Effect Quotes

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Discipline is, in a manner, nothing else but the art of inspiring the soldiers with greater fear of their officers than of the enemy. This… — Claude Adrien Helvetius
All labour is directed towards producing some effect. — Alfred Marshall
The fluoride ion exerts its toxic effect by inhibiting the action of many enzyme systems. — Hugo Theorell
Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the viewer. They depress… — Bruno Dumont
Reticence may be an elderly doctrine to preach, yet from the artistic point of view I am sure it is a sound one. Reticence conduces… — M. R. James
Tiny differences in input could quickly become overwhelming differences in output.... In weather, for example, this translates into what is only half-jokingly known as the… — James Gleick
Human intellectual progress, such as it has been, results from our long struggle to see things 'as they are,' or in the most universally comprehensible… — Barbara Ehrenreich
It is a mistake to suppose that any technological innovation has a one-sided effect. Every technology is both a burden and a blessing; not either-or,… — Neil Postman
If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer science can tell us about the kinds of natural phenomena… — Rudy Rucker
If all females were not only well educated themselves but were prepared to communicate in an easy manner their stores of knowledge to others; if… — Catharine Beecher
The Law of Diminishing Returns is true of everything in life, except sex, which seems endlessly repeatable with effect. — Robert McKee
The supply-side effect of a restrictive monetary policy is likely to be perverse, in that high interest rates enter into costs and thus exert inflationary… — William Vickrey
Mars has global warming, but without a greenhouse and without the participation of Martians. These parallel global warmings -- observed simultaneously on Mars and on… — Khabibullo Abdusamatov
If we weigh the significance of a book by the effect it has on its readers, then the great children's books suddenly turn up very… — Laura Miller
We have strong evidence today that studying a foreign language has a ripple effect, helping to improve student performance in other subjects. — Richard Riley
Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute final way. What you are in love with,… — Pedro
We humans are a complex interwoven system of the body, the mind, and the spirit. We are formed and informed by the interplay of these… — Ann Scott
Well, we think the broadcasts did have some effect, because we see the antiwar movement in the U.S. building up, growing and so we think… — Hanoi Hannah
Women, who are the prime victims of religion, and perhaps in some, stockholm syndrome effect, often form the most fervent advocates of the very thing… — Matthew Chapman
Passing competitors always gives you a lift. It probably has a physical effect, too, because you get a surge of adrenaline. — Libbie Hickman

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