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Persuade Quotes

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense Picture Quote #1

Man without religion is a diseased creature, who would persuade himself he is well and needs not a physician; but woman without religion is raging and monstrous Picture Quote #1

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same Picture Quote #1

When once infidelity can persuade men that they shall die like beasts, they will soon be brought to live like beasts also Picture Quote #1

When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don’t let anyone persuade you to say it Picture Quote #1

No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by agreement or by emotional appeal Picture Quote #1

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For when they see the people swarm into the streets, and daily wet to the skin with rain, and yet cannot persuade them to go out of the rain, they do keep themselves within their houses, seeing they cannot remedy the folly of the people Picture Quote #1

Just once I would like to persuade the audience not to wear any article of blue denim. If only they could see themselves in a pair of brown corduroys like mine instead of this awful, boring blue denim Picture Quote #1

I don’t think there’s any one definition, but to do effective political work you have to have vision and practicality, and learn how to persuade people that what you feel needs to be done does need to be done Picture Quote #1

Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I remember that it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms Picture Quote #1

Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion. That is the tortured path to undoing step by step, bit by bit, as the river creates a canyon, the way of life that we love Picture Quote #1

I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed to the ideas that underlay those words. And the big shock to me has been that although the president said the words, he just did not absorb the ideas. And that is the root of, maybe, everything Picture Quote #1

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A scientist’s aim in a discussion with his colleagues is not to persuade, but to clarify Picture Quote #1

My job is to persuade people to toe the line and play within the laws of the game Picture Quote #1

I don’t know how many times I can sit there and talk about my character or my life. It’s interesting to talk about experiences in the context of something you’re doing for somebody else, and particularly if you can persuade others to join you in your support Picture Quote #1

Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair Picture Quote #1

Let one persuade many, and he becomes confirmed and convinced, and cares for no better evidence Picture Quote #1

The engineering of consent is the very essence of the democratic process, the freedom to persuade and suggest Picture Quote #1

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Our political parties exist for no other reason than to win power; they are not ideological debating societies designed to present a particular political philosophy and to persuade voters to accept it Picture Quote #1

Let us not forget that we can never go farther than we can persuade at least half of the people to go Picture Quote #1

There often seems to be a playfulness to wise people, as if either their equanimity has as its source this playfulness or the playfulness flows from equanimity; and they can persuade other people who are in a state of agitation to calm down and smile Picture Quote #1

Don’t listen to anyone who tells you that you can’t do this or that. That’s nonsense. Make up your mind, you’ll never use crutches or a stick, then have a go at everything. Go to school, join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible Picture Quote #1

In his voice resonated the timbre of a man who thinks he has convinced himself of an idea, but masks his own doubt by laboring to persuade others Picture Quote #1

Americans were convinced in their own minds that they were very miserable, and those who think so are so. There is nothing so easy as to persuade people that they are badly governed. Take happy and comfortable people and talk to them with the art of the evil one, and they can soon be made discontented with their government, their rulers, with everything around them, and even with themselves Picture Quote #1

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It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do Picture Quote #1

A man who is truly humble is not troubled when he is wronged and he says nothing to justify himself against the injustice, but he accepts slander as truth; he does not attempt to persuade men that he is calumniated, but he begs forgiveness Picture Quote #1

The invisible government tends to be concentrated in the hands of the few because of the expense of manipulating the social machinery which controls the opinions and habits of the masses. To advertise on a scale which will reach fifty million persons is expensive. To reach and persuade the group leaders who dictate the public’s thoughts and actions is likewise expensive Picture Quote #1

That, in essence, is the catastrophe of suicide for those who survive: not only the loss of someone, but the loss of the chance to persuade that person to act differently, the loss of the chance to connect Picture Quote #1

The thing is, when everyone is trying to persuade you that a thing you know to be true isn’t actually true, you start to believe them: not because it is true but because it’s easier. It’s just the easy way out Picture Quote #1

In sex one wants or does not want. And the grief, the sorrow of life is that one cannot make or coerce or persuade the wanting, cannot command it, cannot request it by mail order or finagle it through bureaucratic channels Picture Quote #1

