When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but... →
M. H. Abrams
Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.
Henry Adams
The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory... →
John Adams
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
John Quincy Adams
I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a... →
Mose Allison
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations... can never effect a reform.
Susan B. Anthony
The development of weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to carry them would be a very destabilizing effect, should Iran be able to accomplish... →
Richard Armitage
What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error.
Raymond Aron
When you drop any new idea in the pond of the world, you get a ripple effect. You have to be aware that you will be creating a cascade of change.
Joel A. Barker
If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect.
John Barton