Persuaded Quotes

197 quotes by 166 authors

My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much so, that he… — Teresa of Avila
I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains. — Buffalo Bill
And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, I'm going to learn the saxophone. When I grow up, I'm… — David Bowie
Never try to negotiate with anyone after he or she has eaten. People are best persuaded on an empty stomach. And forget power breakfasts. There… — Joyce Brothers
At 15, I knew someone whose mother cooked macrobiotic, so I persuaded my mother to go macrobiotic with me. — Tori Amos
What a fool, quoth he, am I, thus to lie in a stinking dungeon, when I may as well walk at liberty! I have a… — John Bunyan
General," said the commander of the delinquent brigade, "I am persuaded that any further display of valor by my troops will bring them into collision… — Ambrose Bierce
Travel, which was once either a necessity or an adventure, has become very largely a commodity, and from all sides we are persuaded into thinking… — Jan Morris
Well, you show me the science [that being gay is not a choice] and I'll be persuaded. — Herman Cain
The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the asymmetry of the… — Louis Pasteur
If the devil could be persuaded to write a bible, he would title it, "You Only Live Once." — Sydney J. Harris
If you can cut the people off from their history, then they can be easily persuaded. — Karl Marx
I wish that one would be persuaded that psychological experiments, especially those on the complex functions, are not improved [by large studies]; the statistical method… — Alfred Binet
Examine the religious principles which have, in fact, prevailed in the world, and you will scarcely be persuaded that they are anything but sick men's… — David Hume
I am entirely persuaded that the agitations of the public mind advance its powers, and that at every vibration between the points of liberty and… — Thomas Jefferson
May [our Declaration of Independence] be to the world, what I believe it will be (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to… — Thomas Jefferson
What has been done is little-scarcely a beginning; yet it is much in comparison with the total blank of a century past. And our knowledge… — Agnes Mary Clerke
O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all the world… — Walter Raleigh
What a man really says when he says that someone else can be persuaded by force, is that he himself is incapable of more rational… — Norman Cousins
The present representative of the Dedlocks is an excellent master.He supposes all his dependents to be utterly bereft of individual characters, intentions or opinions, and… — Charles Dickens

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