Effects Quotes · Page 65

Good culture is born of a good disposition; and since the cause is more to be praised than the effect, I will…

— Leonardo da Vinci

It is an enduring truth, which can never be altered, that every infraction of the Law of nature must carry its punitive…

— Thomas Troward

If cowardice were not so completely a coward as to be unable to look steadily upon the effects of courage, he would…

— Jane Porter

Women manage, quite brilliantly, on the whole, and to stunning and unforeseeable effect, to survive and surmount being defined by others. They…

— James A. Baldwin

While generosity may be the antidote for the dizzying effects of wealth, your appetite for more may function as an antidote against…

— Andy Stanley

If you string together a set of speeches expressive of character, and well finished in point and diction and thought, you will…

— Aristotle

The harmony of a concert, to which you listen with delight, must have on certain classes of minute animals the effect of…

— Voltaire

In pursuing certain virtues - colorful local effects, personae and personality, juxtaposition, close calls with nonsense, uncertainty, critiques of ordinary language -…

— Stephen Burt

But an opinion that it is possible for the present generation to seize and use the property of future generations has produced…

— John Taylor of Caroline

Sometimes a simple, almost insignificant gesture on the part of a teacher can have a profound formative effect on the life of…

— Paulo Freire

Radiate an energy of serenity and peace so that you have an uplifting effect on those you come into contact with.

— Wayne Dyer

From literature to ecology, from the escape velocity of galaxies to the greenhouse effect, from garbage disposal methods to traffic jams, everything…

— Jose Saramago

Despite what anti-aging ads say, growing older can be better. I feel better in my skin, 100 percent. You have greater effects…

— Demi Moore

A leaf that falls into a stream (or a leaf we intentionally drop into a stream) just where the water disappears into…

— Charles Baudouin

[T]he effects of general change [in literature] are most tellingly recorded not in alteration of the best products, but in the transformation…

— Stephen Jay Gould

Never can a new idea move within the law. It matters not whether that idea pertains to political and social changes or…

— Emma Goldman

Our knowledge of the historical worth of certain religious doctrines increases our respect for them, but does not invalidate our proposal that…

— Sigmund Freud

There are a lot of movies with vampires and monsters and super-great effects, but if there's no humor or human relations, I…

— Harald Zwart

Having been in the newspaper business for a long, long time, I often wonder, Why do we actually need to know about…

— Simon Winchester

There isn't [in new atheism]. Nothing that wasn't in Bertrand Russell or probably Robert Ingersoll. But I suppose it is more of…

— Richard Dawkins

I don't think my vocals demand effects. I like reverb to a certain extent, but I don't want to hide my voice.…

— Victoria Legrand

Profound as race prejudice is against the Negro American, it is not practically as far-reaching as the prejudice against women. For stripping…

— Pearl S. Buck

I like to call someone a raving c**t every now and then, when it’s appropriate, for effect (...) ‘You cocksucker.’ I love…

— Andrew Breitbart

The arts teach students that small differences can have large effects. The arts traffic in subtleties.

— Elliot W. Eisner

Art cannot result from sophisticated, frivolous, or superficial effects.

— Hans Hofmann