy to do it day in and day out. If people have played 70-100 Tests, it's a lot of cricket, a lot of concentration and dedication. -- Yuvraj Singh
I have always admired brave men and women who endured the test time. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Every time you are passing the test, you are coming closer to Krishna. -- Radhanath Swami
Failing my driving test first time; that was a disappointment on a geological scale. -- Richard Hammond
The only true test of friendship is the time your friend spends on you. -- John Marsden
In our time, the symbol of state intrusion into the private life is the mandatory urine test. -- Christopher Hitchens
Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue. -- Sophocles
The first time I was flown to L.A. for a screen test was an incredibly nerve-racking experience. -- Luke Evans
Foul-ups in testing are not uncommon, especially when the test setup is being tried for the first time. -- Henry Spencer
It is in time of peace that the value of life is fixed. The test of war reveals it. -- Walter Lippmann
The test of a true myth is that each time you return to it, new insights and interpretations arise. -- Starhawk
Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube. -- William Arthur Ward
If you want to know what's Real, of love, of life, of loyalty, put it through the greatest test: Time. -- Yasmin Mogahed
How you treat the helpless is the real test of morality. Lots of people are flunking that test big time. -- Thomas Sowell
Every time you love someone, you put not just your faith in them, but your faith in everything to the test. -- David Levithan
Time of difficulty test our faith, our fortitude and our strenght. During these times, the level of our imaan becomes manifest -- Yasmin Mogahed
A 'passing' test doesn't mean 'no problem.' It means no problem *observed*. This time. With these inputs. So far. On my machine. -- Michael Bolton
SUCCESS is not about HERE and NOW. you must pass the TEST OF TIME. the litmus test is FIFTY YEARS from now. SUCCESS is SUCCESSION. -- Mark Batterson
For a Hero cannot triumph all the time. Sometimes he will be defeated, and how he faces that defeat is a test of his character. -- Cressida Cowell
I completely took off my eyebrows one time for a screen test. I hadn't even gotten the role yet. So you have to have a commitment. -- Katerina Graham
I have played a lot of Test cricket with Paul Collingwood over the past year. I seem to be spending more time with him than my fiancee. -- Kevin Pietersen
At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation. -- Igor Sikorsky
The test of our religion is whether it fits us to meet emergencies. A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis. -- Ralph Washington Sockman
No matter how sorted you think you are, you will always be surrounded by people who are lost and angry. They will test you time and time again. -- Jan Hellriegel
We don't know our hearts until life puts us to the test, and WWII fascinates because it was the last time everyone was simultaneously pushed to their limit. -- Chris Cleave
[Not achieving a nuclear test ban] would have to be classed as the greatest disappointment of any administration of any decade, of any time and of any party. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
If I run a time-limited test program, I'll never discover whether markets with additional employment truly exist. A solution in the low-wage sector cannot be a limited special program. -- Angela Merkel
During the time I have had WACs under my command, they have met every test and task assigned to them...their contributions in efficiency, skill, spirit, and determination are immeasurable. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
There is no better test of a man's work than time, which also reveals the thoughts which lay hidden in his breast. -- Simonides of Ceos
I still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn't watch television when the sun is out. -- A. A. Gill

Send