Quotes About Persuasion

Obviously a primary liberal conviction is that we should be tolerant of other peoples' convictions. But if we believe in something, we had better find ways to say so convincingly.

One cannot convince another to love anything or anyone.

You think you're so irresistible," she blurted out, mortification overruling discretion. "You don't think there's a woman alive who would say no to you, do you?" "Well, let's just say that I haven't met her yet," he said dryly.

Like the size and composition of a work, the walk and talk of an artist has to persuade, not just others but the performers themselves. Whether they have colorful, large-scale personas or minimal, low-key selves, believable artists are always protagonists, never secondary characters who inhabit stereotypes. For this reason, I see artists' studios as private stages for the daily rehearsal of self-belief.

Ridicule is man's most potent weapon.

Always remember that as long as other people are gullible, there's no limit to what you can achieve.

Always remember that as long as other people are gullible, there's no limit to what you can achieve.

Howard H. Aiken, a famous inventor, said, "Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats."[

As superficial as public speaking can seem, history bears out that people with clear ideas and strong points are the ones we remember.

Persuasion is stronger than dictation

The more in control the mark thinks they are, the more easily they respond to real control.

The more in control the mark thinks they are, the more easily the respond to real control.

We don't believe in hard work when a false face and a good line of bullshit can do so much more

The fact that we've heard a claim repeated over and over again doesn't make it correct. But it can lead us to accept this claim as correct even when it's not, because we can confuse a statement's familiarity with its accuracy

Once upon a time I was such a good liar; I could talk the fish right into my mouths.

Any time you have an individual who is very confident in their abilities to persuade, there can be a rude awakening under cross-examination.

Studies show that when we vocalize an opinion, whether or not we believe it to be true, in time we usually come to support it.

Smoking pot makes people talk for long periods of time, for instance, so people who advocate pot won't shut the hell up about it.

With what hope can we endeavor to persuade the ladies that the time spent at the toilet is lost in vanity.

Every man naturally persuades himself that he can keep his resolutions, nor is he convinced of his imbecility but by length of time and frequency of experiment.

Once you told yourself a story enough times, it was so easy to keep on believing it.

I think that any time reality doesn't match your expectations, it means that marketing was involved.

It's much easier to spend a lot of time making your microphone louder than it is working on making your message more compelling.

My glass shall not persuade me I am old, So long as youth and thou are of one date; But when in thee time's furrows I behold, Then look I death my days should expiate.