Persuading Quotes

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The three main elements of public relations are practically as old as society: informing people, persuading people, or integrating people with people. Of course, the… — Edward Bernays
Advertising design, in persuading people to buy things they don`t need, with money they don`t have, in order to impress others who don`t care, is… — Victor Papanek
The only thing more difficult than persuading someone else to start having sex with you is persuading yourself to stop. — Jacob M. Appel
Persuading through Simplifying - Using computing technology to reduce complex behavior to simple tasks increases the benefit/cost ratio of the behavior and influences users to… — B. J. Fogg
I am that gadfly which God has attached to the state, and all day long and in all places am always fastening upon you, arousing… — Socrates
The goal of the FED, as with all central banks, is three-fold: (1) to protect the largest commercial banks from their depositors, who occasionally exercise… — Gary North
Christianity is not a matter of persuading people of particular ideas, but of inviting them to share in the greatness of Christ. So pray that… — Ignatius of Antioch
Russia will occupy most of the good food lands of central Europe while we have the industrial portions. We must find some way of persuading… — Henry L. Stimson
Today's political leaders demonstrate their low opinion of the public with every social law they pass. They believe that, if given the right to chose,… — Mark Skousen
Propaganda is persuading people to make up their minds while withholding some of the facts from them. — Harold Evans
Teamwork is not a matter of persuading yourself and your colleagues to set aside personal ambitions for the greater good. It's a matter of recognizing… — Greg Brown
Innumerable are the illusions and legerdemain-tricks of custom: but of all of these, perhaps the cleverest is her knack of persuading us that the miraculous,… — Thomas Carlyle
To please people is a great step towards persuading them. — Lord Chesterfield
In the Bible, fate was often presented as the handmaiden of morality: sin was succeeded by misfortune, righteousness by prosperity, with reward and punishment instrumental… — Israel Shenker
In most sports, your brain and your body will cooperate... But in rock climbing, it is the other way around. Your brain doesn't see the… — Jo Nesbo
I have no idea what goes on in another person's mind. As a legislator, I need to be good at persuading people, counting votes and… — Tammy Baldwin
Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading. — Tertullian
I believe that if you have faith in your own abilities then in the end others will have faith in them too, even if they… — Chuck Grassley
Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never… — Steve Jobs
I'm not good at standing on platforms and persuading people to my political point of view. Nor would I seek to. My gift is completely… — David Hare

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