Quotes About Persuasion

Los que tienen algo que vender, los que desean influir en la opinión pública, los que mandan, podría sugerir un escéptico, tienen un interés personal en no fomentar el escepticismo.

For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes.

What persuades men and women to mistake each other from time to time for gods and vermin is ideology.

The Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid; given proper motivation almost anyone will believe almost anything.

When you insist someone submit to your will, it is accomplished most easily if you give them a small victory so they can retain their dignity while they do as you insist. ~ Kahlan Mother Confessor

It never failed to amaze her how simply saying something, no matter how untrue, was all it took to convince a large number of people of what you wanted them to believe.

Create a better idea of what the key should be. One that makes more sense to people, so that they believe in the diversion we create.

First Rule: people would believe any lie, either because they wanted to believe it was true, or because they feared it was.

People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true.

Few people understood the weapon that was a properly fashioned twist of information.

People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything

Wizard's First Rule: people are stupid." Richard and Kahlan frowned even more. "People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true.

People would believe any lie, either because they wanted it to be true, or because they feared it was.

and the funny thing was that people who weren't entirely certain they were right always argued much louder than other people, as if the main person they were trying to convince were themselves.

When people say clearly something that means there's a huge crack in their argument and they know things aren't clear at all.

The universe, they say, depended for its operation on the balance of four forces which they identified as charm, persuasion, uncertainty, and bloody-mindedness.

Words have always had the power to change the world.

Sergeant Colon owed thirty years of happy marriage to the fact that Mrs. Colon worked all day and Sargent Colon worked all night. They communicated by means of notes. They had three grown-up children, all born, Vimes had assumed, as a result of extremely persuasive handwriting.

Cuius testiculos habes, habeas cardia et cerebellum. When you have their full attention in your grip, their hearts and minds will follow.

The pen is mightier than the sword… if the sword is very small and the pen is very sharp.

The worst part, the worst part, was that Lord de Worde was never wrong. It was not a position he understood in relation to his personal geography. People who took an opposing view were insane, or dangerous, or possibly even not really people. You couldn't have an argument with Lord de Worde. Not a proper argument. An argument, from arguer , meant to debate and discuss and persuade by reason. What you could have with William's father was a flaming row.

It was the heart of any scam or fiddle -- keep the punter uncertain, or, if he is certain, make him certain of the wrong thing.

The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.

When you have their full attention in your grip, their hearts and minds will follow.