“Personally, I don't think the film and television industries are run as well as they used to be. Oh sure, we've got great digital effects now but... where are the visionaries?” ThinkingWellsRunningFilmUsedEffectsTelevisionIndustryUsed To BeDigitalVisionariesFilm And TelevisionTelevision Industry Author:Bill Mumy
“Pulp Fiction' was probably one of the first films I ever saw that really kind of took effect on me. I was about four years old - obviously wasn't supposed to be seeing that film; my sister kind of sneaked it out and we got to see it. She's older than me. That was something I always used to watch.” YearsFirstsKindFilmUsedFictionWatchesSawsFourSeeingEffectsSupposed To BeMy SisterFour YearsPulp Author:Aaron Taylor-Johnson
“I think the voice is an underrated instrument these days and it's easy to make up for lack of ability with effects. I think sometimes people are more wowed with effects than core craftsmanship. Strong voices are not as common as they used to be.” PeopleThinkingSometimesUsedStrongEasyVoiceAbilityCommonEffectsInstrumentsCoreUsed To BeThese DaysUnderratedCraftsmanship Author:Victoria Legrand
“I've done so many interviews that I've gotten past the ego and the personality. I used to feel that there might be something missing, but a few years ago I realized that I was so causative over how the interview went that I was no longer concerned over the effects of the interview.” FeelsYearsDoneMightPastUsedEffectsMissingPersonalityEgoConcernedYears AgoI RealizedInterviews Author:John Travolta
“A nationwide Harris Poll showed that the public favoured the use of Laetrile by a 30% margin. ...In over 250 cases of cancer with which I have been associated, all of whom used (Laetrile, vitamin) B-17, not a single one had side effects as a result.” Has BeensUseAgeUsedSidesDarkResultsCasesEffectsCancerMedicalPollsMarginsDark AgesVitaminsSide Effects Author:Leon Chaitow
“Our actions today will protect children from the adverse effects of exposure to pesticides commonly used on foods. The agency also is on schedule to meet all deadlines for ensuring safer pesticides use under the new Food Quality Protection Act.” ChildrenUseTodayActionUsedQualityEffectsProtectAdversityProtectionAgencySchedulesExposureOur ActionsDeadlineAdversePesticidesProtecting ChildrenAdverse Effects Author:Carol Browner
“Ceremony assists people to adjust to change (a marriage ceremony does this for families), to recognize achievement (a classic example is a graduation ceremony), to relate, to express love, and/or to establish a relationship. Ceremonies are the human way we have to signpost a deal such as a business merger, to trigger off a healthy grief process (such as in divorce or funeral ceremonies), to welcome another human being into the family. So Ceremonies have these excellent effects - they can be used further to announce intentions, to express loyalty and to reinforce a sense of identity.” PeopleWayHumansDoeUsedProcessHuman BeingsDealsGriefEffectsExampleIdentityHealthyAchievementIntentionDivorceLoyaltyWelcomeRelateExcellentClassicFuneralCeremonyTriggersMergersSignpostsMarriage CeremonyGraduation Ceremony Author:Dally Messenger
“In the work of Seurat, you can see the dots of neutral colors carrying the form and then the dots of more intense color that make the color texture. It is a totally different principle that than of the Impressionists who used broken color to imitate visual effect.” DifferentFormUsedPrinciplesEffectsColorBrokenIntenseVisualsTextureDotsImpressionismImpressionistsVisual Effects Author:John French Sloan
“Too much magic could wrap time and space around itself, and that wasn't good news for the kind of person who had grown used to things like effects following things like causes.” KindPersonsUsedCausesSpaceToo MuchMagicEffectsNewsFollowingGood NewsTime And SpaceWraps Author:Terry Pratchett
“With the computer and programming languages, mathematics has newly-acquired tools, and its notation should be reviewed in the light of them. The computer may, in effect, be used as a patient, precise, and knowledgeable "native speaker" of mathematical notation.” ShouldMayLightUsedLanguageEffectsComputerToolsMathematicsPatientMathematicalProgrammingNativeSpeakersPreciseProgramming LanguagesKnowledgeable Author:Kenneth E. Iverson
