Quotes About Persuasion

Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.

He lied with a smile that paralyzed reason." [Abby Chandlis - main character of The List]

It should also be remembered that art created to change minds often actually does more to bolster the spirit of those already in agreement than it does to convert opponents.

I'm told I'm very charming when people do what I want.

Relate your facts compellingly and your argument will tend to take care of itself.

The more you turn up the heat rhetorically, the more you weaken your arguments.

We created materials to explain Slack to individuals - what it was for, how it worked, what you're supposed to do - but we also built resources for team administrators. We wanted to give them ammunition to help convince the team.

My momma was slick as greased lightning. She knew how to get anybody and everybody to do whatever she wanted 'em to do.

Protest actions and propaganda are two slightly different things.

The more comprehensive your language is, the more likely people are to believe everything you're saying. It really just comes from the power of knowing you're the smartest person in the room, and if you aren't, you're definitely going to sound like it.

When I look someone in the eye, they are immediately smitten with me.

Everybody around me had a Snapchat, and I said I would never get on it. I'm still on Instagram, you know? They convinced me to get Snapchat.

Truth for us nowadays is not what is, but what others can be brought to accept: just as we call money not only legal tender but any counterfeit coins in circulation.

how often is a deception of the senses or an error of the reason accepted as a conviction!...

All of man's life among his kind is nothing other than a battle to seize the ear of others.

a person who thinks should not try to persuade others to his belief; that is what puts him on the road to a system; on the lamentable road of the man of conviction; politicians like to call themselves that; but what is a conviction? It is a thought that has come to a stop, that has congealed, and the man of conviction is a man restricted.

Stjecanje kontrole nad ženskim razmišljanjem ima, naime, svoja strogo odre?ena pravila; onaj tko odlu?i ženu nagovarati, uvjeravati je razumnim argumentima i sli?no teško da ?e nešto posti?i. Kudikamo je pametnije odrediti osnovnu autostilizaciju žene (osnovne principe kojima se rukovodi, ideale, uvjerenja) i nastojati da se (pomo?u sofizma, alogi?ne demagogije itd.) željena odluka žene dovede u sklad s tom autostilizacijom.

Quien trata de convencer a una mujer, de refutarle su punto de vista con argumentos razonables, difícilmente llegará muy lejos.

Strang had already perfected his talent for telling other people just what they wanted to hear, so a dose of skepticism is in order for any belief he professed—a double dose for the ones he professed passionately.

You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think.

I am very confident. I look confident. I act confident. I speak in a confident way...

We do not influence the course of events by persuading people that we are right when we make what they regard as radical proposals. Rather, we exert influence by keeping options available when something has to be done at a time of crisis.

A person who is not convinced, enthusiastic, certain and in love, will convince nobody.

I love going into a dive where they have no idea who I am or haven't heard my music and try to win them over.