Famous Quotes & Sayings

We met with family members of the suspect and convinced the family members, when they heard from their son to have him turn himself in.

Sydney Smith

When I hear any man talk of an unalterable law, the only effect it produces upon me is to convince me that he is an unalterable fool

David Craig

My job was to manage that network of people and -- if people couldn't be convinced to support us -- to take them out, as people who could stop us from selling our project.

My little monkey's doing great. We're convinced with all the information we have that this is the big guy, and he's going to be around for a long time.

Vladimir Putin

I am convinced that the norm in Russia should become a family with three children.

J. Taylor

We were convinced he was guilty then, ... We just couldn't prove it.

If they do fire (Hall), I think the fair thing to do would be to have Sean Elsbernd resign and have Newsom appoint Hall as the supervisor for District 7, ... And then try to convince Tony Hall to forgo the severance package.

We need a big debate on whether it is responsible to end nuclear power - I am convinced it is not.

I think for people who were not convinced of the risk, this provides further evidence.

Pablo Picasso

Matisse makes a drawing, then he makes a copy of it. He recopies it five times, ten times, always clarifying the line. He's convinced that the last, the most stripped down, is the best, the purest, the definitive one; and in fact, most of the time, it was the first. In drawing, nothing is better than the first attempt.

Charles Kennedy

Like John Major in her wake, Thatcher was convinced that she understood the Scots - yet couldn't understand why we remained so stubbornly resistant towards the notion of understanding her.

People are convinced there isn't robust demand by consumers.

Mariella Frostrup

There are many ways to make the most of your time on the planet, and propagation of the species is just one of them. If you're convinced that it's the key to your happiness, there are routes open to you, whether with the help of modern medical science, marrying into a readymade one, or through fostering and adoption.

Ian Hislop

They may well say not only is this not true, but I will put in an injunction to prevent publication. No, stories don't go in unless I'm convinced by the people who write them that they're true. And if I'm wrong, then so be it.

David D. Burns

Most mental health professionals, including clinicians and researchers, endorse the deficit theory. They're convinced that we wage war simply because we don't know how to make love. We desperately want loving, satisfying relationships but lack the skills we need to develop them.

The more I have studied Lincoln, the more I have followed his thought processes, the more I am convinced that he understood leadership better than any other American president.

Raekwon

I was having a lot of mixed feelings about the independent world as well as the label world. I feel like I've been in the game a long time, and you know, when it come to labels not seeing a fella being around the last five years, it's like, it's hard to convince them what I can do.

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

At least three times, I was convinced I was going to die.

Carlos Menem

As president of Argentina, I repeat we are fully convinced of the legitimacy of out historical rights,

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.

Paul Hewitt

Talent-wise, I'm convinced we can be competitive. But we've suffered injuries to Lewis and now Mario. It's a long season, and we're getting better.

Tom DeLay

It's incredibly irresponsible to try to convince the American people that there is no problem.,

Jacques Rogge

Then would still come, of course, the second part. The sports movement would have to convince the governments.

Roy Blunt

Eventually we're going to take something to the floor that is a test of the members more than we intended to test the members, because that's just going to happen. I'm convinced that we're going to be fine when we take this to the floor on Thursday. But hard things to do are hard.

I told them that I couldn't because I was still at the East School, but they convinced me that nobody would ever find out.

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.

John Culberson

I'm going to vote in support of the president of the United States in keeping the troops in Iraq until the president and our military is convinced that the mission is complete.

I'm going to do everything in my power to convince the president that our national security demands at least 12 carriers, if not more.

I'm not exactly convinced that this market is overly bullish.

I'm not convinced we're heading into a recession. But we will have a slow down.

Dick Murphy

I'm not convinced that we have data that would suggest we need to expand this program. We're expanding a program where the results have so far shown us that staying home may be better.