“Example is always more efficacious than precept.”
Samuel Johnson
“TZETZE (or TSETSE) FLY, n. An African insect (_Glossina morsitans_) whose bite is commonly regarded as nature's most efficacious remedy for insomnia, though some patients prefer that of the American novelist (_Mendax interminabilis_).”
Ambrose Bierce
“To have 100 percent efficacy is something that you have very rarely. We're breaking out the champagne.”
Eliav Barr
“The efficacy is well-demonstrated. If used appropriately, it is sometimes lifesaving.”
Dr. Jon A. Shaw
“(We) found very little evidence for the efficacy of these over-the-counter cough preparations for cough due to the common cold.”
Dr. Richard Irwin
“In this case, you have overwhelming evidence of efficacy.”
Robert Nelson
“Jesus of Nazareth could have chosen simply to express Himself in moral precepts; but like a great poet He chose the form of the parable, wonderful short stories that entertained and clothed the moral precept in an eternal form. It is not sufficient to catch man's mind, you must also catch the imaginative faculties of his mind.”
Dudley Nichols