Effect Quotes

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If a community of people wears white on a mournful occasion and another dresses in black, then one community would like white and dislike black… — Muammar al-Gaddafi
No man, however enslaved to his appetites, or hurried by his passions, can, while he preserves his intellects unimpaired, please himself with promoting the corruption… — Samuel Johnson
Increasingly, our leaders must deal with dangers that threaten the entire world, where an understanding of those dangers and the possible solutions depends on a… — Isaac Asimov
Enthusiasm is something you can't fake, and it has a tremendous effect on everyone around you. — David Cottrell
All wonder is the effect of novelty on ignorance. — Samuel Johnson
A week passes but it feels as if he's never been anywhere else. It's one of the things war does to you. Everything you see… — Paula McLain
Art creates an incomparable and unique effect, and, having done so, passes on to other things. Nature, upon the other hand, forgetting that that imitation… — Oscar Wilde
In daily practice, reflect on the benefits of love, compassion and kindness, then reflect on the disadvantages of anger. Such continuous contemplation, the growing appreciation… — Dalai Lama
I think it's fascinating to note that some of the most successful organizations of our time got there by focusing obsessively on service, viewing compensation… — Seth Godin
When you make a decision and a commitment to do something good for yourself, it is like dropping a pebble in a pond. It has… — Iyanla Vanzant
The words of the Declaration of Independence, as given effect by Washington...are to be accepted as real, and not as empty phrases...that in very truth… — Theodore Roosevelt
Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect,… — Jack Abbott
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses. — Bertrand Russell
Things that people learn purely out of curiosity can have a revolutionary effect on human affairs. — Frederick Seitz
Either you vegetate and look out a window, or activate and try to effect change. — Christopher Reeve
I am not out to destroy Microsoft, that would be a completely unintended side effect. — Linus Torvalds
Vanity is illustrated in the cause and effect of love, as in the case of Cleopatra. — Blaise Pascal
The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity… — Joseph Addison
The other thing is we have an incredible villain. And we worked very hard to have villains that are connected to the hero. They have… — Avi Arad
Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the judge… — Harold H. Greene

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