Persuaded Quotes

197 Persuaded quotes by 161 unique authors

I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love their children, but the war persuaded me that it is… — Bertrand Russell
It has been said that the immortality of the soul is a grand peut-tre -but still it is a grand one. Everybody clings to it… — Lord Byron
I cannot let well enough alone. I get restless. I have to be doing different things. I am a very impatient person and headstrong. If… — Vivien Leigh
Martin Bashir persuaded me to trust him, that his would be an honest and fair portrayal of my life and told me that he was… — Michael Jackson
Have you come over time to think that you know more now than you did when you were young, know less now than when young,… — Padgett Powell
The first object which saluted my eyes when I arrived on the coast was the sea, and a slave ship, which was then riding at… — Olaudah Equiano
A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk. — Orlando Aloysius Battista
I am persuaded that a leader is not made in one life. He has to be born for it. For the difficulty is not in… — Swami Vivekananda
A learned County Court judge in a book of memoirs recently said that the overwhelming amount of his time on the bench was taken up… — Unknown Author
We have been basically persuaded that we should not talk about racism. — Angela Davis
HUMORIST, n. A plague that would have softened down the hoar austerity of Pharaoh's heart and persuaded him to dismiss Israel with his best wishes,… — Ambrose Bierce
The most ridiculous concept ever perpetrated by Homo Sapiens is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of the Universes, wants the saccharine… — Robert A. Heinlein
If I tell you that I would be disobeying the god and on that account it is impossible for me to keep quiet, you won't… — Socrates
That Ms. Farahani found Mr. Mohassess and persuaded him to share his story is a terrific coup, even if a great deal of his life's… — Manohla Dargis
The problem with breaking up with someone, if you are a little unsure — and so often, people are unsure — is that breaking up… — Adam Thirlwell
None but those who have learned the art of subjecting their senses as well as reason to hypothetical systems can be persuaded by the most… — Samuel Johnson
I liked the thought of being a country clergyman. Accordingly I read with care Pearson on the Creed and a few other books on divinity;… — Charles Darwin
I am fully persuaded that thousands of our fellow-men might profit equally by a similar course to mine; but, constitutions not being all alike, a… — William Banting
God created Adam master and lord of living creatures, but Eve spoilt all, when she persuaded him to set himself above God's will. 'Tis you… — Martin Luther
Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed. She is said to… — James Russell Lowell
Capitalism can no more be 'persuaded' to limit growth than a human being can be 'persuaded' to stop breathing. Attempts to 'green' capitalism, to make… — Murray Bookchin
The new goddess contingency could not be erected until the God of heaven was utterly despoiled of his dominion over the sons of men, and… — John Owen
To speak of ‘limits to growth’ under a capitalistic market economy is as meaningless as to speak of limits of warfare under a warrior society.… — Murray Bookchin
I am myself persuaded, on the basis of extensive study of the historical evidence, that... the severity of each of the contractions - 1920-21, 1929-33,… — Milton Friedman
I have read that the secret of gallantry is to accept the pleasures of life leisurely, and its inconveniences with a shrug; as well as… — James Branch Cabell

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