Quotes About Persuasion

The pitch should be very clear about what you are doing, why you are doing it, and why I should care. If you can cover those things quickly and precisely, it's easy for me to decide whether I want to spend more time with you or not.

It's not hard to get people to take a premise and accept it.

Being a salesperson prepares you for just about everything in business: how to listen, empathize, and persuade; when to back off and when to step in; and, of course, how to close.

We convince by our presence.

When you know you haven't been connecting with, persuading, or getting through to someone, consciously pause before meeting them and say to yourself, 'During this conversation, I am committing to being present and to connecting.'

The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others.

My parents wouldn't let me shave it earlier, so I made a PowerPoint presentation to convince them. I strategically put pictures of bald women in there.

Don't leave inferences to be drawn when evidence can be presented.

I am convinced that great ideas that are powerfully presented can change a mind in five minutes.

Jokes for jokes' sake are kind of meaningless to me. I understand the value of them, but it doesn't speak to me as much. You can lace your argument with jokes, but tell me why you're presenting this argument. What does it mean?

I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it.

My favorite comedians are just presenting an argument, and they're doing it in a funny way.

I was on the debate team.

There's no better book with which to defend the Bible than the Bible itself.

I got my degree in rhetoric.

To deliver Brexit you must believe in it.

There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong appear right.

The American people must not buy into the Democrat rhetoric.

I have people ask me if I'm going to convince my daughters to be Democrats, and I say, 'I have yet to convince my daughters to close a door.' I don't how in the world I would ever convince them to be in a political affiliation.

Your ability to shape your future depends on how well you communicate where you want to be when you get there. When ideas are communicated effectively, people follow and change.

Salespeople are in the decision business. Their livelihood depends on the decisions of others.

When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith.

The devil made me do it.

Marketing is the devil.