RACK, n. An argumentative implement formerly much used in persuading devotees of a false faith to embrace the living truth. As a… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Leadership isn't just legislation, that it's a matter of persuading people and giving them confidence, and bringing them together and setting a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
So there was one point I thought I was gonna lose it, but once I get on something I have to finish… — Ang Lee 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
My father has a way of persuading people without charm that has always confused me. He states his opinions as if they’re… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Of means of persuading by speaking there are three species: some consist in the character of the speaker; others in the disposing… — Aristotle 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
[Louis] Brandeis is writing directly to us. His clear voice comes through a century and he's speaking to us and he's galvanizing… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
The three main elements of public relations are practically as old as society: informing people, persuading people, or integrating people with people.… — Edward Bernays Copy Share Image
I despair of persuading people to drop the familiar and comforting tactic of dichotomy. Perhaps, instead, we might expand the framework of… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
The Orgasmic Death Gimmick is rather complicated. It could be called the whole birth-death cycle of action, persuading people that birth and… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Nobody has a magic lamp which can tell you in advance whether what you say will be effective in persuading an audience. — Maurice Saatchi Copy Share Image
I had in mind a message, although I hope it doesn't intrude too badly, persuading Americans, and especially Southerners, of the critical… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
The media is not about the arena of ideas. The media is not about persuading. The media is about overcoming the will… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
how lacking in intuition men could be in persuading themselves that mending some stranger's socks, and attending to his comfort, could content… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Harvey was not content merely to gather knowledge; he digested and arranged it under the guidance of the faculties which compare and… — William Harvey Copy Share Image
There are two ways of avoiding fear: one is by persuading ourselves that we are immune from disaster, and the other is… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I am that gadfly which God has attached to the state, and all day long and in all places am always fastening… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries of magic and religion. . . . Dogs do not… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“A relationship is likely to last way longer, if each partner convinces or has convinced themselves that they do not deserve their… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image