Convince a man that he is an animal, that his own dignity and self-respect are delusions, that there is no 'beyond' to… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
If you draw your sword against those you sworn to protect, the very ones who trust in your strength, how will you… — Bryan Davis Copy Share Image
Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm going to pull myself together for a while and think-try to determine what character of a woman I am; for, candidly,… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
It's important to keep auditioning. If you're auditioning for something, you're auditioning for a role that people can't see you in and… — Jared Harris Copy Share Image
You could probably convince me that North Jersey and South Jersey should be two separate states. They're just so different. — Ramy Youssef Copy Share Image
When you buy enough stocks to give you control of a target company, that's called mergers and acquisitions or corporate raiding. Hedge… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
I had always been very rational, but I'd always used reason in such a way as to convince myself that reasoning alone… — Goswami Kriyananda Copy Share Image
No living orator would convince a grocer that coffee should be sold without chicory; and no amount of eloquence will make an… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
I mean, we're all going to die. We know that on an intellectual level. We figure it out when we're still fairly… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Surrounded by the self -sufficiency of American culture, we can convince ourselves that we have what it takes to achieve something great. — David Platt Copy Share Image
To convince oneself that one has the right to live decently takes time. — Evita Peron Copy Share Image
Sometimes I get so tired of trying to convince him that I love him and shall love him for ever. He pounces… — Graham Greene 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
The choreographer and the dancer must remember that they reach the audience through the eye. It's the illusion created which convinces the… — George Balanchine 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
Humanity has the option to become successful on our planet if we reorient world production away from weaponry - from killingry to… — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
If you fell head first into a pigsty, you'd try to convince everybody you did it on purpose. — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
The problem with any philosophical consideration is that once you open a door in your mind, you can never close it. Once… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
Nothing feeds forgetfulness better than war.... We all keep quiet and they try to convince us that what we've seen, what we've… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
Whoever relies on the Tao in governing men doesn't try to force issues or defeat enemies by force of arms. For every… — Laozi Copy Share Image
We are more inclined to hate one another for points on which we differ, than to love one another for points on… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Fiction that intends to be something other than entertainment has a certain obligation, I think, to convince the reader, every time, that… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image