The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by showing its faults; as when a stream discovers the dirt… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
The ability to convince people of the wackiest notions - and both parties can do it - it's part of the dumbing… — Gary Ackerman Copy Share Image
Why is it that I finally convince my mind that I am over you, then I see you and my heart takes… — Kristina Copy Share Image
The more I view the independence of the press in its principal effects, the more I convince myself that among the moderns… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Spending your life trying to convince others that do not matter, that you are worthy, is a waste of time and energy.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The duke sounded like he was trying to convince himself. “Have you ever done this before?” “Set up someone by pretending to… — Brent Weeks Copy Share Image
Either they like you or they don't. Never try to convince somebody of your worth. If a person doesn't appreciate you,they don't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The fundamental challenge of achieving anything you wish is first to convince yourself to do it. Once you are totally convinced of… — Ralph Marston Copy Share Image
It's got to be a challenge but at the same time you have to feel as though you can play them -… — Eric Bana Copy Share Image
Because we humans are big and clever enough to produce and utilize antibiotics and disinfectants, it is easy to convince ourselves that… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
One's own free unfettered choice, one's own caprice-however wild it may be, one's own fancy worked up at times to frenzy-is that… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“He is a great fish and I must convince him, he thought. I must never let him learn his strength nor what… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“Let Sleeping Dogs Lie When I hear someone expressing an adamant opinion which is diametrically opposed to my own, I have a… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
If the British prose style is Churchillian, America is the tobacco auctioneer, the barker; Runyon, Lardner, W.W., the traveling salesman who can… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
I could have wished that the reputations of many brave men were not to be imperilled in the mouth of a single… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
When you're young, you want to convince everyone that you're right and they're wrong. As you get older, it's not important if… — Gino Vannelli Copy Share Image
“The easiest thing in the world is to convince yourself that you are right. As one grows older, this is easier still.” — Robert Ludlum Copy Share Image
Playing rugby at school I once fell on a loose ball and, through ignorance and fear, held on despite a fierce pummelling.… — Peter Cook Copy Share Image
I have already told Vermaelen to come to Napoli 10 times. The city is magnificent and even Benitez asked me to convince… — Dries Mertens Copy Share Image
Well, I am not 100 percent sure of the definition of polemic, but it wasn't meant to convince anybody of anything. — Art Spiegelman Copy Share Image
We cannot force others to behave differently if they disagree with us; but if we change what we are saying or doing… — Nabil N Jamal Copy Share Image
The human body has been called the microcosm of the universe, a little world of wonders and a monument of divine wisdom… — A. B. Simpson Copy Share Image
We often talk too much & listen too little. The surer route to winning a friend isn't to convince them that you're… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Time eventually convinces most of us that forgiveness is a virtue. Conveniently, cowardice and forgiveness look identical at a certain distance. — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
It is only when you despair of all ordinary means, it is only when you convince it that it must help you… — Robert Collier Copy Share Image
The numbers matter: underreporting of Lyme disease obscures the true burden of the illnesses, on individuals as well as on health-care systems.… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
I wanted to see myself as something different, and I wanted to convince people that I was capable of something other than… — Lizzy Caplan Copy Share Image
If you want to convince the world that a fish can sense your emotions, only one statistical measure will suffice: the p-value. — Charles Seife Copy Share Image
After a lifetime of engaging in long, passionate discussions I have come to the conclusion that it is a waste of time… — Michael Foley Copy Share Image
When I want comfort food, I buy Maltesers. I like all chocolates, but especially those. You can eat them, and because they're… — David Walliams Copy Share Image
The toughest challenge I faced came right at the beginning of my career with 'Blood Knot,' which was trying to convince South… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
That's one of the things you have to do: Convince the group that it benefits all of them to give to each… — Jesse Marsch Copy Share Image
I covered two presidents, LBJ and Nixon, who could no longer convince, persuade, or govern, once people had decided they had no… — Helen Thomas Copy Share Image
Vanity is a factor, but it is more a question of control. It is easier to trick others into perceiving you as… — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
I believe so much in the power of performance I don't want to convince people. I want them to experience it and… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
It's hard to convince people when you haven't done anything that the things you're working on are worthy of spending their time… — Josh Jones Copy Share Image
I've always done whatever I felt like doing in life. People may try to stop me, and convince me I'm wrong, but… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
After a brief period in which I had let many a Southern Californian convince me that it was all 'in my mind,'… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
Men ... are so conservative, so selfish, so boresome, and ... they are so ugly, and ... they are gullible, anybody can convince them. — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
If you want to write a book that's very successful and famous, then it's hard. If you just want to get published,… — Kate Cary Copy Share Image
