Convincing Quotes

312 Convincing quotes by 276 unique authors

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
Thatâ€™s the problem with fiction â€” 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
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

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