Quotes About Persuasion

Now all orators effect their demonstrative proofs by allegation either of enthymems or examples, and, besides these, in no other way whatever.

A statement is persuasive and credible either because it is directly self-evident or because it appears to be proved from other statements that are so. In either case it is persuasive because there is somebody whom it persuades.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.

Consider three goals that a political pundit might have. One goal might be to open the minds of people on the other side. Another goal might be to open the minds of people on the pundit's own side. A third goal might be to close the minds of people on the pundit's own side. Nearly all the punditry that appears in the various media today serves only the third goal.

When the need is strong, there are those who will believe anything.

But no matter what you do in life, selling is a part of it.

No matter what you do in life, selling is part of it.

Almost no one is ever insulted into agreement.

Research shows that insults actually intensify people's opposition to one's point of view.

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer.

On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why you want to do it a certain way, and they argue with you. Democracy.

My children's favourite thing is to con me into buying them ice-cream if there's not too big a queue at our local gelataria, Messina.

I learned from Roger Rabbit that if you make people laugh, they'll do anything for you - which is almost true.

You know why kids don't eat fruits? Because fruits don't have any mascots. Every sugary cereal has a bear or a rabbit going , 'Kid! Eat it! Eat it, eat it, eat it!' You're a kid, you're like, 'I got to get that cereal.'

We believe 'Peter Rabbit' because Beatrix Potter believes it. You have to.

Because I live and work in Washington, D.C., I have a ringside seat at the world capital of The Persuasive Arts, or, as I like to call it, The Opinions Racket.

Moral persuasion over a period of time makes a difference, but we shouldn't be naive to think that just because we raise it in a meeting it will make all those problems go away. It won't and it doesn't.

If you're not that big player, then nobody's really gonna know who you are to promote the brand. If LeBron says, 'Go buy this shoe, it's amazing,' I would probably go buy it. But if some random person on the street was like, 'Hey, go buy this shoe,' I probably wouldn't.

Comedy can take you a lot further in getting your point across. People are entertained, and then, by being entertained, they get your point.

I think any man can be won over by being fed my Chicken with Roasted Garlic, Pancetta, and Rosemary.

With my natural communication abilities, I could probably gather a crowd even without the Spirit.

The best confidence artist makes us feel not as if we're being taken for a ride but as if we are genuinely wonderful human beings who are acting the way wonderful human beings act and getting what we deserve.

Some directors have the gift of the gab, but I don't.