I persuaded him to throw the dirk away; and it was as easy as persuading a child to give up some bright… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Progress begins with the minority. It is completed by persuading the majority, by showing the reason and the of the step forward,… — George William Curtis Copy Share Image
A few rules include all that is necessary for the perfection of the definitions, the axioms, and the demonstrations, and consequently of… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Teamwork is not a matter of persuading yourself and your colleagues to set aside personal ambitions for the greater good. It's a… — Greg Brown Copy Share Image
I think, for me specifically when it comes to music, I don't think that I need any persuading to think about it.… — Justin Timberlake Copy Share Image
In most sports, your brain and your body will cooperate... But in rock climbing, it is the other way around. Your brain… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
Innumerable are the illusions and legerdemain-tricks of custom: but of all of these, perhaps the cleverest is her knack of persuading us… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The way you get leaders to care about issues of conscience is to apply political pressure. It's less a question of persuading… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
It has been handed down in mythical form from earliest times to posterity, that there are gods, and that the divine (Deity)… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The goal of the FED, as with all central banks, is three-fold: (1) to protect the largest commercial banks from their depositors,… — Gary North Copy Share Image
When your power comes from others, on approval, you are their slave. Never sacrifice yourselves - never! Whoever urges you to self-sacrifice… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
After a conversation with someone that went on all night, but I didn't take much persuading, and the next day I was… — Martin Shaw Copy Share Image
There are actually only ever two pastoral problems you will ever encounter. The first is this: persuading those who are under the… — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
Theatre takes place all the time - wherever one is - and art simply facilitates persuading one this is the case. — John Cage Copy Share Image
...next to the pleasure of reading a favourite fishing book comes that of persuading a friend to read it too. — Arthur Ransome Copy Share Image
Persuading people through technology is the next social revolution. Facebook demonstrates just how powerful it will be. — B. J. Fogg Copy Share Image
When I went into the publishing industry, many women talked about the difficulty they had in persuading their families to let them… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
