Convincing Quotes

312 Convincing quotes by 276 unique authors

There are days when it seems to me that in literature the most convincing depiction of the world in which we live is to be… — Dean Koontz
She wasn't ready to settle down, she told her friends. That was one way of putting it. Another was would have been that she had… — Margaret Atwood
Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point — Barbara Mertz
I’m still having trouble convincing Pax that underwear and pants go together – underwear is not pants! — Angelina Jolie
When he at least reached the door the handle had cease to vibrate. Lowering himself suddenly to his knees he placed his head and the… — Mervyn Peake
I thought physics could be done to the glory of God, till I saw there wasn’t any God at all and that physics was more… — Philip Pullman
Human has always striven to retain the past, to keep it convincing; there's nothing wicked in that. Without it we have no continuity; we have… — Philip K. Dick
Life … is a bit like reading. … If all your responses to a book have already been duplicated and expanded upon by a professional… — Julian Barnes
I suppose [...] that the most convincing way to fool an enemy would be to fool a friend. — Anne Bishop
It’s true that someone will always say that good and evil don’t exist: that is a person who has never had any dealings with real… — Amelie Nothomb
Some care is needed in using Descartes' argument. "I think, therefore I am" says rather more than is strictly certain. It might seem as though… — Bertrand Russell
With fear come the lies and the justifications that, no matter how convincing, lower our self-esteem. — Azar Nafisi
Wow," I said, since it was all I could think of to say. "Wow. That's some outfit." When you've got a big guy wearing Lycra… — Charlaine Harris
The Christian religion is a very powerful and convincing mistake. — Philip Pullman
Appearances are not reality; but they often can be a convincing alternative to it. You can control appearances most of the time, but facts are… — Dean Koontz
Knock, knock. You have the day to hide. Come nightfall, we hunt. (Desiderius) Yeah, yeah...you and your little dog, too. (Kyrian) You're not scared of… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Now," said Halt, "all I have to do is work out a way of beating these horse-riding devils." Erak grinned at him. "That should be… — John Flanagan
No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward — Aesop
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference to the individual's own spiritual experience is lost.… — Joseph Campbell
It doesn't take much convincing to make someone believe they're better than everyone else. — Scott Westerfeld
Still, small heavenly voices penetrate the heart with their gentle, convincing declarations… Most often, hope, encouragement, and direction come from a soft, piercing voice. Small… — Marvin J. Ashton
Haymitch said you'd take a lot of convincing. — Suzanne Collins
And the most interesting natural structure? A giant, two-thousand-mile-long fish in orbit around Jupiter, according to a reliable report in the Weekly World News. The… — Douglas Adams
That prose is a verse, and verse is a prose; convincing all, by demonstrating plain – poetic souls delight in prose insane — Lord Byron
Son, the greatest trick the Devil pulled was convincing the world there was only one of him. — David Wong

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