“Do you doubt that the least effects of nature were not used as marks of the wrath of heaven? It was to the interest of pontiffs, priests, and augurs, as much as it is to the interest of lawyers and doctors that there should be lawsuits and sickness. No wonder they took care that the people should not grow slack in their religion.” PeopleShouldCareUsedHeavenGrowsInterestWonderDoubtAtheismEffectsDoctorsMarkPositive AtheismLawyerSicknessPriestsWrathLawsuit Author:Pierre Bayle
“Never have so many been so high so often. When a Boston research group decided to compare the effects of marijuana on experienced and inexperienced users, it took them two months to line up nine student subjects who had never used marijuana.” TwoUsedLinesGroupsSubjectsEffectsStudentsMonthsResearchDecidedNineCompareMarijuanaUsersBostonTwo Months Author:Marilyn Ferguson
“... I used words without precautions. I wanted to disappear into them, I fled into the bovaryism of the writer trying to create an effect.” TryingWantedUsedEffectsDisappearPrecaution Book:Journey from the North, Volume 2: Autobiography of Storm Jameson Source: Journey from the North, Volume 2: Autobiography of Storm Jameson
“Communications devices were always used to effect change, to effect revolution. Telephone, telegraph - these all seemed like very big enhancements at the time.” BigsUsedEffectsCommunicationRevolutionDevicesTelephonesTelegraphEnhancement Author:Gary Shteyngart
“Over the years, the diamond industry has had a devastating impact in countries such as Sierra Leone, Angola and the Congo, where profits from the sale of diamonds have been used to fund brutal wars, with disastrous effects on local communities.” YearsHas BeensWarCountryUsedCommunityEffectsIndustryImpactProfitLocalsFundDiamondBrutalCongoSierraLocal CommunitySierra LeoneAngola Author:Sheherazade Goldsmith
“Propose a new concept, most people especially acquaintances will outrightly reject it on knowing that it's from an ordinary person; but when the same becomes the popular subject, none will ever reflect to accept that they once used to object to the very same idea's beneficial effect.” PeoplePersonsIdeasUsedAcceptingKnowingSubjectsEffectsObjectsOrdinaryConceptsRejectsAcquaintanceBeneficialProposeOrdinary Person Author:Anuj
“We recognize the force of the argument that the effects of war under modern conditions may be felt in the economy for years and years, and that if the war power can be used in days of peace to treat all the wounds which war inflicts on our society, it may not only swallow up all other powers of Congress but largely obliterate the Ninth and the Tenth Amendments as well.” IfsYearsWellsMayWarUsedForceFeltPowerEconomyModernConditionsEffectsEconomicsArgumentTreatsConstitutionCongressWoundsOur SocietyAmendmentsEffects Of War Author:William O. Douglas
“So, I installed a CCTV system to tape what's going on inside my mind. Thousands of hours of drama, confusion, discussion, huge special effects and futuristic scenarios. Also a lot of chatter, drama and suspense. Is like to go to the movies for free, every day. The CCTV technology used is the SSM-X45. Whose initials stand for: Sit down, Shut up and Meditate (X45 is just to sound more hi-tech)” MindUsedSoundHoursTechnologyMeditationSpecialEffectsHugeDramaConfusionSuspenseDiscussionMovieTapeShut UpInitialsScenariosChatterSpecial EffectsFuturistic Author:Marcelo Goianira
“You are not exposed to one chemical at a time, but a complex mixture of chemicals that changes day by day, hour by hour, depending on where you are and the environment you are in... In the United States alone it is estimated that over 72,000 different chemicals are used regularly. Two thousand five hundred new chemicals are introduced annually-and of these, only 15 are partially tested for their safety. Not one of the chemicals in use today has been adequately tested for these intergenerational effects that are initiated in the womb.” Has BeensTwoDifferentStatesUseTodayUsedHoursUnitedUnited StatesEnvironmentFiveEffectsThousandHundredSafetyComplexesEnvironmentalWhere You AreChemicalsExposedPollutionTestedWombMixtures Author:Theo Colborn
“The paintings are not just on flat walls - you have these enormous niches, bulges and protrusions, as well as stalactites and stalagmites. The effect of the three-dimensionality is phenomenal. It's a real drama which the artists of the time understood, and they used it for the drama of their paintings.” WellsRealUsedArtistThreeEffectsPaintingWallDramaUnderstoodEnormousFlatsNichePhenomenal Author:Werner Herzog
