Quotes About Persuasion

In the end, Pep won most of the doubters over with a clever ploy, a few well-chosen words and a single bold decision.

The article I actually write is a masterpiece. It takes talent to convince people that war is a beautiful experience. Come one, come all to exotic Viet Nam, the jewel of Southeast Asia, meet interesting, stimulating people of an ancient culture...and kill them. Be the first kid on your block to get a confirmed kill.

The art of those who govern consists above all in the science of employing words.

It is time in particular that prepares the opinions and beliefs of crowds, or at least the soil on which they will germinate.

La multitud escucha siempre al hombre dotado de una fuerte voluntad. Ya que los individuos reunidos en masa pierden toda voluntad, se tornan instintivamente hacia aquel que la posee.

To know the art of impressing the imagination of crowds is to know at the same time the art of governing them.

Las masas no tienen jamás sed de verdades. Ante las evidencias que las desagradan, se apartan, prefiriendo divinizar al error, si el error las seduce. Quien sabe ilusionarlas se convierte fácilmente en su amo; el que intenta desilusionarlas es siempre su víctima.

Judgments accepted by crowds are merely judgments forced upon them and never judgments adopted after discussion.

Ill-treat men as you will, massacre them by millions, be the cause of invasion upon invasion, all is permitted you if you possess prestige in a sufficient degree and the talent necessary to uphold it.

The great leaders of crowds of all ages, and those of the Revolution in particular, have been of lamentably narrow intellect; while it is precisely those whose intelligence has been the most restricted who have exercised the greatest influence.

Les foules n'ont jamais eu soif de vérités. Devant les évidences qui leur déplaisent, elles se détournent, préférant déifier l'erreur, si l'erreur les séduit. Qui sait les illusionner est aisément leur maître; qui tente de les désillusionner est toujours leur victime.

To put it another way, I am not trying to convince you; I am trying to convince myself.

Women have usually been better at this than men, haven't they? Pursuing these subtleties?" "Women have no choice but to be this way if we want any kind of influence, or simply a little control of our own lives.

Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across.

Poltergeist activity is so inherently improbable that most rational people simply cannot believe it. And when they see it and have to believe it, they find it very hard to convince anybody else that it really happens.

Let us face it: in the world today, money and economic strength remain more powerful arguments than the number of people you represent.

And the people believe, because Julian lets them believe... he does not force, suggest, tease, prod -- he lets them believe, he draws margins over which he knows their minds can jump, he unscrews hinges on all the doors.

Advertising is legalized lying.

Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse.

Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince.

Feynman—mystifyingly brilliant at calculating, strangely ignorant of the literature, passionate about physics, reckless about proof—had for once overestimated his ability to charm and persuade these great physicists.

I suppose the truth is that when it comes to believing things without actual evidence, we all incline to what we find most attractive.

Believe in yourself. "You see, the point is that there will come a day when others will have no choice but to believe with you.

But I am curious to know are you trying to make a convert of me or a pervert of yourself?