Effect Quotes

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Coral reefs, the rain forest of the ocean, are home for one-third of the species of the sea. Coral reefs are under stress for several… — James Hansen
...it is quite obvious that the temperature change during the last 100 years or so includes significant natural changes, both the linear change and fluctuations.… — Syun-Ichi Akasofu
Where there is no style, there is in effect no point of view. There is, essentially, no anger, no conviction, no self. Style is opinion,… — Alexander Theroux
I believe the entertainment industry cannot portray on film people gunned down in cold blood, in living color, and not have it affect the attitudes… — M. Russell Ballard
... the friendship of worthless people has a bad effect (because they take part, unstable as they are, in worthless pursuits, and actually become bad… — Aristotle
Why does everyone take for granted that we don't learn to grow arms, but rather, are designed to grow arms? Similarly, we should conclude that… — Noam Chomsky
Men of energy of character must have enemies; because there are two sides to every question, and taking one with decision, and acting on it… — Thomas Jefferson
The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working. — Albert Einstein
There is no iron that can enter the human heart with such stupefying effect, as a period placed at just the right moment. — Isaac Babel
Tragedy is an imitation not only of a complete action, but of events inspiring fear and pity. Such an effect is best produced when the… — Aristotle
This fact was something I also learned from this first novel that I needed personal experience to invent, to fantasize, to create fiction, but at… — Mario Vargas Llosa
The effect on the geo-cultural political map of Australia made by Gough Whitlam is so vast that wherever you stick the pin in, you get… — Cate Blanchett
I think that the celebrity is a really important thing, because we have the voice that's recognizable, that can educate people to make a difference… — Alyssa Milano
See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved… — William Shakespeare
I do not believe war the most certain means of enforcing principles. Those peaceable coercions which are in the power of every nation, if undertaken… — Thomas Jefferson
Suspense: the only literary tool that has any effect upon tyrants and savages. — E. M. Forster
Every writer must acknowledge and be able to handle the unalterable fact that he has, in effect, given himself a life sentence in solitary confinement.… — Peter Straub
What is being said is the effect of something that has happened; at the same time, what is being said is in itself something happening,… — Elizabeth Bowen
So in writing, there is always a right word, and every other than that is wrong. There is no beauty in words except in their… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Acts of sacrifice and decency without regard to what's in it for you create a ripple effect. Ones that lift up families and communities, that… — Barack Obama

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