Quotes About Persuasion

Push something in someone's face, and they will shove it away reflexively. Threaten to snatch it away from them, and sometimes they become convinced that it is what they want.

Finally, be ready to disarm with a smile, even as you cut deep with words.

Falsehoods cease being false when enough people believe them, Bakal. Instead, they blaze like eternal truths, and woe to the fool who tries pissing a stream on that.

Falsehoods cease being false when enough people believe them, Bakal. Instead, they blaze like eternal truths, and woe to the fool who tries pissing a stream on that. They'll tear you to pieces.

A lie once told remains a lie, but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth," the infamous Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels memorably claimed.

the process of controlling people by mentally hijacking their rational thought processes.

People like to think they are rational and in control, but the lessons of history and social psychology demonstrate, time and again, that simply isn't so. We go about our days, and our lives, using unconscious mental models. When cult leaders manipulate those models, in subtle and overt ways, we can be persuaded to believe and do things we might never have considered without such systematic psychological influence.

It is important to remember that, for the most part, people don't join cults. Cults recruit people.

the method is still the same: appeal to weakness, bolster myth, and massage fantasy.

The heart of the wise teaches his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips. —Proverbs 16:23

the idea to other handset manufacturers. Even though he was offering something for free, it was a tough sell. The mobile phone world had

Leila Saatchi never gave orders, never had to. It was a knack she had. Her suggestions were so compelling.

Seduction takes many forms and not all of them involve the body.

I am like a serpent, Tayven thought. I can hypnotize people. Almorante had told him this long ago, and had taught him to make the most of his talent.

For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.

You cannot fool all of the people, all of the time.

In the early 19th century, they tried selling soap as healthy. No one bought it. They tried selling it as sexy, and everyone bought it.

You know what TV is? It's 22 minutes of selling soap.

I don't like beating people on the head with the message. I don't like standing on the soapbox.

I'm not much of a salesman. I prefer the soft sell and the honest approach.

I did a soft drink ad some time back. Later, a mother came to me and said that her child started consuming more of that drink after seeing my ad. It made me measure my actions.

We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet.

The truth is, a large majority of the market, I'd guess 80 percent, doesn't know anything more than what they are sold.

If people know they're being sold to, you can celebrate the sell.