Effect Quotes

2357 Effect quotes by 1711 unique authors

Nuclear energy people perceive the greenhouse effect as a fresh wind blowing at their back. — Stewart Udall
Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes; this is partly because it… — Arthur Schopenhauer
That which achieves its effect by accident is not art. — Seneca the Younger
The drama is make-believe. It does not deal with truth but with effect. — W. Somerset Maugham
I believed in realism, as summarized by John McCarthy's comment to the effect that if we worked really hard, we'd have an intelligent system in… — Marvin Minsky
The only treaties that ought to count are those which would effect a settlement between ulterior motives. — Paul Valery
If everybody is rewarded just for being alive, you get the same sort of effect as you do when you reward every student just for… — S I Hayakawa
Chastity more rarely follows fear, or a resolution, or a vow, than it is the mere effect of lack of appetite and, sometimes even, of… — Andre Gide
I would like the events never to be told directly by the author, but rather to be introduced (and several times, from various angles) by… — Andre Gide
The office of President is a great one; to every true American it seems the greatest on earth. And to me, as I was engaged… — John Philip Sousa
The chief effect of talk on any subject is to strengthen one's own opinions, and, in fact, one never knows exactly what he does believe… — Charles Dudley Warner
The justification for those actions was that we were living in a very hard, predatory, cloak-and-dagger world and that the only way to deal with… — Norman Cousins
All this sensory input, which begins in the brain, has its effect throughout the body. — Norman Cousins
The more skillful the performance of false cheer, the more pleasing the effect is upon one's public and on that private audience to whom one… — Judith Martin
When some passion or effect is described in a natural style, we find within ourselves the truth of what we hear, without knowing it was… — Blaise Pascal
There is a rowdy strain in American life, living close to the surface but running very deep. Like an ape behind a mask, it can… — Bruce Catton
A kind of second childhood falls on so many men. They trade their violence for the promise of a small increase of life span. In… — John Steinbeck
Glamour, that trans-human aura or power to attract imitation, is a kind of vessel into which dreams are poured, and some vessels are simply worthier… — Arthur Miller
An emotion is an automatic response, an automatic effect of man's value premises. An effect, not a cause. There is no necessary clash, no dichotomy… — Ayn Rand
The famous Florentine elegance, which attracts tourists to the shops on Via Tornabuoni and Via della Vigna Nuova, is characterized by austerity of line, simplicity,… — Mary McCarthy
Words, isolated in the velvet of radio, took on a jeweled particularity. Television has quite the opposite effect: words are drowned in the visual soup… — Frederic Raphael
Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect. — Pierre Corneille
In my worst moments, I think the biggest effect of 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves' was to kill the happiness of people who had previously skipped… — Lynne Truss
Sometimes people's spiritual ideas become fixed and they use them against those who don't share their beliefs - in effect, becoming fundamentalist. It's very dangerous… — Pema Chodron
The diminution of the reality of class, however socially desirable in many respects, seems to have the practical effect of diminishing our ability to see… — Lionel Trilling

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