Quotes About Persuasion

Yogi Berra put it best, "If people don't want to come, we can't stop them."

When I hear the words 'activist filmmaking,' I think of somebody who's an activist, who wants to prove a particular point.

If I believe that abortion is wrong, and I want to convince you that it's wrong, there's no reason I should recount to you my personal narrative of how I came to believe this.

If there's a certain song that I want to reach a certain person or certain type of person, that's when I play it for people.

I feel that if I establish the world or the premise from the first line, then I can get the reader to come with me where I want her to go.

A Yea might turn in to a Nae and vice versa if a sufficient quantity of wordage was applied. In other talk you argument out until you get the answer you want.

Let me explain something to you, he said. If you want to get something out of a man, dashing out his brains against a lamppost isn't the way to do it.

I think people don't like when you're not confident about what you're pitching, and they don't want to invest in you or get behind you.

If you want something done, ask. If you want something done quickly, ask, and then begin counting down from ten with no explanation.

I said I didn't want to run for president. I didn't ask you to believe me.

The old saw says - 'Let a sleeping dog lie.' Experience knows better; experience says, If you want to convince do it yourself.

The worst thing you can do to a man is to tell him he can have what he wants.

We must persuade Iran not t have nuclear weapons through peaceful and diplomatic means. We want a peaceful planet.

Ever had a woman say no to you, Dmitri?" "Once." He turned the corner with a smile that made her want to cup his face, trace those beautiful lips with her own. "I married her.

As soon as you start preaching, nobody wants to hear you because then you're a jerk.

You can say anything you want about how the brain works and people will believe you. Really, our brains are hard-wired like that.

I think there could be a very large number who are creationists by default. Those are the people I want to reach.

With respect to the acceptance of dissociative disorders, as with most issues in life, it is counterproductive to spend time trying to convince people of things they don't want to know.

There is no need for propaganda to be rich in intellectual content.

Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

During a war, news should be given out for instruction rather than information.

Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears.

You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war.