Effect Quotes

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She hated that will had this effect on her. Hated it. She knew better. She knew what he thought of her. That she was worth… — Cassandra Clare
Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist's desire to prove that he's good. The terrible temptation of idealism! You must achieve… — Philip Roth
The Bill of Life was signed, the Unwind Accord went into effect, and the war was over. Everyone was so happy to end the war,… — Neal Shusterman
It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible. — Samuel Beckett
Support Group featured a rotating cast of characters in various states of tumor-driven unwellness. Why did the cast rotate? A side effect of dying. — John Green
Things like crowns had a troublesome effect on clever folk; it was best to leave all the reigning to the kind of people whose eyebrows… — Terry Pratchett
A life without a cause is a life without effect. — Paulo Coelho
You are a side effect," Van Houten continued, "of an evolutionary process that cares little for individual lives. You are a failed experiment in mutation. — John Green
It is easier to hide behind philosophical arguments, heavily footnoted for effect, than it is to admit our hurts, our confusions, our loves, and our… — Ravi Zacharias
Writers and artists build by hand little worlds that they hope might effect change in real minds, in the real world where stories are read.… — Grant Morrison
After a long, labored sigh, I said, “She was really happy when I got there. I’m pretty sure she was suicidal when I left.” “You… — Darynda Jones
We see the world, not as it is, but as we are -- or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our… — Stephen Covey
But with man the case is otherwise, in that when logic leads to any humiliating conclusion, the sole effect is to discredit logic. — James Branch Cabell
Ted is smart and good-looking, but he doesn't use it to good effect, like a rich person that never gives to charity. — David Levithan
love has a very dulling effect on the brain — Barbara Mertz
The soul is the effect and instrument of a political anatomy; the soul is the prison of the body — Michel Foucault
I suppose that a lifetime spent hiding one's erotic truth could have a cumulative renunciatory effect. Sexual shame is in itself a kind of death. — Alison Bechdel
Kate seemed to have doubled in size. She had drawn back her broad shoulders and set her jaw, and something in the stance called to… — Trenton Lee Stewart
If we look at life in its small details, how ridiculous it all seems. It is like a drop of water seen through a microscope,… — Irvin D. Yalom
In the process of burning out these confusions, we discover enlightenment. If the process were otherwise, the awakened state of mind would be a product… — Chogyam Trungpa
Still, they were two thorns from the same thistle. Their tactics in terrorizing innocent ladies were identical. Their behavior was downright sinful, but what made… — Julie Garwood
State propaganda, when supported by the educated classes and when no deviation is permitted from it, can have a big effect. It was a lesson… — Noam Chomsky
Throughout the book, she refers to herself as "the side effect," which is just totally correct. Cancer kids are essentially side effects of the relentless… — John Green
Wine's terrible for babies." Dorian swept into the sitting room to join me, elegantly arranging himself on a love seat that displayed his purple velvet… — Richelle Mead
During the days I felt myself slipping into a kind of madness. Solitary confinement has an astonishing effect on the mind. The trip was to… — Tahir Shah

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