Convincing Quotes

312 Convincing quotes by 276 unique authors

There were also the razor marks on her wrists and forearms, half a dozen per arm, not very deep, not very convincing really, just a… — Geoff Nicholson
Discipline is the long and arduous process of convincing the mind to abide by one's conscience. — Wes Fesler
A trembling in the bones may carry a more convincing testimony than the dry documented deductions of the brain. — Unknown Author
The notion that somehow or another they'll (Iran) put it in a picnic basket and hand it to some terrorist group is merely an argument… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
The test of a round character is whether it is capable of surprising in a convincing way. If it never surprises it is flat. Flat… — E. M. Forster
Rule one of reading other people's stories is that whenever you say 'well that's not convincing' the author tells you that's the bit that wasn't… — Neil Gaiman
I do want to make it very convincing. And the best way to do that is to put most of it in dialogue. — John Steinbeck
I know some photographs that are extraodrinary in their power and conviction, but it is difficult in photography to overcome the superficial power or subject;… — Ansel Adams
There is a difference between the Holy Ghost and the gift of the Holy Ghost. Cornelius received the Holy Ghost before he was baptized, which… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
It is one thing to impose drastic measures and harsh economic penalties when an environmental problem is clear-cut and severe....It is foolish to do so… — Frederick Seitz
To date, no convincing evidence for AGW (anthropogenic global warming) has been discovered. And recent global climate behavior is not consistent with AGW model predictions. — Unknown Author
I have lived a long time, sir, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth - that God governs… — Benjamin Franklin
When I learned that aliens really do exist, I wasn't too surprised. But what did shock me when I started investigating extra-terrestrial reports a decade… — Edgar Mitchell
Nothing has afforded me so convincing a proof of the unity of the Deity as these purely mental conceptions of numerical and mathematical science which… — Mary Somerville
I believe that in a certain way this is proof of the truth of Christianity: Heart and reason encounter one another, beauty and truth converge,… — Pope Benedict XVI
If you want a convincing account of just how deep the shift in our new axial age is and must be, look no further than… — Unknown Author
I don't analyze what I'm doing. I've read convincing interpretations of my work, and sometimes I've noticed something that I wasn't aware of, but I… — Cindy Sherman
I had never even thought I'd be an actress - I was supposed to be a lawyer. But the motivation is the same: when you… — Anne Parillaud
Ultimately the most challenging thing, always, is to just be convincing — Guy Pearce
The radical feminists succeeded in undermining the traditional family and convincing women that professional accomplishments are the key to happiness. — Rick Santorum
What identifies an individual as a king is how other people behave towards him. All authority is assumed, and if other people don't accept your… — Patrick Stewart
If churches saw their mission in the same way, there is no telling what might happen. What if people were invited to come tell what… — Barbara Brown Taylor
The challenge for me, and for Asian models in general has been convincing editors, stylists and photographers that we can have mass appeal, but Asian,… — Liu Wen
The thing is, it's very dangerous to have a fixed idea. A person with a fixed idea will always find some way of convincing himself… — Atle Selberg
It's not about supplication, it's about power. It's not about asking, it's about demanding. It's not about convincing those who are currently in power, it's… — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

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