Effect Quotes

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What happens, I think, is especially for comic effect you find something about yourself that you don't like. You exaggerate it, and it's funny. — Wayne Knight
When a painter thinks to disengage from the world outside himself and fantasies unprecedented forms he thinks he will make a painting, he finds in… — Pierre Alechinsky
The power of art is not in communication but effect; what it does, not what it relates. — Walter Darby Bannard
Naturalistic art, as we know it, is an art which imitates the appearance of things, not as they are in reality, but as they appear… — Sigfried Giedion
I felt the strange brooding lonely presence of Nature fostering a new race, a new age, and as part of it, a new expression in… — Lawren Harris
There's a powerful transformative effect when you surround yourself with like-minded people. Peer pressure is a great thing when it helps you accomplish your goals… — Po Bronson
The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources. — Norman Vincent Peale
So the stock market could have a negative wealth effect and weigh on capital spending, but a sharp decline in long-term interest rates would be… — Joseph Barbera
Inequality has the natural and necessary effect, under the present circumstances, of materializing our upper class, vulgarizing our middle class, and brutalizing our lower class. — Matthew Arnold
When you make people angry, they act in accordance with their baser instincts, often violently and irrationally. When you inspire people, they act in accordance… — Peace Pilgrim
The motive, if you are to find inner peace, must be an outgoing motive. Service, of course-service. Giving, not getting. Your motive must be good… — Peace Pilgrim
Few souls understand what God would effect in them if they should give themselves entirely into his hands and allow his grace to act. — Ignatius Loyola
The proper effect of the Eucharist is the transformation of man into God. — Thomas Aquinas
We are rightly appalled by the genetic effects of radiation; how then, can we be indifferent to the same effect in chemicals we disseminate widely… — Rachel Carson
Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself… — Theodore Roosevelt
Studying music encourages self-discipline and diligence, traits that carry over into intellectual pursuits and that lead to effective study and work habits. An association of… — Michael E. DeBakey
The effect of the great and sudden change of altitude made itself felt at once; when I wanted to turn round in my bag, I… — Roald Amundsen
I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
I'm extremely surprised to learn that a story, which has become familiar to children through the medium of comic strips and many succeeding novels and… — Orson Welles
Every day when a man or woman gets dressed, they are in effect defining who they are. That daily clean slate is a time in… — Kenneth Cole

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