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Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense (Persuade Quotes) Man without religion is a diseased creature, who would persuade himself he is well and needs not a physician; but woman without religion is raging and monstrous (Persuade Quotes) The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same (Persuade Quotes) When once infidelity can persuade men that they shall die like beasts, they will soon be brought to live like beasts also (Persuade Quotes) When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don’t let anyone persuade you to say it (Persuade Quotes) No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by agreement or by emotional appeal (Persuade Quotes) For when they see the people swarm into the streets, and daily wet to the skin with rain, and yet cannot persuade them to go out of the rain, they do keep themselves within their houses, seeing they cannot remedy the folly of the people (Persuade Quotes) Just once I would like to persuade the audience not to wear any article of blue denim. If only they could see themselves in a pair of brown corduroys like mine instead of this awful, boring blue denim (Persuade Quotes) I don’t think there’s any one definition, but to do effective political work you have to have vision and practicality, and learn how to persuade people that what you feel needs to be done does need to be done (Persuade Quotes) Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I remember that it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms (Persuade Quotes) Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion. That is the tortured path to undoing step by step, bit by bit, as the river creates a canyon, the way of life that we love (Persuade Quotes) I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed to the ideas that underlay those words. And the big shock to me has been that although the president said the words, he just did not absorb the ideas. And that is the root of, maybe, everything (Persuade Quotes) A scientist’s aim in a discussion with his colleagues is not to persuade, but to clarify (Persuade Quotes) My job is to persuade people to toe the line and play within the laws of the game (Persuade Quotes) I don’t know how many times I can sit there and talk about my character or my life. It’s interesting to talk about experiences in the context of something you’re doing for somebody else, and particularly if you can persuade others to join you in your support (Persuade Quotes) Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair (Persuade Quotes) Let one persuade many, and he becomes confirmed and convinced, and cares for no better evidence (Persuade Quotes) The engineering of consent is the very essence of the democratic process, the freedom to persuade and suggest (Persuade Quotes) Our political parties exist for no other reason than to win power; they are not ideological debating societies designed to present a particular political philosophy and to persuade voters to accept it (Persuade Quotes) Let us not forget that we can never go farther than we can persuade at least half of the people to go (Persuade Quotes) There often seems to be a playfulness to wise people, as if either their equanimity has as its source this playfulness or the playfulness flows from equanimity; and they can persuade other people who are in a state of agitation to calm down and smile (Persuade Quotes) Don’t listen to anyone who tells you that you can’t do this or that. That’s nonsense. Make up your mind, you’ll never use crutches or a stick, then have a go at everything. Go to school, join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible (Persuade Quotes) In his voice resonated the timbre of a man who thinks he has convinced himself of an idea, but masks his own doubt by laboring to persuade others (Persuade Quotes) Americans were convinced in their own minds that they were very miserable, and those who think so are so. There is nothing so easy as to persuade people that they are badly governed. Take happy and comfortable people and talk to them with the art of the evil one, and they can soon be made discontented with their government, their rulers, with everything around them, and even with themselves (Persuade Quotes) It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do (Persuade Quotes) A man who is truly humble is not troubled when he is wronged and he says nothing to justify himself against the injustice, but he accepts slander as truth; he does not attempt to persuade men that he is calumniated, but he begs forgiveness (Persuade Quotes) The invisible government tends to be concentrated in the hands of the few because of the expense of manipulating the social machinery which controls the opinions and habits of the masses. To advertise on a scale which will reach fifty million persons is expensive. To reach and persuade the group leaders who dictate the public’s thoughts and actions is likewise expensive (Persuade Quotes) That, in essence, is the catastrophe of suicide for those who survive: not only the loss of someone, but the loss of the chance to persuade that person to act differently, the loss of the chance to connect (Persuade Quotes) The thing is, when everyone is trying to persuade you that a thing you know to be true isn’t actually true, you start to believe them: not because it is true but because it’s easier. It’s just the easy way out (Persuade Quotes) In sex one wants or does not want. And the grief, the sorrow of life is that one cannot make or coerce or persuade the wanting, cannot command it, cannot request it by mail order or finagle it through bureaucratic channels (Persuade Quotes)

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