“It dawned on me at some point that our music makes certain people happy - I never thought we'd have that effect and it's really gratifying and humbling. My least favorite is the exhaustion that comes with traveling a lot, the touring related exhaustion. And the crazy thing is that we've all been doing this for years and your body never gets used to it - you always feel messed up. But it's a good problem to have.” PeopleFeelsYearsProblemBodyUsedCertainCrazyEffectsYour BodyRelatedTouringExhaustionHumblingMessed UpCrazy Things Author:David Macklovitch
“We would be false to our trust if we allowed the time it takes to give effect to constitutional rights to be used as the very reason for taking away those rights.” IfsGivingReasonWould BeUsedRightsEffectsTrustConstitutional Rights Author:Frank Murphy
“The term power comes from the Latin posse- to do, to be able, to change, to influence or effect. To have power is to possess the capacity to control or direct change. All forms of leadership must make use of power. The central issue of power in leadership is not Will it be used? But rather Will it be used wisely and well?” WellsUseAbleFormUsedTermIssuesInfluenceEffectsCapacityDirectLatinPosseUse Of Power Author:Al Gini
“The incentive for the outsider is to attack the system right up to the moment he is co-opted by it. The incentive for the insider -and this took some getting used to- is to allow yourself to be attacked, and then co-opt your most ferocious attackers, and their best ideas. The effect on the system as a whole is to make it more stable, because everyone winds up working on its behalf.” IdeasWholeMomentsUsedEffectsWindStableOutsidersBehalfIncentivesInsiders Author:Michael Lewis
“I now have had my foggy crystal ball for quite a long time. Its predictions are invariably gloomy and usually correct, but I am quite used to that and they won't keep me from giving you a few suggestions, even if it is merely an exercise in futility whose only effect is to make you feel guilty.” IfsGivingFeelsLongUsedEffectsExerciseLong TimeBallsGuiltySuggestionsPredictionsCrystalsFutilityGloomyCrystal Ball Author:Edsger Dijkstra
“I don't necessarily think there's a difference in terms of how the film industry and the ad industry view visual effects. If visual effects (or the lack thereof) are used as a tool to strengthen an idea, they're great. If they are meant to carry more of a load in the absence of a concept, they're a waste and a distraction.” IfsThinkingIdeasFilmUsedTermDifferencesViewsEffectsIndustryWasteConceptsToolsAbsenceVisualsDistractionAdsLoadFilm IndustryVisual Effects Author:Joshua Rogers
“I used often to go to America during Prohibition, and there was far more drunkenness there then than before; the prohibition of pornography has much the same effect.” AmericaUsedEffectsPornographyProhibitionDrunkenness Book:The Quotable Bertrand Russell Source: The Quotable Bertrand Russell
“I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas... I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes... It is not necessary to use only the most deadly gases: gases can be used which cause great inconvenience and would spread a lively terror and yet would leave no serious permanent effects on most of those affected.” UseUsedCausesEffectsSeriousTerrorSpreadPermanentGasAffectedTribesFavourLivelyInconveniencePoison Gas Author:Winston Churchill
“Faith is not simply a private matter, or something we practice once a week at church. Rather, it should have a contagious effect on the broader world. Jesus used these images to illustrate His kingdom.: a sprinkle of yeast causing the whole loaf to rise, a pinch of salt preserving a slab of meat, the smallest seed in the garden growing into a great tree in which birds of the air come to nest.” WorldShouldMatterWholeUsedJesusChurchPracticeGrowingAirTreeWeekEffectsBirdGardenShould HaveSeedsKingdomsMeatSaltSmallestNestsContagiousSprinklesYeastSlabs Author:Philip Yancey
