Obama's pop-cultural focus may seem demeaning to the office of the presidency. It may be mockable. But it is also tremendously effective.
Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.
Even though it's become a really cliched thing to see musicians working for charity, it's still effective and it still has to be done.
I wasn't thinking of the longevity of any of my songs, but I am extremely pleased with the lasting effect.
Barriers tend to intensify romance. It's called the 'Romeo and Juliet effect.' I call it 'frustration attraction.'
Thinking clearly and effectively is the greatest asset of any human being.
We assume that good-looking people are smarter and more effective than they really are, and that homely people are the reverse.
Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.
Sometimes I light incense and a candle. It's so peaceful and quiet. The steadiness of the energy and the reliability of the warmth have a calming effect.
Vegas is everything that's right with America. You can do whatever you want, 24 hours a day. They've effectively legalized everything there.
There is no reality of consciousness independent of the effects of various vehicles of content on subsequent action (and hence, of course, on memory).
A number of people who have supported me on the border fence in the U.S. have observed the fences in Israel and their effectiveness.
Every thought has the power to spread its effects on other minds as a wave can spread all over the ocean.
Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects.
If we say that anyone who 'moralizes' must be perfect morally then we are in effect saying no one can moralize.
The 'niche' effect of charter schools guarantees a swift and vicious deepening of class and racial separation.
There's a lot to do in space. I want to learn more about the greenhouse effect on Venus, about whether there was life on Mars, about the environment in which Earth and the Sun is immersed, the behavior of the Sun.
After that his Majesty was beheaded, the Parliament for some years effected nothing either for the publick peace or tranquillity of the nation, or settling religion as they had formerly promised.
I've learned that guns are exceptionally challenging to use effectively, with a power that must be respected. But mostly what I've learned is that they're a lot of fun, and dangerously appealing to an active imagination.
Noah Vosen: Issue a standing kill order on Jason Bourne, effective immediately.
The Obama administration took rapid and decisive action to restructure GM and Chrysler. Within a fairly short period of time these companies were working effectively again.
