“Do you want to make your prayers more effective? Not that they are not effective, but do you want to help them become more effective?”

“If you want to do evil, science provides the most powerful weapons to do evil; but equally, if you want to do good, science puts into your hands the most powerful tools to do so. The trick is to want the right things, then science will provide you with the most effective methods of achieving them.”

“I found at this point that effective acting wasn't what I wanted to do, that I didn't want to make effects, that I wanted, as it were, to leave an impression of a particular kind of human being.”

“If you want more effective programmers, you will discover that they should not waste their time debugging, they should not introduce the bugs to start with.”

“Christians, bear your faithful ministers upon your hearts when you are wrestling with God. They can tell when they want your prayers, and when they enjoy your prayers. Did you pray more for them, they might do more for your internal and eternal good than they do now.”

“People focus on role models; it is more effective to find antimodels - people you don't want to resemble when you grow up”

“Nothing will stop you being creative more effectively as the fear of making a
mistake.”

“How do I produce the effects which I obtain from the piano? … In answer I would say I produce them by listening, criticizing, judging—working over the point, until I get it as I want it. Then I can reproduce it at will, if I want to make just the same effect; but sometimes I want to change and try another.”

“If you do a good act, it cancels the effects of your evil deeds. If one prays, takes the Name of God and thinks of Him, the effects of evil are cancelled.”

“A slap in the face is more effective than ten lectures. It makes you understand very quickly.”