The terms ‘Domino Theory’ or ‘Domino Effect’ were first introduced following World War II.The idea behind it was to depict the fall of a noncommunist state to a communist power, which would then lead to the fall of noncommunist governments in the nearby states. A related term called the ‘Falling Domino Principle’ was used by the then-president of the United States of America, Dwight D. Eisenhower, in one of his press conferences.The term was later popularized as the ‘Domino Theory’. Over the past few years, there have been several sayings and quotes based on the concept of the domino theory. The domino quotes generally depict a series of chain reactions that are set into motion after one action is performed, whose repercussions lead to the action of the next. Scroll down to read some of the most famous domino quotes ever spoken by some of the brightest minds on this planet.Domino Effect QuotesThese domino quotes can be relatable to anyone and everyone owing to their universal applicability.“The process of writing is like creating a game of dominoes: The first domino creates the second incident, and so forth until the end.”- Asghar Farhadi.“I think it’s actually the more polite thing to do because I’m not coercing partygoers into some big farewell moment with me. Then other people feel like they have to stop what they’re doing and hug me, too. It’s time-wasting dominoes.”- Mindy Kaling.“Hope can be imagined as a domino effect, a chain reaction, each increment making the next increase more feasible… There are moments of fear and doubt that can deflate it.”- Jerome Groopman.“You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly.”- Dwight D. Eisenhower.“When you’re lost in the middle of a set of dominoes, you can’t see the pattern that’s forming in the falling blocks around you.”- James Renner.“Is it God? Did God set up the dominoes and wait for some human to flick the first one? Or is it the opposite way around? Did humans set them up so God could do the flicking?”- Allan Wolf.“It became a domino effect, as infected people took foolish risks, knowing full well they could spread the virus.”-‘The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel’, by Jason Medina.“When my assistant strolled into my office one idle Tuesday morning, I had no way of knowing this would be the moment everything changed. A series of dominoes tipped with a clack, all leading to an unexpected and crazy end. One I fear I won’t ever recover from.”- Kelly Moran.Famous Domino QuotesThese domino quotes have helped humans absorb the day-to-day gravity of the domino effect.“Taboos are falling across our culture like dominoes. What was unspeakable yesterday dominates talk shows today.”- Ellen Goodman.“Days pass, time ticks away, seconds click forward like dominoes toppling in a line.”- Lauren Oliver.“If you control the cause, you own the effect. If you don’t, events will unfold like dominoes toppling, and you will have no one to blame but yourself.”- Karen Marie Moning.“Worrying is like a domino effect that rolls from one day into the next, into a week, a month, a year; never accomplishing anything but stress, until it hits that last tile, which drops unfulfilled to an empty ground.”- Anthony Liccione.“If dominoes lined up in a formation metaphorically represent how stress works, what are you doing to ensure your last domino never falls?”- Sanita Belgrave.“Choices are like dominoes, one tumbling against the next and then the next until events go out of human control.”- Ann Rule.“It’s like a domino effect. After all the time of neatly putting the pieces together, one wrong move, one moment of distraction, and all of it come falling down. The same happens to us.”- ‘Lost & Found: Anabel & William #1’, Anna B. Doe.“Felt my heartbeat falter, hesitate, then stumble awkwardly forward, tripping on the next beat, then the next, faster and faster until each one tumbled into the other like the drumroll of dominoes crashing together. Funny how time stands still when death is imminent.”- Darynda Jones.“One bad decision is like building a long line of dominoes and then sneezing and not turning your head.”- Julia Kent.“The way your life plays out depends on which dominoes you choose to push over and which ones you leave alone.”- Dan Gutman.“The dominoes of fate are falling down as we speak, and Ferriar knows what will happen when the last one crashes down.”- Evan Meekins.Positive Domino Effect QuotesThe domino effect can happen in anybody and everybody’s lives, but it can be a positive alert to make someone aware of how one action can lead to others.“I would just like to say something to all the women out there. You’re not the only one that’s probably going through something, so I feel as though if one person speaks up, maybe it-hopefully-will be a domino effect.”- Blac Chyna.“I could see the genius in allowing the future to evolve. You could create momentum. You could launch something and see where it goes. You couldn’t line everything up, like so many dominoes, and make everything fall into place.”- Amy Hill Hearth.“Sometimes, all it takes is your smile (even if forced) and a domino effect of smiles happen… infectious.”- Ace Antonio Hall.“And the game of dominoes is much like life: you gotta play the bones you’ve pulled. It doesn’t matter if you’ve got seven doubles in your hand.”- S.B. Redd.“Life is full of different stages. What matters, though, is what you make of each one. Don’t let it become a domino effect unless it’s getting better and better.”- Hopal Green.“I believe the director is the one that sets the mood, and if you have this hysterical director, it’s a domino effect. I would work for him forever, for nothing. Don’t tell my agent that.”- Elizabeth Pena.
The terms ‘Domino Theory’ or ‘Domino Effect’ were first introduced following World War II.
