Convince Quotes

805 Convince quotes by 672 unique authors

Despite current ads and slogans, the world doesn't change one person at a time. It changes when networks of relationships form among people who share… — Margaret J. Wheatley
Various philosophers and religious leaders tried to convince their disciples and followers that animals are nothing more than machines without a soul, without feelings. However,… — Isaac Bashevis Singer
As for people who are politically backward, Communists should not slight or despise them, but should befriend them, unite with them, convince them and encourage… — Mao Zedong
Propaganda ... serves more to justify ourselves than to convince others; and the more reason we have to feel guilty, the more fervent our propaganda. — Eric Hoffer
I love to play with language; make it do tricks, turn a word inside out to see if it's got a hidden meaning tucked away… — Larry Gelbart
But the blessed Bishop of Geneva taught his nuns another kind of prayer, which even the sick can make: to remain peacefully in the presence… — Vincent de Paul
SOCRATES: Perhaps we may be wrong; if so, you in your wisdom should convince us that we are mistaken in preferring justice to injustice. THRASYMACHUS:… — Plato
Air travel reminds us who we are. It's the means by which we recognize ourselves as modern. The process removes us from the world and… — Don DeLillo
You can hardly convince a man of error in a life-time, but must content yourself with the reflection that the progress of science is slow.… — Henry David Thoreau
Trying to stop suiciders -- which we're doing a pretty good job of on occasion -- is difficult to do. And what the Iraqis are… — George W. Bush
I think it's really important for this great state of baseball to reach out to people of all walks of life to make sure that… — George W. Bush
And say, finally, whether peace is best preserved by giving energy to the government or information to the people. This last is the most legitimate… — Thomas Jefferson
Now go back and meet all those people who you think know everything. Convince yourself that they're right, because we all know everything, it's merely… — Paulo Coelho
It is the creator of fiction's point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that the… — Raymond Queneau
If a group of people - leaders - can convince a group of folk who barely have a pot to piss in that the rich… — Lewis Black
Since anti-racist individuals did not control mass media, the media became the primary tool that would be used and is still used to convince black… — Bell Hooks
If a person is A) poorly, B) receives treatment intended to make him better, and C) gets better, then no power of reasoning known to… — Peter Medawar
I can't convince myself that it does much good to try to challenge the everyday political delusions and dementias of Americans at large. Their contained… — Kenny Smith
The best ballplayer's the one who doesn't think he made good. He keeps trying to convince you. — Casey Stengel
In 1964, I tried to convince my grandfather, who was active in the New York City firefighters union, to vote for Barry Goldwater over Lyndon… — Joe Lhota
We have to convince people that the handouts – just taking a few little handouts, where you have a subsistent living, where you never grow,… — Elbert Guillory
Librarians are notorious snitches—don’t let anybody convince you otherwise. — Tom Upton
Jesus never met a disease he could not cure, a birth defect he could not reverse, a demon he could not exorcise. But he did… — Philip Yancey
I'm going to pull myself together for a while and think-try to determine what character of a woman I am; for, candidly, I don't know.… — Kate Chopin
No one HAS to do something he doesn’t want to do for the rest of his life. But then again, if that’s what you wind… — Hunter S. Thompson

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