“I never thought I’d see the day when you’d be persuading us to break rules,” said Ron.” — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Propaganda is the art of persuading others of what you don't believe yourself. — Decimius Magnus Ausonius Copy Share Image
As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I did more than anyone else in persuading the U.S. to get rid of Saddam. — Ahmed Chalabi Copy Share Image
“If you want to get men to act reasonably, you must set about persuading them in a maniacal manner.” — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Colors in painting are as allurements for persuading the eyes, as the sweetness of meter is in poetry. — Nicolas Poussin Copy Share Image
...counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
“But if you are hell-bent on persuading someone, or if your back is truly against the wall, you might as well give… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
I can sell anything to anyone. That is actually my superpower. I am really good at negotiating and persuading. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The best way to rise in society is to use all possible means of persuading people that one has already risen in… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It only takes a day to change someone from an anti-intellectual to an intellectual by persuading him that he might be one! — Edwin Land Copy Share Image
Russia will occupy most of the good food lands of central Europe while we have the industrial portions. We must find some… — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share Image
“Is that enough info for you?" His old lady? I thought that was just talk you saw in the movies. Maverick brings… — Justine Elvira Copy Share Image
Like an audience entertained by a magician, we allow ourselves to be deceived by those with a stake in persuading us to… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those? — Gilbert Highet Copy Share Image
“Science shows that passion is contagious, literally. You cannot inspire others unless you are inspired yourself. You stand a much greater chance… — Carmine Gallo Copy Share Image
“When selling, givers ask questions in a way that conveys the desire to help customers, not take advantage of them. When persuading… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“Steel yourself; the audience will demand to know how it went.” “How on earth did you get your soldiers to help so… — K.M. Shea Copy Share Image
I have no idea what goes on in another person's mind. As a legislator, I need to be good at persuading people,… — Tammy Baldwin Copy Share Image
Play isn't you being clever, or finding a trick, or finding a way of covering over your own misery, or persuading someone… — Ian Bogost Copy Share Image
In the Bible, fate was often presented as the handmaiden of morality: sin was succeeded by misfortune, righteousness by prosperity, with reward… — Israel Shenker Copy Share Image
Do they merit vitriol, even a drop of it? Yes, because they corrupt the young, persuading them that the mature world, which… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
Christianity is not a matter of persuading people of particular ideas, but of inviting them to share in the greatness of Christ.… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
I have never had illusions about the value of my individual contribution! I realized early that what a man or a woman… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
Today's political leaders demonstrate their low opinion of the public with every social law they pass. They believe that, if given the… — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
I pay tribute to John Major's achievement in persuading the other 11 Community Heads of Government that they could move ahead to… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Moral questions may not have objective answers-whether revealed by God or by science-but they do have rational ones, answers rooted in a… — Kenan Malik Copy Share Image
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places.… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
A democratic public forms when citizens gather together to deliberate and make public judgments about local and national issues that affect their… — Kevin Mattson Copy Share Image
In short, my vision of a responsible free society is one in which we discourage evil, but do not prohibit it. We… — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
Freudian therapists do a lot of listening and very little persuading, and that was one of the reasons I eventually gave up… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“The first step toward persuading others is an evident and sincere willingness to be persuaded yourself.” — Anne-Marie Slaughter Copy Share Image
Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the American political elite from the… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I am good at persuading people. In convincing the other, I try to start from their point of view so it's easier… — Tzipi Livni Copy Share Image
“it’s just that you are practiced at persuading, and sometimes it’s quite difficult, sir, to distinguish being persuaded by you from being… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves. — Junius Copy Share Image
We have been deceived into believing prayer is all about persuading God to release His power. We no longer need to beg… — Andrew Wommack Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about looking at the world, so it's more about helping people, or persuading people, to see what is… — John Berger Copy Share Image
