Effect Quotes

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The first effect of the mind growing cultivated is that processes once multiple get to be performed in a single act. Lazarus has called this… — William James
Let, then, the word be preached, and the sins of men will be rebuked, lust will be restrained, and some oppositions will be made against… — John Owen
For nature by the same cause, provided it remain in the same condition, always produces the same effect, so that either coming-to-be or passing-away will… — Aristotle
It was basic research in the photoelectric field-in the photoelectric effect that would one day lead to solar panels. It was basic research in physics… — Barack Obama
The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare and honor of the state. — Thomas B. Macaulay
Some theists, observing that all 'effects' need a cause, assert that God is a cause but not an effect. But no one has ever observed… — Dan Barker
It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against Christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public; It appears to… — Charles Darwin
Some volumes against Deism fell into my hands ... they produced an effect precisely the reverse to what was intended by the writers; for the… — Benjamin Franklin
The most curious social convention of the great age in which we live is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected. — H. L. Mencken
Most women do not have [abortions] with some sort of party going on. It is the hardest decision that a woman ever has to make… — Whoopi Goldberg
On her daughter Deva: I didn't have familiarity with children. I'm learning day after day, with her. And what impress me the most is that… — Monica Bellucci
Whether the authorities be invaders or merely local tyrants, the effect of such [gun control] laws is to place the individual at the mercy of… — Robert A. Heinlein
The Brady Bill's only effect will be to desensitize the public to regulation of weapons in preparation for their ultimate confiscation. — Charles Krauthammer
Let me lay my cards on the table. If I were to give an award for the single best idea anyone ever had, I'd give… — Daniel Dennett
A total spiritual direction given to the whole life and the whole nature can alone lift humanity beyond itself. . . It is only the… — Sri Aurobindo
The effect of one good-hearted person is incalculable. — Oscar Arias
Democracy must stand or fall on a platform of possible human perfectibility. If human nature cannot be improved by institutions, democracy is at best a… — Herbert Croly
Our notions with respect to the importance of life, and our attachment to it, depend on a principle which has very little to do with… — William Hazlitt
Karma, ahhh. We sow what we reap... We reap what we sow! We reap what we sow. The law of cause and effect. And we… — Nina Hagen
The terrorists are traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack Islam itself. The enemy of America is not our many Muslim friends;… — George W. Bush

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