Convincing Quotes

312 Convincing quotes by 276 unique authors

The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public in favor of… — Elihu Root
That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion of… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
Most people's major life changes don't come from reading an article in the newspaper; they come from reading longer-form essays or thoughtful books, which are… — Aaron Swartz
The Party of the Regions has won a convincing victory. We are ready to undertake responsibility for forming the Cabinet and we are calling on… — Viktor Yanukovych
Coaching is salesmanship. Coaching is winning players over and convincing them they have to play together. It takes a team conviction to play together to… — Phil Jackson
Combinatorics is an honest subject. No adèles, no sigma-algebras. You count balls in a box, and you either have the right number or you haven't.… — Gian-Carlo Rota
Nothing has afforded me so convincing a proof of the unity of the Deity as these purely mental conceptions of numerical and mathematical science. — Mary Somerville
As for what's the most challenging aspect of teaching, it's convincing younger writers of the importance of reading widely and passionately. — Chang-Rae Lee
Karl Marx, a visionary, figured out that you can control a slave much better by convincing him he is an employee. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Elizabeth Drescher makes a convincing case for why digital social media and Church not only go hand in hand, but how new technologies can help… — Donna Freitas
As commonly understood, creationism involves belief in an earth formed only about ten thousand years ago, an interpretation of the Bible that is still very… — Michael Behe
Whilst our Hearts are violently set upon any thing, there is no convincing us that we shall ever be of another Mind. — Mary Astell
Of course you have memories, and these memories are convincing. But it's really at the moment when I write them down - when I write… — Amelie Nothomb
They proved to me by convincing reasons that God does not exist; Afterwards I saw God, for he came and embraced me. And now what… — Sri Aurobindo
Producers generally don't like me; directors do, generally. Convincing the producers is hard. They can't see the commercial value behind such a face, nor would… — Amanda Plummer
Unless we repeal the illegal Byrd amendment, American exports will be vulnerable to retaliation, and the U.S. will continue to face a difficult task convincing… — Jim Ramstad
In some ways I believe music is the more convincing communicator of ideas than words. For instance, we can hear of Kordaly and Bartok and… — Leonard Slatkin
These repetitive words and phrases are merely methods of convincing the subconscious mind. — Claude M. Bristol
I always admired Wonder Woman and the Incredible Hulk - but I don't know if I'd be a very convincing hulk. — Lucy Liu
I was trained as an actress. But I wasn't a very convincing actress, so I started doing punk poetry and then fell into doing stand-up. — Jenny Eclair
I hope I'm always convincing when I act! — Colin Baker
In today's roller-coaster economy, hyper-competitive, fear-based, flat and global world, convincing anyone to do anything at any time requires getting their attention, creating their intention… — Peter Guber
A lot of athletes have star quality, but they just can't perform in front of a camera. So no matter how good-looking you are, no… — Richard D. Zanuck
Freud, Sigmund: A man so dissatisfied with his own mother and father that he devoted his life to convincing everyone who would listen — or… — John Ralston Saul
By 2029, computers will have emotional intelligence and be convincing as people. — Ray Kurzweil

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