#effect

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#ago #effect #exertion #faith #happy

A very small cause which escapes our notice determines a considerable effect that we cannot fail to see, and then we say that the effect is due to chance. ↗

— Henri Poincare

#cause #chance #considerable #determines #due

There's a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness. ↗

— Michael Porter

#distinction #effectiveness #fundamental #operational #strategy

Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money. ↗

— Michael Porter

#behind #billions #business #decades #ineffective

The ability to change constantly and effectively is made easier by high-level continuity. ↗

— Michael Porter

#change #constantly #continuity #easier #effectively

I'm not satisfied with the progress of the work, but I am happy that the talks are going on. It might have a negative effect if the United States joins. ↗

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

#effect #going #happy #i #i am

I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place. ↗

— Sam Raimi

#been #camera #drew #effects #film

We want to continue the efforts against domestic violence and spread the drug courts, and develop real effective means of providing treatment for drug abusers without having to have them arrested. ↗

— Janet Reno

#against #arrested #continue #courts #develop

Drugs ruin peoples lives, break up families and have disastrous effects on our communities. ↗

— Adam Rickitt

#break up #communities #disastrous #effects #families

You can eliminate, for example, a Brazil nut gene if you know that it will create an allergenic effect. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#create #effect #eliminate #example #for example