Effect Quotes

2357 quotes by 1774 authors

A God who kept tinkering with the universe was absurd; a God who interfered with human freedom and creativity was a tyrant. If God is… — Karen Armstrong
In effect, you're saying that if you knew how you oughtt to live, then the flaw is man could be controlled. If you knew how… — Daniel Quinn
We can make a little order where we are, and then the big sweep of history on which we can have no effect doesn't overwhelm… — Robert Frost
Prayer that craves a particular commodityâ€”anything less than all good, is vicious. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the highest point… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tonight I walked around the pond scaring frogs; a couple of them jumped off, going, in effect, eek, and most grunted, and the pond was… — Annie Dillard
The charitable say in effect, 'I seem to have more than I need and you seem to have less than you need. I would like… — Maya Angelou
She bent her finger and then straightened it. The mystery was in the instant before it moved, the dividing moment between not moving and moving,… — Ian Mcewan
There is an energy which springs from sickness and debility: it has a more powerful effect than the real, but, sadly, expires in an even… — Novalis
One problem with our current society is that we have an attitude towards education as if it is there to simply make you more clever,… — Dalai Lama
Television, radio, and all the sources of amusement and information that surround us in our daily lives are also artificial props. They can give us… — Mortimer Adler
Life is a perpetual instruction in cause and effect. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Arraigned at my own bar, Memory having given her evidence of the hopes, wishes, sentiments I had been cherishing since last night-- of the general… — Charlotte Bronte
Every effect that one produces gives one an enemy. To be popular one must be a mediocrity. — Oscar Wilde
The most professional curse ever snarled or croaked or thundered can have no effect on a pure heart. — Peter S. Beagle
That's a wonderful side effect of leather pants: when you pee yourself in them, they're more forgiving than jeans. — Slash
The complexities of cause and effect defy analysis. — Douglas Adams
This is the effect of panic, a natural effect, you could say that animal nature is like this, plant life would behave in exactly the… — Jose Saramago
The poem has a social effect of some kind whether or not the poet wills it to have. It has a kenetic force, it sets… — Denise Levertov
Love manifests its reality in deeds, not only in words-these alone are without effect. — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
The stains could be seen only in the sunlight, so Ruth was never really aware of them until later, when she would stop at an… — Alice Sebold

Who Wrote These Effect Quotes

1,774 authors contributed a total of 2,357 Effect Quotes, led by these top contributors: