Famous Quotes & Sayings

V. S. Naipaul

The longer I live the more convinced I become that one of the greatest honors we can confer on other people is to see them as they are, to recognize not only that they exist, but that they exist in specific ways and have specific realities.

Nawal El Saadawi

I don't think that people in power can be convinced by words or articles. They will never give it up by choice.

We need to know if they're responsible. And the reps have to be outgoing enough to convince a store owner to put a poster in their window.

We have utilized the quarterback as a runner, but not as an option guy. We haven't been convinced we can put all the time into the option and the spread passing game and be equally effective at both. We feel we can do that now.

Richard Leakey

I, too, am convinced that our ancestors came from Africa.

Philippe Petit

I started putting a wire up in secret and performing without permission. Notre Dame, the Sydney Harbor Bridge, the World Trade Center. And I developed a certitude, a faith that convinced me that I will get safely to the other side. If not, I will never do that first step.

Philip Schultz

I have to often read the same sentence over and over before I understand it. And I have to convince myself that what I'm reading is so enjoyable and so exciting and so good for me that it's worth the effort.

We haven't yet convinced the prime minister to withdraw the C.P.E..

Bill Richardson

When I saw that program in 1967, I was convinced I was drafted, ... And it stayed with me all these years.

Wherever I look, there You are; I am totally convinced of this. Unto whom should I pray? The Lord Himself hears all.

I think they probably were convinced they couldn't play any worse.

Just because Oracle is up and is optimistic about the future is not getting us excited about everything, ... Nobody's convinced there will be a rebound in the second half.

I'm still not convinced he can get a mile and a quarter.

James Howard Kunstler

I'm serenely convinced that we are heading into what will amount to a 'time out' from technological progress as we know it.

Jack Levin

We forget just how manipulative and shrewd and crafty some of these guys are. They have the street smarts necessary to convince these women that they're innocent guys and that they're genuinely in love.

Marshall Herskovitz

The further I've gotten into the Internet, the more I've become convinced that we've explored only a tiny corner of what it can mean and what we can feel there.

Amelie Mauresmo

We have a very strong squad and I'm convinced I'm not the only one able to win a singles. We have won many ties despite injury worries.

Ross Brawn

We haven't given him an ultimatum, but I'm convinced that (Michael) will let Ferrari know his decision between now and June, maybe even as early as May.

I was very surprised ... I am convinced it is a mistake because I have never taken anything.

John Roberts

I think if you've looked at what I've done since I took the judicial oath, that should convince you that I'm not an ideologue.

We were 100 percent convinced she could step in. She has really developed her range. She's not that big, but she's strong, and she can play inside and out.

Johan Bruyneel

We're convinced that he would have kept his leader's jersey had he not crashed. You don't take the yellow jersey away from a rider who crashed out.

Nicola Sturgeon

Political parties have to convince people that there is a real reason to vote and that will re-engage them in politics.

Monica Crowley

One thing about liberals: It doesn't even occur to them that there is another side to an argument. They are so convinced of the righteousness of their own position that it doesn't dawn on them that a reasonable person might have a different viewpoint.

BEA is feeling proud of themselves because they had a good year. But I'm not convinced they are out of (the) water.

Bill Self

I hated to see this happen. I'm not convinced he made the right decision.

John Dean

I failed to convince President Nixon that morning and the rest, as they say, is history.

Anne Bancroft

I don't view this as an extreme kind of activity, but it's very hard to convince people that this isn't reckless.

From the style and weapons used we're convinced it's the work of the Tigers. It's definitely the work of the LTTE.

Henri Richard

For me, the most interesting part of my job will be the second half of the year. Intel seems convinced that with more competitive products they can crush us.

Lindsey Graham

For us to put the vote off ... I have to be convinced that it's more than a fig leaf, that it's real reform.

Manmohan Singh

For two years in a row we have upwards of 7 percent growth in our national income. This year we expect to repeat that performance. I am convinced that we will sustain this rate of growth perhaps even improve upon in the next years. This has the potential of transforming our economy in many ways. It is now possible as never before to visualize India without poverty, without disease and scourge,

Tracy Kidder

For months I'd been trying to convince myself, by convincing everybody back home, that in the crucible of war I'd made that great transition,