Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.

Aristotle

The most casual examination will reveal the fact that all the jokes about the horrible results of masculine cooking and sewing are written by men. It is all part of a great scheme of sex propaganda.

Heywood C. Broun

We have done an examination and have found them to be safe - otherwise, they wouldn't be allowed.

Frank Derosa

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

H. L. Mencken

The examination (of the deal) is currently underway. I can't tell you anything about the outcome.

Sabine Maass

That increased the cost of re-examination by at least an order of magnitude.

Ronald Riley

It's a great regret that they did not heed our numerous appeals for an examination.

Leo Bokeria

We're concerned by it and plan to have a forensic psychiatric examination done very soon.

Leslie Ballin

We will be appealing for witnesses and going into all aspects of forensic examination.

Tom Davies

To improper cross-examination style questioning.

Thomas Sneddon

It's going to turn on whether he takes the stand and how he does on direct and cross-examination. It's going to be up to him.

Bernard Harcourt

If it is an examination paper then they are asking a question there is no answer to.

Lee Westwood

It's a sad day. We're returning upriver with the body of the whale, and we'll make it available to whale experts for examination.

Martin Garside

They are then assessed with a state examination, and then we interview and fingerprint them.

John Vance

That medical examination is going to be very critical.

Qian Cai

We have arrested the man and a medical examination of the woman was conducted that confirmed rape.

Virendra Singh

Following examination, it has been determined (the powder) was not a dangerous material.

John Conley

It's about self-examination, an opportunity to see what kind of person he is and act on it.

Dan Taylor

It's great news for CBSE and we have made all the arrangements to conduct the examination in Singapore.

Dharampal Singh

A serious deterioration of his digestive tract was discovered after an examination and doctors decided to operate.

Ron Krumer

That one right there is in the concussion category already. He wasn't doing well even at the end of the game, and we've sent him for further examination.

Lindy Ruff

It was a routine U.S. Customs and Border Protection examination of a container destined for Finland.

Mike Fleming

This program is a broad examination of the natural history of the Maine Coast.

Mark Ward

It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception.

Robert Motherwell