“Everybody I know fails the acid test of friendship.”
Source: The Days Are Just Packed
Source: Shantaram
“Everybody I know fails the acid test of friendship.”
Source: The Days Are Just Packed
“The only true test of friendship is the time your friend spends on you.”
Source: Circle of Flight
“You don't have to pass an IQ test to be in the Senate.”
Quoted in Religulous, documentary by Bill Maher (2008)
Said in response to Maher's statement, "It worries me that people are running my country who think, who believe in a talking snake."
“Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.”
Source: The Old Curiosity Shop (1841), Ch. 7
“Teach a child to read and he/she will pass a literary test.”
“You’ve passed the first test of leadership. You’ve disagreed with me.”
Source: There and Back Again (1999), Chapter 3 (p. 66)
Source: Propaganda & The Ethics Of Persuasion (2002), Chapter Four, Ethics And Propaganda, p. 166
Nota en Clarin 20/10/2005 http://www.clarin.com/diario/2005/10/20/elpais/p-01201.htm
Unsourced, 2005