Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jason Stanford

It's going to be hard to convince Democrats to vote for a Republican.

It's frustrating and it's getting to where it's depressing. We've only played seven games. To play seven games midway through the season. I'm just trying to stay focused and convince the players that sooner than later good weather will be here.

Michael Kirby

We are not convinced that a miscarriage of justice occurred in this case.

Nancy Roman

One of the reasons I like working with schools is to try to convince women that they can be scientists and that science can be fun.

I write sentence to sentence. That's the kind of writer I am. I don't have a plot when I begin. I have to be convinced and I have to be surprised.

Joe Namath

I have to convince myself I know what I'm doing.

Joseph Estrada

I'm convinced I will be cleared of all these charges that were unfairly leveled against me.

Josh Billings

Our continual desire for praise ought to convince us of our mortality, if nothing else will.

The constitutional standard is reasonable. ... I am convinced that we are lawful because what it is we are doing is reasonable.

It seems like every year, I've been able to convince (the team) it's time to go to work when the region tournament comes around no matter how we did before we got here. I'm just so proud of them. This is like I thought we should be playing all year long. And with all the injuries and move always we had, this makes (tonight's win) even better.

Steve Bruce

They have just gone out of Europe so I am convinced they will want to try and win this competition, that's for sure. Whatever team they put out, when Man United come to town, it is going to be a tough, tough game but one that we will relish and we will look forward to the challenge.

They're very disciplined, but we watched and we're convinced they just weren't five goals better than us,

James Allen

It's tough right now trying to convince developers to do something in these older spots, because no one's really sure what's underneath all the asphalt.

It is reasonably valuable if you can convince someone to steal from other people.

I tried to convince him to stay, but I understand his reasons and I support his decision. The doors are open if he ever wants to return.

I tried to convince him to let me miss a couple of days of school. It wasn't happening.

They're positioned to be able to grow. They just need to convince people that their assumptions make sense.

There is sufficient upbeat news on the economy to convince the FOMC to tighten. If the economy warrants a rate hike, the Fed would be doing a great service by delivering.

Woodrow Wilson

There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it it does not need to convince others by force that it is right

It was the first time he had run in two weeks. He took two weeks off to heal (from a severe blister on his foot) and we are very pleased to see how he did. It was hard to convince him to take the time off.

It was so severe that at one stage Steve had put on his parachute because he was convinced the plane was falling apart.

Malcolm Gladwell

There is an important idea in psychology: The 'just world theory,' which says that it is very important for us to convince ourselves that the world is just and things happen for a reason. That there is some elemental fairness in everything, which creates the illusion of justice.

Fairy tales were important to me. Aren't they for any kid? My sister says I spent a good five years of my youth convinced I would grow up to be a princess.

When he expressed to us that he was considering retirement, we repeatedly tried to convince him otherwise, but completely respect his decision.

Whether or not to proceed down that path, that decision will be made by the representatives of the pilots and it's just another piece of an overall strategy we will use to convince management to negotiate toward a consensual agreement.

We're still talking to them and we're still trying to convince them.

We're still not convinced we've heard from people we want to talk to, ... We still want to hear from people.

We're finding roadblocks because they have a cookie-cutter mentality to producing buildings. How successful we'll be (in convincing them) is still up in the air, and we can't force them to do this, but we hope to convince them through the power of persuasion.

Alcee Hastings

As a matter of fact, religious differences are actually exploited to convince people to participate in primarily political conflicts.

Ray LaHood

People can say all types of stuff, ... When I lived in Peoria before, people tried to convince me to run for things. I had an opportunity then and I didn't. I will say I'm never going to rule that out in the future. Politics is a lot about being in the right place at the right time.

Matthias Platzeck

The SPD has to eliminate the doubts about our unity. We can only convince the public of the force of our ideas if we cooperate and stay together.

I wanted to convince them there's a better way to do stuff, and they've been great about it.

Robert Blake

I wanted to convince him (the security) problem was real. And these were the probable reasons.