[Donald Trump] is still pretty limited in the effect that he can have because he so disqualified himself with such a large… — Bill Burton Copy Share Image
If you're in a system where you must make profit in order to survive. You are compelled to ignore negative externalities, effects… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The distance at which all shooting weapons take effect screens the killer against the stimulus sensation which would otherwise activate his killing… — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
It's frustrating; terrorism is rare and largely ineffectual, yet we regularly magnify the effects of both their successes and failures by terrorizing… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
We know that acid rain has had no significant environmental effect on trees or forests in the United States... It is based… — Haley Barbour Copy Share Image
To think that we are disconnected in some way serves the occupation whether it's through indifference or a distancing. It is a… — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
The chief effect of talk on any subject is to strengthen one's own opinions, and, in fact, one never knows exactly what… — Charles Dudley Warner Copy Share Image
We don't think about it, but it has a tremendous effect. But these are things you don't see right in front of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Humor is a means of obtaining pleasure in spite of the distressing effects that interface with it. — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
I think what draws people into 'Supernatural' is that when all is said and done, and the ash from the various apocalypses… — Mark Pellegrino Copy Share Image
There is room for improvement in every life. Regardless of our occupations, regardless of our circumstances, we can improve ourselves and while… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Maybe [the Republicans] 'll find ways around it, but the financial system of the world depends very heavily on the credibility of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
You have to realize the truth of biologist Julian Huxley's idea that 'Life is just one damn relatedness after another' "So you… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
The fascinating thing, is not to show the source of light, but the effect of light. — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
Magic is a faculty of wonderful virtue, full of most high mysteries, containing the most profound contemplation of most secret things, together… — Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa Copy Share Image
To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect on me is to live on the doorstep… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Failing at something is one thing, but Buddhism tells us that it is up to us how we interpret that failure [Buddhism]… — Jonny Wilkinson Copy Share Image
Just as an informal, nonscientific observation, most people's personalities don't seem to change very much during their lives. There are exceptions in… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
One of the things about working over decades is the cumulative and the durational effect of work. That the updating process of… — Tom Burr Copy Share Image
Spirituality brings a class of men who lay exclusive claim to the special powers of the world. The immediate effect of this… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
such is the effect of true politeness, that it banishes all restraint and embarassment. — Fanny Burney Copy Share Image
You do have an effect on the universe. If you think positive thoughts, if you are happy and progressive, then that energy… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Sometimes, after I'd gone at the coke like one of those snow plows moving up First Avenue, I'd think my heart was… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
What I'm really involved in when I'm writing is something that no one ever mentions when they see any play. Writing is… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image