Convincing Quotes
Nothing during the year is so impressively convincing as the vision Christmas brings of what this world would be if love became the daily practice of human beings.
People who are really happy do not concern themselves with convincing others of the fact.
What I like about music is its ability to be convincing, to carry an argument through successfully to the finish, though the terms of the argument remain unknown quantities.
It takes great labor to uncover the convincing simple speech of the heart. Poetic candor comes with hard labor, so even does impetuosity and impudence.
From the point of view of art, there are no concrete or abstract forms, but only forms which are more or less convincing lies.
The hardest part was convincing people that I was serious. The people were like 'you want to do this again'?
I never failed to convince an audience that the best thing they could do was to go away.
I have a definite talent for convincing people to try something new. I am a good salesman. When I'm on form, I can sell anything.
Instead of convincing people who are opposed to your message, spend your time finding people who are already predisposed to it.
I find the idea of common descent (that all organisms share a common ancestor) fairly convincing, and have no particular reason to doubt it.
The radical feminists succeeded in undermining the traditional family and convincing women that professional accomplishments are the key to happiness.
The Party of the Regions has won a convincing victory. We are ready to undertake responsibility for forming the Cabinet and we are calling on everyone to join us.
I had never even thought I'd be an actress - I was supposed to be a lawyer. But the motivation is the same: when you act, you defend a role; you have to be convincing. It's the same career.
As for what's the most challenging aspect of teaching, it's convincing younger writers of the importance of reading widely and passionately.
People think they know all these things about other people, and if you ask them why they think they know that, it'd be hard for them to be convincing.
Partial knowledge is more triumphant than complete knowledge; it takes things to be simpler than they are, and so makes its theory more popular and convincing.
President Bush has consistently used rhetoric, and that is not convincing given his past record.
That prose is a verse, and verse is a prose; convincing all, by demonstrating plain – poetic souls delight in prose insane
Whilst our Hearts are violently set upon any thing, there is no convincing us that we shall ever be of another Mind.
Science progresses not by convincing the adherents of old theories that they are wrong, but by allowing enough time to pass so that a new generation can arise unencumbered by the old errors.
After convincing myself that was maybe you should at least help out your neighborhood, I really started to think about it later on in life.
I think that today's books, in which every quote, every conversation, is taken from a memoir, an autobiography, an interview, or what-have-you, are much more convincing.
The most convincing argument against early parenthood is that you are in a relationship that is likely to fall apart before that child grows up.
Man has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not convincing and turn out to be a big nonsense.
The most important 'speed' issue is often not technical but cultural. It's convincing everyone that the company's survival depends on everyone moving as fast as possible.
Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote - this is what I call Organizing 101.
The most convincing artistic forms of our time are inner models of structural vitality and social relevance. They give us confidence that in spite of everything there is still quality to life.
Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?
Your biggest challenge as an entrepreneur is not concealing your idea from others or keeping your idea a secret, it is actually convincing people that you're not crazy and that you can pull this off.
The great advantage of telling the truth is that one is so much more likely to sound convincing
With fear come the lies and the justifications that, no matter how convincing, lower our self-esteem.
Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point
Murder is an inherently evil act, no matter what the circumstances, no matter how convincing the rationalizations.
The CIA has a plot...they've used before to get rid of world leaders. Only problem...is convincing Hussein...to fly to Dallas.
The most important questions a human can ever ask must surely deserve the most convincing answers, not simply the most comforting?
Although our package of skin and bones looks very convincing, it is a mask, an illusion, disguising our true self, which has no limitations.
And when is it ever convincing, the belief others have in your abilities? You know perfectly well they can't see the mess inside you.
The way God has been thought of for thousands of years is no longer convincing; if anything is dead, it can only be the traditional thought of God.
Never try to negotiate with anyone after he or she has eaten. People are best persuaded on an empty stomach. And forget power breakfasts. There is no convincing anyone of anything before 10 A.M.
Our success as consultants will depend upon the essential rightness of the advice we give and our capacity for convincing those in authority that it is good.
I do think I have an ability to record sensual and emotional facts and factoids, to construct a convincing surface of what life feels like, both physical life and emotional life.