Effect Quotes
2357 Effect quotes by 1711 unique authors
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Astounded—and indifferent—for he was a man who, in effect, had no ‘day before’.
— Oliver Sacks
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Suffering is always the effect of wrong thought in some direction. It is an indication that the individual is out of harmony with himself, with…
— James Allen
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All our knowledge hast its origins in our perceptions … In nature there is no effect without a cause … Experience never errs; it is…
— Leonardo da Vinci
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You will be interested to hear, Hilary, that it [the drug] had a most remarkable effect — even on Selena after a very modest quantity.…
— Sarah Caudwell
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My name is Tobias Eaton," Tobias says. "I don't think you want to push me off this train." The effect of the name on the…
— Veronica Roth
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It's too late. It was too late by the time I arrived in London to turn your notebook into a dove; there were too many…
— Erin Morgenstern
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First you must find... another shrubbery! Then, when you have found the shrubbery, you must place it here, beside this shrubbery, only slightly higher so…
— Graham Chapman
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I've often been flabbergasted by modern pharmaceutical ads on television. The list of side effects for some maladies often sound worse than the condition they're…
— Kevin Hearne
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Funboy: Pal, something is seriously wrong with you. The Crow: Atrocity has that effect on me.
— James O'Barr
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Very well,” he said with a small sigh. “Ladies today are so very capable. It breaks my hea rt, really.” He leaned in, almost as…
— Julia Quinn
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There’s a reason humans peg-out around eighty: prose fatigue. It looks like organ failure or cancer or stroke but it’s really just the inability to…
— Glen Duncan
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She thought she kept seeing him because she wanted to see him," Macey explained. "Ooooh," Bex and Liz sighed together. "It's a by-product of very…
— Ally Carter
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While clothes may not make the woman, they certainly have a strong effect on her self-confidence, which, I believe, does make the woman.
— Mary Kay Ash
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Will smirked, clearly pleased at the effect he was having. "I've no idea. I lost consciousness about then. I was having a lovely dream about…
— Cassandra Clare
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...joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.
— Alexandre Dumas
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Depression is a side effect of dying. (Almost everything is, really).
— John Green
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Although I have been prevented by outward circumstances from observing a strictly vegetarian diet, I have long been an adherent to the cause in principle.…
— Albert Einstein
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The proverb says that 'The answer to a fool is silence'. Observation, however, indicates that almost any other answer will have the same effect in…
— Idries Shah
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I can’t hope to convey the full effect of the embraces and avowals, but I can perhaps offer a crumb of counsel. If there is…
— Christopher Hitchens
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A story once went the rounds of Israel to the effect that Ben-Gurion described me as 'the only man' in his cabinet. What amused me…
— Golda Meir
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Everyone has an effect on others. Some people inspire others to do great things. Some take people into crime with them. Those with the gift…
— Terry Goodkind
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Ivy waved her wet handkerchief, as much as to say 'words cannot possibly articulate my profound distress'. Then, because Ivy never settled for meaningful gestures…
— Gail Carriger
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I don’t think I’m making myself very clear Low,” he’d lowered his voice and the effect made goose bumps break out over my body. “I…
— Abbi Glines
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A pair of Blue Noses on the next bench glared their disapproval at Evie’s knee-length dress. Evie decided to give them a real show. She…
— Libba Bray
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Hello, Harry!” she said. “Er — my name’s Barny,” said Harry, flummoxed. “Oh, have you changed that too?” she asked brightly. “How did you know…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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