Quotes About Persuasion

You can't force people to change. You can only give them the option.

What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them are those who move them.

Modi is a great orator.

How do you cause people to believe in an imagined order such as Christianity, democracy, or capitalism? First, you never admit that the order is imagined.

Expensive advertising courts us with hints and images. The ordinary kind merely says, Buy.

I was a case officer, otherwise known as an operations officer. My role was to go out and convince Al Qaeda operatives to instead work with us as well as to convince people and officials in foreign governments to work on behalf of the U.S. government secretly.

We need to continue to make the case that Michigan is where you ought to be.

The power of television - it's so present in our lives, we don't even know how powerful it is.

In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away beyond the bounds of our normal sensibility.

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Selling is the art of asking the right questions to get the minor yeses that allow you to lead your prospect to the major decision. It's a simple function, and the final sale is nothing more than the sum total of all your yeses.

Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.

So avoid using the word 'very' because it's lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don't use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also won't do in your essays.

Estaba asombrado de que le hubiera resultado tan fácil. Lo único que tenía que hacer era decirle a la gente lo que la gente quería oír, y te creían, por muy absurda que pudiera ser la historia que les explicaras. Y tres días y tres noches sin dormir habían aletargado los recelos y la capacidad de escepticismo del inspector Flint.

You can persuade a man to believe almost anything provided he is clever enough, but it is much more difficult to persuade someone less clever.

You thought you were being sold a television, but it turns out that television is selling you.

People are more likely to accept your ideas if you tell them that Barack Obama said it first.

Some people say that Money Talks and BS Walks but I say that BS Talks and Money Walks!

How can rational people who have their own best interests at heart fall for charismatic con artists who promise them the impossible while pursuing harmful agendas and corrupt selfish interests?

I learned long ago that a good-looking man in the right suit with a winning smile can get what he wants. All it takes is the ability to tell a story.

The pen is mightier than the sword" only if the brain behind it knows how to wield the word!' Tony Buzan

Lying is second nature to him... More than anyone else I have ever met, Trump has the ability to convince himself that whatever he is saying at any given moment is true, or sort of true, or at least ought to be true.

Truthful hyperbole' is a contradiction in terms. It's a way of saying, 'It's a lie, but who cares?'