Quotes About Persuasion

If I were to ask the famous Henry Ford to come over here and do what I tell him to do, would he do it? Never! But if I were to make a thousand-year-old corpse come alive before his eyes, he would jump at the chance to stay here and wash my clothes!

Between a stupid fascist and an intelligent fascist, prefer the intelligent one, because there is always a chance to persuade the clever one about the mistakes of his actions! There is no such a chance for stupid and ignorant fascist!

Modern man uses ideas and persuasion to achieve his goals; primitive man uses guns and brute force to achieve his goals! Moral and clever people choose the first method; immoral and stupid people choose the second method!

There are no 'perfect liars' in the world; there are only 'perfect believers' who believe in even the most obvious lies!

To get fruits from the tree branches, shake them with hands; to get fruits from men, shake them with clever ideas!

When a woman has not received much flattery in her life, she will be seduced.

He kisses her and wants to beg her and the others to never give up on him. Ever. But he gets a feeling that he would be preaching to the converted

I said, "It's not like that." I wanted to convince her. I said "We think alike." Oh, my dear," she said. "A man thinks with his dick.

Once you start telling people you're famous, they believe you.

The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard.

Battle For The Mind by William Sargent.

Those who have been persuaded to think well of my design, will require that it should fix our language, and put a stop to those alterations which time and chance have hitherto been suffered to make in it without opposition. With this consequence I will confess that I flattered myself for a while; but now begin to fear that I have indulged expectation which neither reason nor experience can justify.

Search "Power words" on Google and you'll find plenty of them. Or

How did you know that we could get him to do whatever we want if we pretend he's in charge?" Sabrina asked Daphne. "It's what I do with you" the little girl replied. "You two are exactly the same

Power is the ability to coerce others to do what they would not otherwise do.

Words have power", he said intensely. "They have a life of their own. They shift the balance of the world.

There's nothing quite as frightening as someone who knows they are right.

After a lifetime of engaging in long, passionate discussions I have come to the conclusion that it is a waste of time trying to convince anyone of anything.

The purpose of page one is to convince the reader to read page two. The purpose of page two is to convince the reader to read page three, and so on and so on.

In advertising, if you could get clients to laugh, they usually bought your ideas

Oh, don't let him pull that 'Pearl Harbor I'm going off to war' stuff on you.

They're going to come in here and blow smoke up your ass,' the coach was saying. 'They're going to give you blow jobs , tell you how great you are, they're going to pile it on thick…

People change what they do less because they are given analysis that shifts their thinking than because they are shown a truth that influences their feelings. —John P. Kotter, The Heart of Change

Minorities received the highest level of positive attention and the greatest influence on the private opinions of members of the majority and on the final group decision when they communicated face-to-face. —Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point