Efficacy Quotes

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As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever… — Edward Gibbon
BATH, n. A kind of mystic ceremony substituted for religious worship, with what spiritual efficacy has not been determined. — Ambrose Bierce
This doctrine of the material efficacy of prayer reduces the Creator to a cosmic bellhop of a not very bright or reliable kind. — Herbert J. Muller
The efficacy of a prayer depends not on the words but on the sincerity of intention. — Umar
There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother, but next in rank in efficacy is that of the schoolmaster. — Sarah Josepha Hale
Our emphasis here is based not only on the growing seriousness of drug-related crimes, but also on the belief that relieving our police and our… — Milton Friedman
RACK, n. An argumentative implement formerly much used in persuading devotees of a false faith to embrace the living truth. As a call to the… — Ambrose Bierce
Language is the dress of thought; and as the noblest mien or most graceful action would be degraded and obscured by a garb appropriated to… — Samuel Johnson
They whose activity of imagination is often shifting the scenes of expectation, are frequently subject to such sallies of caprice as make all their actions… — Samuel Johnson
For the spiritual efficacy of the Sacrament doth not depend upon the nature of the thing received, supposing we received what our Lord appointed, and… — John Tillotson
The greatness and efficacy of a magician is measured by his refusal to use magic. The true magician, the greatest, is the poorest and most… — Cesar Aira
Faith does not come to Calvary to do anything. It comes to see the glorious spectacle of all things done, and to accept this completion… — Horatius Bonar
An enormous mass of experience, both of homeopathic doctors and their patients, is invoked in favor of the efficacy of these remedies and doses. — William James
Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money. — William Shenstone
We hear in these days of scientific enlightenment a great deal of discussion about the efficacy of Prayer. Many reasons are given why we should… — William James
I would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete coupled with the inspiration received… — Major Taylor
In this we see the wondrous virtue of the Lord: that the power dwelling in His body should communicate to perishable things the efficacy to… — Hilary of Poitiers
The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
The (Laetrile) efficacy tests...clinically in humans..(by) the US NCI...were obviously conducted so that a negative result could be formulated. The limited number and types of… — Hans Alfred Nieper
Despite the fact that a predicted 350,000 persons in the US will die of cancer this year, the cancer bureaucracy keeps a closed mind. ...the… — Phil Crane

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