“When I was in architecture school, rather than giving us drafting boards and t-squares and lead pencils and stuff they gave us all the same tools that places like Digital Domain and ILM used to make features films or special effects. They gave us all these digital tools like Alias and Mya and Soft Image and all these kind of high-end computers, so I came out of architecture school knowing how to use all that stuff. And I started making short films at night.” GivingKindEndsUseSchoolFilmUsedNightStuffKnowingSpecialEffectsComputerToolsArchitectureFeaturesBoardsDigitalSquaresPencilsDomainSpecial EffectsShort FilmsDraftingAliasesArchitecture SchoolDigital Tools Author:Joseph Kosinski
“The costumes, the light rigs and the effects are seamlessly joined. I'm kind of bummed that I don't get the experience that you get with just watching it cold. By the time we'd seen all the visuals put together, I'd sort of become used to that world. It's still pretty impressive.” WorldKindStillsLightTogetherUsedEffectsColdVisualsCostumesImpressiveRigs Author:James Frain
“In our modern society the image and mythic process has been taken over by corporations that directly control advertising and, indirectly, the entertainment industry. Powerful erotic images are used for the sole purpose of selling consumer products; the side effects of this commercialization have a profound impact on the sexual imagination and identity of vast numbers of people.” PeopleHas BeensUsedPurposeProcessSidesImaginationPowerfulNumbersTakenModernEffectsIdentityProductsIndustryImpactProfoundEntertainmentSellingAdvertisingConsumersCorporationsSoleEroticModern SocietyEntertainment IndustrySide EffectsCommercialization Author:Robert Lawlor
“I had been a guerrilla leader in World War II. And I used to say that the way to fight the guerrilla was with guerrillas. And I disbelieved that you could by bombing, ah, have any effect on the supplies coming down through the Ho Chi Minh trails.” WorldWayWarUsedFightingLeaderEffectsWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War ITrailsSuppliesBombingGuerrillas Author:Roger Hilsman
“I had no idea what effect something blockbustering would have. To me, it was just a job that I was trying to do the best I could. We had shot the first five shows before it went on the air. Then, it was this firecracker hit, and people were recognizing me, so it was just nuts. It was overwhelming, insane, wonderful and scary all at the same time. It's really peculiar that people see you on television and then think they have a personal relationship with you. So, they want to touch you, and grab you, and sit down and have lunch with you. It's strange, and you never get used to that.” PeopleThinkingWantTryingFirstsIdeasShowsJobsUsedFiveWonderfulAirEffectsTelevisionStrangeShotsDown AndScaryInsaneNo IdeaLunchOverwhelmingPeculiarNutsRecognizingDo The BestPersonal RelationshipsFirecracker Author:Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
“The tea is pure chemistry, and so is everything else. But chemistry can be highly active with nutrients, it could be not very active and empty of nutrients or it could be a toxic, polluted substance. That's what interests me as an environmentalist, because I think we should only produce the purest, finest things. Then there would be no toxic side effects. There would be no wastes, because everything would be used responsibly.” ThinkingShouldWould BeUsedSidesInterestEffectsProducePureWasteEmptyActiveTeaSubstanceChemistryToxicFinestEnvironmentalistSide EffectsNutrients Author:Horst Rechelbacher
“NASA's Aqua satellite is showing that water vapor, the dominant greenhouse gas, works to offset the effect of carbon dioxide - CO2. This information, contrary to the assumption used in all the warming models, is ignored by global warming alarmists.” UsedWaterEffectsInformationModelsContraryAssumptionGlobal WarmingGasDominantIgnoredCarbonNasaSatellitesGreenhousesCarbon DioxideGreenhouse GasesCo2VaporAlarmistsAqua Author:Walter Cunningham
“It's all about special effects and explosions now. It leaves me just cold when I walk out of the theater. There's no heart; there's no soul. Movies used to be about people. It's as though we don't tell stories any more. The studios have to make money, and if you want to make $20 million, you have to spend $200 million.” PeopleIfsWantHeartSoulStoriesUsedWalksMillionsSpecialEffectsColdTheaterStudiosUsed To BeMaking MoneyLeaving MeExplosionsSpecial Effects Author:Vilmos Zsigmond