Quotes About Convincing

Everything in a story should be credible.

It's better if you have a strong opinion on any talk show.

I decided to write a book primarily because people talked me into it.

I don't have any favorite episodes from 'Joanie Loves Chachi.' I liked working with the people. But I didn't even want to do it. I was talked into it.

I say, "The Elmer Gantry act is very convincing, but why pretend you're Wormwood? That doesn't make any sense.

The most convincing and enduring foe of the global financial economy ultimately is the global financial economy itself. - Ulrich Beck

I haven't even really tried to win you over, Roza. When I want to, I can be very persuasive.

You've given some pretty convincing arguments, but you're still a long way from winning me over." "I haven't even really tried," he said, in a rare moment of arrogance. "When I want to, I can be very persuasive." "Yeah? Prove it." His lips moved toward mine. "I was hoping you'd say that.

Jubal, you talk like a harem guard trying to convince a whole man of the advantages of being a eunuch.

The devil has a thousand names, said Crews, voice rising, but the name he takes the most pride in is Prince of Lies, because he is such a convincing fraud. Even God himself was fooled by Satan once, so what hope do we have to tell what's truth and what's false?

Disappointment over nationalistic authoritarian regimes may have contributed to the fact that today religion offers a new and subjectively more convincing language for old political orientations.

Telling effective stories is not easy. The difficulty lies not in telling the story, but in convincing everyone else to believe it. Much of history revolves around this question: how does one convince millions of people to believe particular stories about gods, or nations, or limited liability companies? Yet when it succeeds, it gives Sapiens immense power, because it enables millions of strangers to cooperate and work towards common goals.

Telling effective stories is not easy. The difficulty lies not in telling the story, but in convincing everyone else to believe it.

Contar histórias eficazes não é fácil. A dificuldade está não em contar a história, mas em convencer todos os demais a acreditarem nela.

Honesty is, honestly, the best policy," said Saracen. "But when honesty doesn't work, lie, and lie convincingly.

A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility.

As Olafsson showed me, White can win... It's hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself, and, incidentally, learning a lot about Rook and Pawn endings in the process.

The life of a character should be an unbroken line of events and emotions, but a play only gives us a few moments on that line - we must create the rest to portray a convincing life.

Henry had a rare gift for sounding reasonable no matter what he was saying.

And in this respect, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a tragedy, a clash between one very powerful, very convincing, very painful claim over this land and another no less powerful, no less convincing claim.

Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions are authentic and convincing; they are often followed by a state of euphoria and seem to ease the transition.

A lot of athletes have star quality, but they just can't perform in front of a camera. So no matter how good-looking you are, no matter what kind of presence you have, you still have to be able to be a convincing performer to become a star.

I actually began my career by convincing my parents to let me be an actress when I was 12 with a PowerPoint presentation describing acting and my goals.

President Bush has consistently used rhetoric, and that is not convincing given his past record.