T Quotes
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“The effects of human wickedness are written on the page of history in characters of blood: but the impression soon fades away; so more blood must be shed to renew it.”
Source: Guesses at Truth
“The effects of illegal immigration aren't that different from those of legal immigration —an illiterate Central American farmer with a green card is just as unsuited for a 21st-century economy as an illiterate Central American farmer without a green card.”
“The effects of infantile instruction are, like those of syphilis, never completely cured.”
“The effects of lack of democracy and the rule of law is a problem that does not discriminate, whether you are a corporation or a start-up, rich or poor, educated or illiterate, employed or unemployed.”
“The effects of loss are acute, and unique to each individual. Not everyone mourns in the same way, but everyone mourns.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“The effects of mescalin or LSD can be, in some respects, far more satisfying than those of alcohol. To begin with, they last longer; they also leave behind no hangover, and leave the mental faculties clear and unimpaired. They stimulate the faculties and produce the ideal ground for a peak experience.”
“The effects of MFA programs, and the rise of creative writing instruction more generally, are far more diffuse than people think. Even if you're a writer who has avoided institutions your whole life, you're still going to be reading a lot of writers who have MFAs, and are affiliated with universities.”
“The effects of outcome expectancies on performance motivation are partly governed by self-beliefs of efficacy”
“The effects of overworking; you forget which day it is and unable to think straight.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“The effects of overworking;
You forget which day it is.
You think fast than what you write.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“The effects of technology are always unpredictable. But they are not always inevitable.”
Source: The Disappearance of Childhood
“The effects of Twitter and Facebook and all those things on people's psychologies is a really interesting question to which nobody knows the answer.”
“The effects which follow too constant and intense a concentration upon evil are always disastrous. Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes even perceptibly worse than it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself.”
Source: The devils of Loudon
“The effects you will have on your students are infinite and currently unknown; you will possibly shape the way they proceed in their careers, the way they will vote, the way they will behave as partners and spouses, the way they will raise their kids.”
Source: Buddha in the Classroom: Zen Wisdom to Inspire Teachers
“The effervescence of this fresh wine reveals the true brilliance of the French people.”
“The efficacy and potency of prayer is all we need to dethrone kingdoms and enthrone destinies.”
Source: Great Reflections on Success
“The efficacy of a prayer depends not on the words but on the sincerity of intention.”
“The efficacy of our prayers depends on how much we care for one another.”
“The efficiency of a President at the beginning of his term depends on their capacity to get everything under control. That was my case. But once the institutions have been put in place, and the responsibilities delegated, the leader becomes a reference, a referee, a symbol and unifying figure for the nation. The issue is how and when to recognize the moment when staying in power becomes counterproductive.”
“The efficiency of a truly national leader consists primarily in preventing the division of the attention of a people, and always in concentrating it on a single enemy.”
Source: Mein Kampf: complete and unabridged, fully annotated
“The efficiency of faith is seen in its ability to move mountains.”
Source: The Essence of Faith: Daily Inspirational Quotes
“The efficiency of God may be understood as either creation or providence.”
Source: The marrow of theology
“The efficiency of most workers is beyond the control of the management and depends more than has been supposed upon the willingness of men to do their best.”
“The efficiency of the cleaning solution in liquefying wizards suggested the operation of an antithetical principal,which-" "Did you have to get him started?" Cimorene asked reproachfully.”
“The efficient execution of industrial and administrative activities by the people promises an enduring economy for the province.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“The efficient man is the man who thinks for himself.”
Source: Education for Efficiency, and The New Definition of the Cultivated Man
“The efficient management of organizations is key to generating wealth, for the development of a country, for the preservation of natural resources and the enhancement of the human being.”
“The efficient market theory is one of the better models in the sense that it can be taken as true for every purpose I can think of. For investment purposes, there are very few investors that shouldn't behave as if markets are totally efficient.”
“The efficient use of energy is as much an issue for Saudi Arabia, with its huge natural resources, as it is for all countries. Increased efficiency makes sense environmentally, but also economically.”
“The effort invested in 'getting it right' should be commensurate with the importance of the decision.”
“The effort involved in splitting the wood will be amply repaid by the warmth that it brings to the house. However, at the point that the axe becomes heavy and my arms get sore, the idea of the warmth goes cold.”
“the effort may have blackened
some part of his soul
and he can't quite remember
what it's like
to feel entirely human”
Source: Devil In The Wind
“The effort must be total for the results to be meaningful.”
“The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal.”
Source: The Life of Reason: Human Understanding
“The effort of building an ideal society always leads to violence, often to very extensive violence. Because, whether we like it or not, it is not possible to create an ideal society with imperfect people. And this, unfortunately, we are. So the main purpose for Nazism as well as for Communism was to create a 'new person'. In order to make room for it, the world needed to be rid of its non-perfect models.”
“The effort of explaining, even of expressing himself, had become, with the years, more and more terrifying to him. Whether from laziness or from inability to find the right words, he had developed almost a passion for silence.”
Source: Thérèse
“The effort of learning. It's the same when you approach any new skill or technique, from a dance step to driving a car. The effort of learning stops you, at first, from doing it well.”
“The effort of painting from life has cost my models a great deal of physical discomfort, and cost me a great deal of money in model fees... I have wanted to make the camera obsolete... because, in my reading about early 20th century art, I found that the most frequently used argument made in favor of abstraction was that the camera made realist painting obsolete.”
“The effort of Reince Priebus and the RNC to reach out to movement conservatives has been impressive and will, I believe pay great dividends come election time”
“The effort of the economist is to "see," to picture the interplay of economic elements. The more clearly cut these elements appear in his vision, the better; the more elements he can grasp and hold in his mind at once, the better. The economic world is a misty region. The first explorers used unaided vision. Mathematics is the lantern by which what before was dimly visible now looms up in firm, bold outlines. The old phantasmagoria disappear. We see better. We also see further.”
Source: Mathematical Investigations in the Theory of Value and Prices, and Appreciation and Interest
“The effort of using machines to mimic the human mind has always struck me as rather silly. I would rather use them to mimic something better.”
“The effort only shifted me from the frying-pan into the fire.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lucian (Illustrated)
“The effort to be right is the basic problem.”
“The effort to be the god that we are not has led to the kind of world that we wish were not.”
“The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib reflects a deep misunderstanding about the different legal regimes that apply to Iraq and the war against al Qaeda.”
“The effort to calculate exactly what the voters want at each particular moment leaves out of account the fact that when they are troubled the thing the voters most want is to be told what to want.”
Source: The Essential Lippmann: A Political Philosophy for Liberal Democracy
“The effort to combine the general population of this country with the current burgeoning numbers of illegal immigrants is outrageous, simply outrageous.”
“The effort to eliminate synthetic pesticides because of unsubstantiated fears about residues in food will make fruits and vegetables more expensive, decrease consumption, and thus increase cancer rates. The levels of synthetic pesticide residues are trivial in comparison to natural chemicals, and thus their potential for cancer causation is extremely low. [Ames believes that "to eat your veggies" is the best way to prevent cancer.]”
“The effort to feel happy is often precisely the thing that makes us miserable. And that it is out constant efforts to eliminate the negative - insecurity, uncertainty, failure, or sadness - that is what causes us to feel so insecure, anxious, uncertain, or unhappy.”
“The effort to improve the conditions of man, however, is not a task for the few. It is the task of all nations-acting alone, acting in groups, acting in the United Nations, for plague and pestilence, plunder and pollution, the hazards of nature and the hunger of children are the foes of every nation. The earth, the sea and the air are the concern of every nation. And science, technology and education can be the ally of every nation.”