Crowds Quote by Gustave Le Bon

“Too many people get away with truly awful ‘reasoning’, not because what they are arguing happens to be true, but because they are in…

— Ellie Rose McKee

“When a mind is impressionable and has none too firm a hold on what is right, it must be rescued from the crowd: it…

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“It's a strange truth that no matter how persuaded we might be of our own correctness, the discomfiting realization that others disagree with us…

— Brittney Ryan

“If one listens one may be convinced; and a man who allows himself to be convinced by an argument is a thoroughly unreasonable person”

— Oscar Wilde

“To Drive Home a Point People think that the more they elaborate and explain, the more convincing they will be. They confuse quantity with…

— Bill McGowan

“Reasoning is a social process,47 and we typically have to convince disinterested third parties before there’s any chance our opponents will accept defeat.”

— Kevin Simler

“It is the others you must convince, the ignorant masses, yet paradoxically, they are the ones hardest for you to reach. Theirs are the…

— Peter F. Hamilton

“how easily people can zealously pursue and defend a point of view, often ignoring inconvenient facts that interfere with their desired belief structure. I”

— Jay Allan

Persuasion isn't about the people you disagree with. It's about the fulcrum; the persuadable audience.

— Jay Heinrichs

“I am a master of logic and a powerfully convincing debater. In fact, against my better judgment, I can talk myself out of doing…

— Jarod Kintz

“A fool will always rely on what someone else says, however an intelligent person would use critical thinking to justify the rationality of statements…

— Saaif Alam

“when people’s brains are in defensive mode, it becomes harder to see common sense. Small disagreements can end up holding back progress beyond reason.”

— Caroline Webb