Quotes About Persuasion

I prefer to make up my own quotes and attribute them to very smart people, so that I can use them to win arguments

He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.

If you can't win by reason, go for volume.

I'm told I'm very charming when people do what I want.

Arouse in the other person an eager want.

My experience is that people are most likely to listen to reason when in bed.

He said that he was sure you would be amendable to this course of action." April paused, eyes widening, before she said indignantly, "I believe he may have lied to me!

You can get away with saying much more with humor than you can with a straight face.

I don't like being preachy. I think using fun and humor is an excellent way to make people think.

Humor is how you change people's opinions, and if you can make someone laugh, they'll listen, even if they hate you.

Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will believe you. Tell them the paint is wet, and they have to touch it to be sure.

Presenting a rational argument to a person who has forsaken the use of reason is like asking a vegetarian to eat a cheeseburger.

Give up trying to convince people who you are, instead confuse them. It is a lot more fun!

How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.

It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.

Jobs' incredible skill was as a storyteller, a salesman. He could captivate our imaginations and reel us in. He was more P.T. Barnum than Thomas Edison.

There are two hundred million idiots, manipulated by a million intelligent men.

The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.

Tact is the art of convincing people that they know more than you do.

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

The ability to sell is the number one skill in business. If you cannot sell, don't bother thinking about becoming a business owner.

The size of the lie is a definite factor in causing it to be believed.

The best way to turn a woman's head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile.

If someone says no, you're talking to the wrong person.