I believe the way to write a good play is to convince yourself it is easy to do, then go ahead and… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
To control and enslave the minds of men, all one must do is convince them that a secret exists, and that he… — Sam Smith Copy Share Image
If we could get out of this jam by giving up Malta and Gibraltar and some African colonies I would jump at… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“Convince and enemy, convince him that he's wrong, is to win a bloodless battle where victory is long. A simple act of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's taken a while for me to convince people that I can do something other than Scully. And it still takes effort. — Gillian Anderson Copy Share Image
...and the funny thing was that people who weren't entirely certain they were right always argued much louder than other people, as… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Doubtless the world is quite right in a million ways; but you have to be kicked about a little to convince you… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
The problem is someone will try to convince you That they know the answer no matter the question Be wary of those… — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
Besides what has been said, people are fickle by nature; and it is a simple to convince them of something but difficult… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
To get the bad customs of a country changed and new ones, though better, introduced, it is necessary first to remove the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The whole world, myself included, seem to have one thing in common; we're just a crowd of people who don't really fit… — Andrew McMahon Copy Share Image
Don’t limit yourself and don’t let others convince you that you are limited in what you can do. Believe in yourself and… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
A man who is convinced of the truth of his religion is indeed never tolerant. At the least, he is to feel… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It's one of the underappreciated skills required by an innovator - they have to be able to convince lots of people to… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
In reality, we can prove that the incidents of drug, alcohol abuse and violence have dropped dramatically among professional athletes - but… — Leigh Steinberg Copy Share Image
For any producer I've ever worked with, their toughest job is to convince me to not to obscure my vocals. A lot… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
How do you even begin to return to someone, much less convince them to do the same for you? I had no… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
All the men and women whom I have faced at that final moment, convince me that in what I have done, I… — Albert Pierrepoint Copy Share Image
You can convince anyone of anything if you just push it at them 100% of the time. They may not believe it… — Charles Manson Copy Share Image
[Con] men have long known . . . that their job is not to convince skeptics but to enable the gullible to… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The White House has embarked on a mission to convince the people of our country that Social Security is in dire need… — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
In a reality, what we should be doing is having quiet diplomacy with the Russians to convince them that it's in their… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I don't pay much mind to politricks. Never met a politician who wouldn't try to convince you that salt was sugar. — Nalo Hopkinson Copy Share Image
My concern was whether I could do the job of a justice well enough to convince the nation that my appointment was… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
I never considered myself a cowboy, because I wasn't. But I guess when I got into cowboy gear I looked enough like… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
It is the creator of fiction's point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the… — Raymond Queneau Copy Share Image
It's a funny thing, how much time we spend planning our lives. We so convince ourselves of what we want to do,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm always trying to convince myself there's something important about what I do. But some peoples' lives are really altered by a… — Jennifer Damiano Copy Share Image
I've managed to convince my wife that somewhere in the Bible it says, 'Man cannot have too many shotguns and fishing poles.' — Norman Schwarzkopf Copy Share Image
“Reasoning is a social process,47 and we typically have to convince disinterested third parties before there’s any chance our opponents will accept… — Kevin Simler Copy Share Image
To hold an idea and convince ourselves we arrived at it rationally, we go in search of evidence to support our view. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
He longed for the deep as she longed for the night sky and for white lilies floating on water -- although she… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
I was in bar about 15 years ago, a relationship had ended badly, I was very drunk and I thought I would… — Moby Copy Share Image
We all have three characters: the one we really have, the one we try to convince the world we have, and the… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
On an incredibly simplistic level, you can think of depression as occurring when your cortex thinks an abstract thought and manages to… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
Every tribe needs a good front man to sell the program. Who better to convince the Middle East to give up the… — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
I'd like to convince you that the universe has a soundtrack and that soundtrack is played on space itself, because space can… — Janna Levin Copy Share Image
I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
Since anti-racist individuals did not control mass media, the media became the primary tool that would be used and is still used… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
My drawings and paintings were done as an act of protest; I was trying by means of my work to convince the… — George Grosz Copy Share Image