Convincing Quotes

312 Convincing quotes by 276 unique authors

Today enormous effort goes into convincing the American public that we're just consumers of media manipulation and sound-bites and spin doctors. That we care only… — Bernardine Dohrn
In more than 20 years I've spent studying the issue, I have yet to hear a convincing argument that college football has anything do with… — Buzz Bissinger
GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if left unadjusted. By most writers the invention… — Ambrose Bierce
I never in a million years thought I would be starring in Hairspray, ever. Because if you think about my past, it's been 30 years… — John Travolta
The paintings in our galleries are seen one day in bright sunshine and another day in the dim light of a rainy afternoon, yet they… — Ernst Gombrich
The patient typically finds himself impelled by some deep, inner conviction that something is true, or right, or virtuous: a conviction that doesn't seem to… — Richard Dawkins
From the point of view of art, there are no concrete or abstract forms, but only forms which are more or less convincing lies. — Pablo Picasso
What I like about music is its ability to be convincing, to carry an argument through successfully to the finish, though the terms of the… — John Ashbery
The standard of living has risen along with the size of the world's population since the beginning of recorded time. There is no convincing economic… — Julian Simon
The most convincing artistic forms of our time are inner models of structural vitality and social relevance. They give us confidence that in spite of… — Gyorgy Kepes
It's not about pop culture, and it's not about fooling people, and it's not about convincing people that they want something they don't. We figure… — Steve Jobs
The art of any propagandist and agitator consists in his ability to find the best means of influencing any given audience, by presenting a definite… — Vladimir Lenin
That’s the problem with fiction — or the charm, if you want. Even mediocre plots have a way of sinking their hooks into you, until… — Charles McGrath
One thing about beginning writers is that they don't really always know their own strengths and weaknesses - you might think you're bad at characterization,… — Jeff VanderMeer
You make a movie and it's like convincing people to go on an expedition with you. You think you know where it's going to end… — David Ayer
Obama still has work to do with the vision thing. Convincing voters that he has a credible, practical plan to turn the nation around is… — Ron Fournier
I think the fact that I'm so well known to be gay makes it very difficult to have a convincing relationship with a woman on… — Stephen Fry
Life is always going to be stranger than fiction, because fiction has to be convincing, and life doesn't. — Neil Gaiman
I had a hard time convincing students that they were going to North Africa to understand the North Africans, not to understand themselves. — Clifford Geertz
Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions are authentic and… — Stanislav Grof
The sad truth is that most of my husbands turned out to be convincing liars. — Joan Collins
Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we have into the ways of past dinosaurs. For… — Jared Diamond
At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. — Frederick Douglass
Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk, to quote Thoreau's example. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Wes Anderson's mind must be an exciting place for a story idea to be born. It immediately becomes more than a series of events and… — Roger Ebert

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