Effect

Famous quotes containing the word effect:

    To see distinctly the machinery—the wheels and pinions—of any work of Art is, unquestionably, of itself, a pleasure, but one which we are able to enjoy only just in proportion as we do not enjoy the legitimate effect designed by the artist.
    Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    The pleasure of one’s effect on other people still exists in age—what’s called making a hit. But the hit is much rarer and made of different stuff.
    Enid Bagnold (1889–1981)

    That when that knot’s untied that made us one,
    I may seem thine, who in effect am none.
    And if I see not half my dayes that’s due,
    What nature would, God grant to yours and you;
    Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612–1672)