Effective Quotes

If this Nation really wants to create an effective border security policy, we need to have a debate that includes a discussion about actual solutions to our problems, which means taking all of the political grandstanding and baiting out of the equation.

What celebrities are useful for is bringing attention to the public and making them more aware. They can be unbelievably effective.

I really think that effective acting has to do literally with the movement of molecules.

I like to do theater and hopefully be effective. Most actors, at least contemporary actors of my generation, can't do it. They don't have the chops.

To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts to power and engages conscience.

I've been a very effective leader in the gay rights movement, though at times I've been controversial.

If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are.

If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.

More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty.

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.

It's financially advantageous to make a picture in Berlin, Germany. They have a very effective rebate system.

I am 100 percent supportive of the stand-alone bill to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' that Sens. Lieberman and Collins have now proposed, and indeed I will co-sponsor that legislation. It is time for this discriminatory policy to end, and I am willing to pursue any effective legislative path that could lead to that result.

The establishment of a National Methamphetamine Prevention Week will significantly increase awareness of meth and educate the public on effective ways to help prevent its use.

A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.

Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.

I think that people have to have to have a sense of what ideas are one the progressive side, the Democratic side in order ultimately to be effective in the political world.

It's really a question of fairness and what kind of country we're going to live in. There are 22,000 people making over $1 million. They're paying an effective tax rate in the teens. As Warren Buffett said, he pays less in taxes effectively than his secretary does. That's not right.

The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success.

Tough love - I'm kind of weary of that. I don't think it's so effective.

In such a case secrecy must be absolute to be effective, and although mere vague curiosity induced many persons of my intimate acquaintance to ask to be allowed to just go in and have a peep, I never admitted anyone.

Our assistance in Somalia has been remarkably effective and successful, and we have helped with very small resources - a large group of people and we can now do even more.

The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.

Sincerity is not only effective and honourable, it is also much less difficult than is commonly supposed.

Short, successful military adventures are as effective as the Super Bowl in diverting people's attention from unpleasant truths.

The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.

I think any advocate who is effective has fully acquainted himself or herself with the legislator they are going to meet. Know what committees they are on, what issues they are interested in, all in an effort to build a bridge for communicating with them.

Lifestyle change and changes in diet work faster, better and more cheaply than any medication and are as effective or more effective than gastric bypass without any side effects or long-term complications.

Christianity, to be effective in Japan, must change.

Effective security measures do not come cheap.

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.