Affected Quotes

• The heart is not so constituted, and the only way to dispossess it of an old affection is by the expulsive power of a new one

  Thomas Chalmers

  Love, Heart, Power

  Thomas Chalmers (1861). “The Expulsive Power of a New Affection. A sermon”, p.11

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• What affected me most profoundly was the realization that the sciences of cryptography and mathematics are very elegant, pure sciences. I found that the ends for which these pure sciences are used are less elegant.

  Jim Sanborn

  Realization, Cryptography, Mathematics

  Jonathan P. Binstock, Jim Sanborn (2003). “Atomic Time: Pure Science and Seduction”, Corcoran Gallery Of Art

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• The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• Most of us need to be reminded that we are good, that we are lovable, that we belong. If we knew just how powerfully our thoughts, words, and actions affected the hearts of those around us, we'd reach out and join hands again and again. Our relationships have the potential to be a sacred refuge, a place of healing and awakening. With each person we meet, we can learn to look behind the mask and see the one who longs to love and be loved.

  Tara Brach

  Healing, Heart, Hands

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• As I grew up in that world and saw how much it affected her world and how much it affected our childhood, it made me very aware of politics. Of course, I have my own private feelings and thoughts, but I don't care to share them.

  Natasha Richardson

  Childhood, Feelings, World

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• When young we have a vivid sense of basic values like trust and warm-heartedness, which we tend to neglect in today's competitive world as we grow up, yet from birth we all have a need for affection. The emotions we experience today have not changed much over the last few thousand years, but the interest increasing numbers of people are showing in their inner world and how their emotions work is a sign of maturity.

  Dalai Lama

  Trust, Buddhist, Growing Up

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• I definitely get affected by new stuff. There's a lot of older influences, but there's also newer stuff too.

  Nuno Bettencourt

  Stuff, Influence, New Stuff

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• I am not a perfectionist, but still I seek perfection. I am not a great romantic, but yet I yearn 4 affection

  Tupac Shakur

  Romantic, Greatness, Rapper

  Song: The Eternal Lament

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• Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences...our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Differences, Judging, Making A Difference

  "A Latina Judge’s Voice". Sonia Sotomayor’s Speech at the Berkeley La Raza Law Journal’s Symposium, www.law.berkeley.edu. October 26, 2001.

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• Worship and spiritual hunger make you so attractive to God that your circumstances cease to matter anymore. He will move heaven and earth to find a worshiper. When you begin to worship with all your being and desire, your heart turns Him toward you. You capture His attention and attracts His affection.

  Tommy Tenney

  God, Spiritual, Moving

  Tommy Tenney (2002). “The God Catchers: Experiencing the Manifest Presence of God”, p.13, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make his spirit, his devotion, his affections, his desire, and his disposition live and reign there.

  John Eudes

  Faith, Christian, Jesus

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• Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.

  Gautama Buddha

  Wise, Buddhist, Rocks

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• I am affected, not because you have deceived me, but because I can no longer believe in you.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Believe, Because I Can, Deceived

  Friedrich Nietzsche “Writings of Nietzsche: Volume 1”, Lulu.com

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• The worst affected from corruption is the common man.

  Kailash Kher

  Men, Common, Corruption

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• Even at age 10, I already knew that I was different from most people. My anxiety disorder was still years from being diagnosed, but it affected me quite deeply. I was too afraid to speak out in class, too nervous to make real friends.

  Jenny Lawson

  Real, Anxiety Disorder, Speaks Out

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• I was nominated for two Grammy's, but ... more importantly, I like it when I get a letter from someone ... a person that I've affected their lives or I've helped them. That's important to me. Someone will say "I was feeling bad and you helped me".

  Judy Tenuta

  Two, Feelings, Important

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• I'm the cofounder of Keep a Child Alive. We provide medicine for families affected by HIV and AIDS in places like Africa and India.

  Alicia Keys

  Children, Medicine, India

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• I don't think Wayne Rooney would be affected if you booed him, that's just how he is, but others go under. They really suffer with it. I think I'm somewhere in the middle... now. I've become tougher as I've got older.

  Frank Lampard

  Thinking, Suffering, Would Be

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• Castle isn't really affected emotionally by murder. He's thrilled about, 'Oh, my God, I wonder how this happened?'

  Nathan Fillion

  Castles, Wonder, Murder

  "Nathan Fillion Interview CASTLE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 19, 2010.

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• Take events in your life seriously, take work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously, or you'll become affected, pompous and boring.

  Shelley Duvall

  Events, Boring, Pompous

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• Emotionally, I was affected a lot by Rage Against the Machine, not specifically the literal intention of the words or what it was about, but the feel, the sound, those phrases that got me.

  Fred Durst

  Sound, Phrases, Machines

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• It's always nice when people appreciate your work because it means you've affected them, which is great. And so that feels good.

  Kirsten Dunst

  Nice, Mean, People

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• Often, we ignore the fact that our spiritual condition and psychological state of mind are highly affected by what is happening to us physically. Sometimes depression is simply the result of exhaustion.

  Tony Campolo

  Spiritual, Mind, Facts

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• The making of music is profoundly affected by the market.

  David Byrne

  Music Is

  "David Byrne: 'It feels like the end of history in pop music'". Interview with Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. September 15, 2012.

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• On the 17th of May, the Delos put out to sea. I was immediately affected with sea-sickness, which, however, lasted but a short time. I remained on deck constantly, forcing myself to exercise.

  John James Audubon

  Exercise, Sea, May

  John James Audubon (1899). “Audubon and His Journals”

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