Convincing Quotes

312 quotes by 294 authors

When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending… — William Blake
I am honored I have performed 'Quizas Quizas Quizas' with Jennifer Lopez, an eclectic artist who thanks to the charismatic power of her voice and… — Andrea Bocelli
I was an agnostic until I realized that I had to choose between God and fate. The idea that humanity and nature are the result… — Andrea Bocelli
Never try to negotiate with anyone after he or she has eaten. People are best persuaded on an empty stomach. And forget power breakfasts. There… — Joyce Brothers
I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest. — Muhammad Ali
If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself. — Lord Chesterfield
In all countries, in all centuries, the primary reason for government to set up schools is to undermine the politically weak by convincing their children… — Marshall Fritz
The church must never become a government factory, carrying on a nationalized industry of religion with the people as the bolts and nuts; with God… — Glenn Archer
Partial knowledge is more triumphant than complete knowledge; it takes things to be simpler than they are, and so makes its theory more popular and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
There is no such thing as a convincing argument, although every man thinks he has one. — E. W. Howe
There is a falsehood that some are born with an attraction to their own kind, with nothing they can do about it. They are just… — Boyd K. Packer
I am far from sure when I am acting and when I am not or, should I more frankly put it, when I am lying… — Laurence Olivier
Gradually, at various points in our childhoods, we discover different forms of conviction. There's the rock-hard certainty of personal experience ("I put my finger in… — Philip Pullman
Before you try to convince anyone else, be sure you are convinced, and if you cannot convince yourself, drop the subject. — John Henry Patterson
I never failed to convince an audience that the best thing they could do was to go away. — Thomas Love Peacock
Let him who wants to move and convince others, be first moved and convinced himself. — Thomas Carlyle
What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying? — Laurence Olivier
The most convincing proof of the conversion of heat into living force [vis viva] has been derived from my experiments with the electro-magnetic engine, a… — James Prescott Joule
I would proclaim that the vast majority of what [say, Scientific American] is true-yet my ability to defend such a claim is weaker than I… — Douglas Hofstadter
Any work of science, no matter what its point of departure, cannot become fully convincing until it crosses the boundary between the theoretical and the… — Gaston Bachelard

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