Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kenneth Burke

Wherever there is persuasion, there is rhetoric, and wherever there is rhetoric, there is meaning.

Joan Armatrading

I am not in love / But I'm open to persuasion.

Lord Chesterfield

If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.

Herodotus

We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.

Edward Gibbon

Persuasion is the resource of the feeble; and the feeble can seldom persuade . . .

Dwight D. Eisenhower

I'll tell you what leadership is. It's persuasion and conciliation, and education, and patience.

Scottish Proverbs

He that winna be ruled by the rudder maun be ruled by the rock.

Homer

A companion's words of persuasion are effective.

Kofi Annan

he is unwavering in his conviction that nothing can justify terror.

Myles Munroe

It is my conviction that marriage is such a good idea, only God could have thought of it.

Larry Rice

There is no conviction. Is the economy slowing down or is the red-hot momentum continuing? I think people are really shell shocked by the crazy volatility.

Toba Beta

If you say that you never lie in life, you honestly insult my intelligence.

James Park

I just see a lot of listless trading into the end of the summer -- there isn't much conviction,

Thomas Jefferson

Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?

Jose Saramago

I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been.

Rupert Thompson

The U.S. manufacturing ISM index should show a decent gain today, reinforcing the market's conviction that the U.S. recovery is for real.

Khalil Dulaimi

They are moving to a speedy conviction ... they have already passed a sentence even before the trial has ended.

Wayne Ayers

I suspect they will not have a neutral bias; they will indicate risks are on the downside. I think we will, on the production side, see better numbers in the second half of this year, but I don't expect any convincing improvement in the labor market before early next year.

Manfred Nowak

It is important that the EU (plays) its part in convincing the U.S..

Richard Courtney

To date, no convincing evidence for AGW (anthropogenic global warming) has been discovered. And recent global climate behavior is not consistent with AGW model predictions.

Mal Peet

Remember that a good football novel has to have the same ingredients as any other good novel: drama, convincing and interesting characters, a strong story-line, and some kind of magic in the writing.

G. H. Hardy

Part of the therapy is convincing the patient they are not talking too loudly. That's how it feels at first.

Dr. Tullman

In some ways, convincing these guys to come to Kendall - when there were days when I wondered myself what I was doing there was one of my hardest sales. It was a little like selling people tickets to the last trip on the Titanic. But they came.

Susanna Clarke

In 'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell,' I wanted to create the most convincing story of magic and magicians that I could.

Theo Brunner

I'm disappointed with the way we played in the last two games, and that really was not a convincing win. That's been the story of our whole season. We've been up and down and I'm not surprised that we played like that. It just really sucks to go out that way.

Brent Faurote

It was a convincing win for Nelson. Irwin and Scherer pretty much dominated. All three have a good shot at making the finals if they wrestle well.