Convincing Quotes

312 Convincing quotes by 276 unique authors

I have a definite talent for convincing people to try something new. I am a good salesman. When I'm on form, I can sell anything. — Brian Eno
After 1980, you never heard reference to space again. Surface, the most convincing evidence of the descent into materialism, became the focus of design. Space… — Arthur Erickson
Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges. — Scott Hamilton
I always find that I have to be emotionally on my character's side for it to be convincing. — Josh Hartnett
Several excuses are always less convincing than one. — Aldous Huxley
What could be more convincing, moreover, than the gesture of laying one's cards face up on the table? — Jacques Lacan
Every one of us is different in some way, but for those of us who are more different, we have to put more effort into… — Marlee Matlin
One of the main ways that leadership stays in power is by, in various ways, convincing people that they should just let those who are… — Viggo Mortensen
The most convincing argument against early parenthood is that you are in a relationship that is likely to fall apart before that child grows up. — Tony Parsons
A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a… — Max Planck
Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need. — Will Rogers
Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Revision has its own peculiar pleasures and its own peculiar frustrations. The ground rules are already established; the characters already exist. You don't have to… — Vikram Seth
A love story, at least a convincing one, requires three elements - the lover, the beloved, and the adventures they have together. — Jane Smiley
A candidate who tries to steer a path down the middle in an effort to 'win independents' runs the risk of convincing everyone that they… — John Sununu
We convince by our presence. — Walt Whitman
Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing. — Oscar Wilde
The hardest part was convincing people that I was serious. The people were like 'you want to do this again'? — Rob Zombie
Fantasy, if it's really convincing, can't become dated, for the simple reason that it represents a flight into a dimension that lies beyond the reach… — Walt Disney
I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of the massacre, I said the… — Mark Twain
White supremacist ideology is based first and foremost on the degradation of black bodies in order to control them. One of the best ways to… — Cornel West
I have lived, Sir, a long time and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth -- that God governs… — Benjamin Franklin
In the increasingly convincing darkness The words become palpable, like a fruit That is too beautiful to eat. — John Ashbery
Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong? — Jane Austen
Religion hinges upon faith, politics hinges upon who can tell the most convincing lies or maybe just shout the loudest, but science hinges upon whether… — Ian Stewart

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