Persuade Quotes

344 Persuade quotes by 293 unique authors

The power of music that poetry lacks is the ability to persuade without argument. — William Matthews
I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed to… — David Frum
Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I remember that it took years to persuade them to put… — Branch Rickey
I can’t persuade myself that one of the problems facing the planet today might be a shortage of books by me, — Lawrence Block
Presidential power is the power to persuade. — Richard Neustadt
Let one persuade many, and he becomes confirmed and convinced, and cares for no better evidence. — Chauncey Wright
Our economy is based on spending billions to persuade people that happiness is buying things, and then insisting that the only way to have a… — Philip Slater
The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist. — Charles Baudelaire
In a culture in which interpersonal relationships are generally considered to provide the answer to every form of distress, it is sometimes difficult to persuade… — Anthony Storr
I will be as good unto ye as ever a Queen was unto her people. No will in me can lack, neither do I trust… — Elizabeth I
The best way to persuade is with your ears. — Dean Rusk
Its better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage of an opportunity… — John H. Johnson
At a time when threats to the physical environment have never been greater, it may be tempting to believe that people need to be mounting… — William Cronon
You've got to treat people as equals, and make them feel like it's their company. I don't know if I've had any impact or helped… — Michael Milken
My glass shall not persuade me I am old, So long as youth and thou are of one date; But when in thee time's furrows… — William Shakespeare
If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect. — Benjamin Franklin
We know now that the soul is the body, and the body the soul. They tell us they are different because they want to persuade… — George Bernard Shaw
We've got to rebuild human hearts - and persuade people that hope isn't just possible, but essential. — Tony Snow
Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind; Though fraught with all learning, yet straining… — Oliver Goldsmith
You may, if you are an old-fashioned schoolmaster, wish to consider yourself full of universal benevolence and at the same time derive great pleasure from… — Bertrand Russell
So how does one go about proving something like this? It's not like being a lawyer, where the goal is to persuade other people; nor… — Paul Lockhart
In the end, a theory is accepted not because it is confirmed by conventional empirical tests, but because researchers persuade one another that the theory… — Fischer Black
If you give a man the correct information for seven years, he may believe the incorrect information on the first day of the eighth year… — Unknown Author
My teaching influences who you are and who you become, I said, because insofar as I persuade you to change what you know, I can't… — Marshall Gregory
Don't persuade, defend or interrupt. Be curious, be conversational, be real. And listen. — Elizabeth Lesser

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