If the Humanists wish to be champions of reason, they should consider the following: just as they would not admit mystics into… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Screens provoke action instead of persuasion. Propaganda is less effective in a world of screens, because while misinformation travels as fast as… — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
“The first rule of persuasion…” “Don’t you mean manipulation?” “You” — Iris Johansen Copy Share Image
If you wish to win a man over to your ideas, first make him your friend. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
People are always selling the idea that they have a magic bullet of persuasion. You won't get poor by shorting such promises. — Dominic Cummings Copy Share Image
He who has truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
To yield readily--easily--to the persuasion of a friend is no merit… To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I am dying, but with a strong hope and persuasion that my country will gain her independence. — David Wooster Copy Share Image
Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens to be not a science, but an art. — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what leadership is. It's persuasion and conciliation, and education, and patience. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Persuasion occurs when trust and confidence meet belief, risk tolerance, and safety. — Jeffrey Gitomer Copy Share Image
India is this great experiment of a billion people of such great diverse persuasions working together, seeking their salvation in the framework… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
'Powers of Persuasion: The Story of British Advertising' by Winston Fletcher - the impression you get from reading this book, which covers… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
All of which raises the question – your task, burden, privilege, call it what you like – a question which men and… — Ron Currie Jr Copy Share Image
“Unbelief is the friction that keeps persuasion in check,” Dutton says. “Without it, there’d be no limits.” Giving your counterpart the illusion… — Chris Voss Copy Share Image
I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on… — Yitzhak Shamir Copy Share Image
The Lost Sale. The sale is lost more often than not due to a lack of patience. Pushy is not persuasive, true… — Bobby Compton Copy Share Image
Should this my firm persuasion of the soul's immortality prove to be a mere delusion, it is at least a pleasing delusion,… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The simple, daily influences of prayer, persuasion, and promoting of godly values are the most powerful tools a mother can use to… — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
The barbarian chieftain, who defended his country against the Roman invasion, driven to the remotest extremity of Britain, and stimulating his followers… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
The effect of speech upon the condition of the soul is comparable to the power of drugs over the nature of bodies.… — Gorgias Copy Share Image
“Dean coughed helpfully. Somewhere in the cough was the word “persuasion.” He was throwing Mo a lifeline. Mo preferred to go down.… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“Advertising is profoundly manipulative at its core. Its imagery strives to deprive us of realistic ideas about love, sex, beauty, health, money,… — Jennifer L. Pozner Copy Share Image
“Also, even if technocrats provide reasonable estimates of a risk, which itself is an iffy enterprise, they cannot dictate what level of… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Shigure: JUST LISTEN TO ME FOR A SECOND, KYO! Kyo: SHUT UP! I HATE THIS! DO YOU REALLY GET THAT MUCH ENJOYMENT… — Natsuki Takaya Copy Share Image
My sister was like my surrogate mother here, in Washington, with very much of the same persuasions as my mother. Even when… — David C. Driskell Copy Share Image
Given that some social processes must convey inherent constraints, the choice is among various mixtures of persuasion, force, and cultural inducement. The… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image