Effect Quotes

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We live in a very uncertain world, and I think that uncertainty of itself generates an environment which we should not make a decision that… — Des Browne
The rise of a ubiquitous Internet, along with 24-hour news channels has, in some sense, had the opposite effect from what many might have hoped… — Lawrence M. Krauss
Communications devices were always used to effect change, to effect revolution. Telephone, telegraph - these all seemed like very big enhancements at the time. — Gary Shteyngart
When you drop any new idea in the pond of the world, you get a ripple effect. You have to be aware that you will… — Joel A. Barker
My interest is in how meaning is communicated via language, and I believe the shape, positioning, even the color of the language has an effect… — Mark Z. Danielewski
The Internet has allowed a lot of access - people feel entitled to change the ending of games, for example. So there are a lot… — Tim Schafer
The Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders, in open court before an international tribunal, had a profound long-term effect in bringing Germans back to democracy and… — Anthony Lewis
Whatever brief delights it provides, mere strangeness in poetry and prose eventually leaves us cold, especially when we suspect the writer is stretching for effect… — Roger Rosenblatt
The problem is that rap is so often a caricature of its own image. Nobody comes to the table with the seriousness of the effect… — K'naan
I know that Wes Craven feels watching horror films does have a psychological effect, in a good way. It is very cathartic. He might be… — Marley Shelton
Not only do we have a right to be happy, we have an obligation to be happy because our happiness has an effect on everyone… — Dennis Prage
DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number --just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice.… — Ambrose Bierce
Terrorism is in good part an effect of government propaganda; it serves to deflect attention from governmental abuse toward a mostly imagined, highly dangerous outside… — Mark Poster
Ours is a system of corporate socialism, where companies capitalize their profits and socialize their losses...in effect, they tax you for their accidents, bungling, boondoggles,… — Ralph Nader
Love is the energizing elixir of the universe, the cause and effect of all harmonies. — Reinhold Niebuhr
Literary criticism can be no more than a reasoned account of the feeling produced upon the critic by the book he is criticizing. Criticism can… — DH Lawrence
Good advice is often a doubtful remedy, but generally not dangerous because it has so little effect...... — Carl Gustav Jung
Other countries drink to get drunk, and this is accepted by everyone; in France, drunkenness is a consequence, never an intention. A drink is felt… — Roland Barthes
Today is yesterday's effect and tomorrow's cause — Phillip Gribble
Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recipient, at least it benefits the bestower. — S H Simmons

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