Convince Quote by Jonathan Alter Download Open image “Logic can convince but only emotion can motivate.” — Jonathan Alter ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Convince Emotion Inspirational Logic Motivation
When the subconscious mind must chose between deeply rooted emotions and logic, emotions will almost always win. — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
“Hence the uselessness of logic: no one ever convinced anybody by logic; and even logicians use logic only as a source of income. To… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Politeness is better than logic. You can often persuade when you cannot convince. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
I think it's a terrible system, but money in politics is like water running downhill -- it finds its way. — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
With his ABC News experience, perhaps Pierre Salinger's next job could be cohosting-with Oliver Stone-a 24-hour Conspiracy Network. — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
By laying the groundwork for a system centered on home ownership rather than the public housing popular in Europe, the New Deal made possible… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
Almost no one under 60 remembers what fundraising was like before Watergate. Until the 1970s, campaign money was collected by "bagmen," familiar characters from… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
Every patient reacts a little differently, both biologically and psychologically. The only constant in cancer is inconstancy; the only certainty is a future of… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
The only reason the House hasn't done even more damage is that the Senate often sands down the most noxious ideas, making the bills… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
If it's easy for the government to learn about us, it should be easier for us to learn about the government. — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
It sometimes takes a while for executives to figure out that the reporters they think of as little bugs to be squashed or spun… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
Unless the digital divide is narrowed soon, the United States may be headed to the class warfare of a century ago, the last time… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
Millions of Americans would still despair in the eight long years of the Depression that lay ahead and many of their individual dreams would… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
The basic problem is with the business model of journalism. That business model is premised on the idea that talk is cheap and reporting… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
The key to fixing education is better teaching, and the key to better teaching is figuring out who can teach and who can't. — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
The privilege of prayer to me is one of the most cherished possessions, because faith and experience alike convince me that God himself sees… — Wilfred Grenfell Copy Share Image
Jesus never met a disease he could not cure, a birth defect he could not reverse, a demon he could not exorcise. But he… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The first duty of a wise advocate is to convince his opponents that he understands their arguments, and sympathies with their just feelings. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Once you convince people that they're victims, you really own them because you've just told them that whatever problems they have in life, it's… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The people on the QVC shopping channel convince me that life is worth living. They see the good in everything. People who go to… — Johnny Vegas Copy Share Image
Human beings have the incredible capacity for denial. I think they do. And although it's really hard to believe, I have my doubts. But… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
It's hard to convince your agents and managers to do theater, because it's not as financially rewarding and it takes up a lot of… — Simon Helberg Copy Share Image
I guess that is the strange part of the human brain that people have studied for eons - is hatred and self-hatred. You can… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Convince people and you win their minds. Inspire people and you win their hearts. — Ron Kaufman Copy Share Image
I realize that my opinion is my opinion, not everybody has to believe it and I never tried to shove anything down anyone's throat,… — Bernie Finkelstein Copy Share Image
How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will someday be… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
