I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel… — David Frum Copy Share Image
To design is much more than simply to assemble, to order, or even to edit: it is to add value and meaning,… — Paul Rand Copy Share Image
Even within the band, if I cannot manage to persuade the members of what I see to be the next course of… — Robert Fripp Copy Share Image
If you go into a bank or a shop and you want them to believe that you're going to shoot them, that's… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
I am trying to persuade my family to spend more time in China. It's no fun to be in exile. I can't… — Ma Jian Copy Share Image
Their term project consists of a fieldwork collection of folklore that they create by interviewing family members, friends, or anyone they can… — Alan Dundes Copy Share Image
I try to persuade people to act in ways that are not only in their own interest, but in the interest of… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
I am an author, and like many in my profession, I am also a traveling salesman, going all over in an attempt… — Ian Frazier Copy Share Image
I not only urge you to vote that ticket yourself, but I beg that you will persuade others to do so. Personal… — Thomas Jordan Jarvis Copy Share Image
Any objective look at what science has to say about climate change ought to be sufficient to persuade reasonable people that the… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
Obviously, a power player in a criminal organization doesn't have to persuade anyone. He can just do what he wants. — Andrew Dominik Copy Share Image
When the initial effort of political and business leaders to influence public opinion on an issue is to threaten rather than to… — Preston Manning Copy Share Image
It is highly probable that in most cases, war could be avoided or ended. For discussions allow passion to subside, and to… — Charles Albert Gobat Copy Share Image
You know what it's like to persuade a pigheaded child to do something they don't want to. If they hear the same… — Mary Wesley Copy Share Image
“Good words were the difference between Emily eating well and not. And what she had found worked best were not facts or… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
Over many years, the United States has worked to persuade and compel governments around the world to abide by the rules. By… — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
We must seek to persuade member states and institutions that better regulation in Europe does not mean cutting health and safety in… — John Hutton Copy Share Image
I find that the hardest work in the world... is to persuade Easterners that growing up in the West is not intellectually… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
I consider myself a persuasive person. With the ability to persuade comes a certain level of power. — Ertharin Cousin Copy Share Image
I always tell my students: I don't care which side you're on. I respect you too much to try to persuade you… — Susan Estrich Copy Share Image
It's better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage… — John H. Johnson Copy Share Image
The main problem is that for a boycott to be effective, you must first persuade thousands - maybe even millions of others… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Most therapists do not appear to know how to pinpoint and reverse therapeutic resistance - to head it off at the pass.… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
Advertising seemed almost natural to me because it was a business where you had to inform, persuade and educate. And so from… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
A key goal for an author of history is to persuade his or her readers to forget what they know and to… — Del Quentin Wilber Copy Share Image
