The point of literary criticism in anthropology is not to replace research, but to find out how it is that we are… — Clifford Geertz Copy Share Image
The strength of a theory is not what it allows, but what it prohibits; if you can invent an equally persuasive explanation… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus and upset the convictions and debauch the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Although I was once sharply critical of the argument to design, I have since come to see that, when correctly formatted, this… — Antony Flew Copy Share Image
Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
“The reason that persuasive messages are short, pithy, and digestible in seconds is that we process them so quickly that they become… — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
I try to be careful with my persuasiveness. When my heart is really behind it, and when I have no ulterior motive,… — Giancarlo Esposito Copy Share Image
“To be persuasive, We must be believable, To be believable, We must be credible, To be credible, We must be truthful.” — Edward R. Murrow Copy Share Image
Also, and this may sound naïve, but since my early days in journalism, I've felt that getting as close as possible to… — Sheri Fink Copy Share Image
To win in November, Republican candidates must show they are in touch with voter concerns about growth, jobs, paychecks, government spending and… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
Odours have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions or will. The persuasive power of an odour cannot… — Patrick Süskind Copy Share Image
The Bible says all men are without excuse. Even those who are given no good reason to believe and many persuasive reasons… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
Religion looks forward to the destruction of the world… Perhaps half aware that its unsupported arguments are not entirely persuasive, and perhaps… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
David Ray Griffin has done admirable and painstaking research in reviewing the mysteries surrounding the 9/11 attacks. It is the most persuasive… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Would ministers preach for eternity! They would then act the part of true Christian orators, and not only calmly and cooly inform… — George Whitefield Copy Share Image
Radicals are not going to disappear. They're going to go underground. They're going to be hardened. And they're not going to be… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Secrecy is for losers. . . . It is time to dismantle government secrecy, this most persuasive of Cold War-era regulations. It… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
“Self-doubt is a persuasive mistress; careful not to shag her or you’ll never get your balls back.” - Simon Hunt” — Dannika Dark Copy Share Image
“I don't think you understand," he said. "I'm going to have you, at any cost. Any cost, Jenny, even if you have… — L.J. Smith Copy Share Image
The carrot and the stick are prevasive and persuasive motivators. But if you treat people like donkeys, they will perform like donkeys. — John Whitmore Copy Share Image
I'm probably more persuasive than the next person if I want to be, but do I want to be? In my head,… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
Keep the corners of your mouth turned up. Speak in a low, persuasive tone. Listen; be teachable. Laugh at good stories and… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I think that, in general, when you want to make a case, It important to be as clear and honest and persuasive… — Joseph Badaracco Copy Share Image
Knowing things halfway is a greater success than knowing things completely: it takes things to be simpler than they really are andso… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
We felt that the Gates Foundation looked at our track record and our publications and decided that "this is persuasive; this needs… — Ruth Simmons Copy Share Image
“Like most pathological personalities, *Andrew MacIntosh never cared much whether what he said was true or not - and so he was… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“proof that free speech and the truth wrapped in a good joke will always be more persuasive and more powerful than identity… — Milo Yiannopoulos Copy Share Image
“postmoderns have lost faith in the idea of objective verification. Instead, they focus on the persuasive power of the stories we tell” — Heath White Copy Share Image
' The Lucky One' is at its heart a romance novel, elevated however by Nicholas Sparks' persuasive storytelling. Readers don't read his… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I find the evidence for the deity of Jesus and the reliability of the Bible to be powerful and persuasive, and that… — Lee Strobel Copy Share Image
It would behoove you to have your thesis finely tuned and the logical arguments utilized in support of it tightly woven into… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am not unconscious of the persuasive power exerted by these considerations to drag men along in the current; but I am… — Benjamin F. Wade Copy Share Image
The passions are the only orators that always persuade: they are, as it were, a natural art, the rules of which are… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
What I do see is the right from the beginning that [Donald] Trump had an interest and was very persuasive in terms… — Kimberly Guilfoyle Copy Share Image
What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Real persuasion comes from putting more of you into everything you say. Words have an effect. Words loaded with emotion have a… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
“To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be creditable; to be credible we must be truthful.” — Edward R. Murrow Copy Share Image
A statement is persuasive and credible either because it is directly self-evident or because it appears to be proved from other statements… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Your assignment,' he bellowed at Kelly, 'was to make a persuasive argument. Demanding to know whether detractors of your position are on… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
The truly persuasive must step out of themselves and see their own flaws first and admit they could be wrong. Then, when… — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
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