Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wayne was the kind of guy who would get in your face until he convinced you ... or he just wore you out.

Natasha Trethewey

I started out in graduate school to be a fiction writer. I thought I wanted to write short stories. I started writing poems at that point only because a friend of mine dared me to write a poem. And I took the dare because I was convinced that I couldn't write a good poem... And then it actually wasn't so bad.

Annalee Newitz

When I was a journalist at Wired, I convinced a doctor to implant an RFID tracking device in my arm.

With this acquisition, we are convinced that we are securing our goaltending position for many years.

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

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.

Chuck Schumer

They have convinced us that the likelihood of real progress ... is very real.

They had him for 48 hours and finally they convinced him what he should say.

Robert Huber

This discovery convinced me of the power of crystallography and led me to continue in this field.

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

There was nothing that was said to inspire confidence. Until we see some end-market pickup, I'm not going to be convinced the end is near.

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.

Ross Brawn

This is very frustrating for us. We have had various problems with the engine but we'll get over them. I'm convinced of that.

They're hanging their heads. They wanted it. They weren't totally convinced it would work.

Gordon Smith

They're not convinced that everything was being done that could be done.

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

Hugh Johnson

It's a trading rally, and not much more than that. If there's anything you can hang your hat on, it's that with every passing day, some investors become convinced that there's not going to be any serious fallout or damage to the economy or earnings due to the hurricanes.

Adriano Galliani

I took the decision because I was convinced that it was impossible to play.

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

Jose Sosa

It was a typical Brendan Murphy race. He passed four or five runners in the last straight-away. He's still not convinced he can run with the leaders.

Calvin Johnson

I was a baseball guy. Mom wouldn't let me play football when I was little because she was scared I'd get hurt. So, I finally convinced her to let me play in 7th grade.

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.

As a technologist, I'm not convinced that the U.N. is necessarily better equipped to deal with these issues than any number of other possible oversight bodies, including the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Steve Squyres

A sol like that gives you confidence. I'm really convinced now that we're able to keep the vehicle safe.

The more I've seen Ouachita play, the more convinced I've become that they're one of the top five teams in 4A.

John Cole

Right now, there's not enough signal in the noise to be convinced that there's anything there. One has to be strongly skeptical of all these kind of things. But you have got to be open-minded too. Maybe somebody will find something. But if they do, it has got to be solid.

Tom Harkin

I've said time and time again, there is little risk of BSE in U.S. beef, but it is obvious that we have not yet convinced key trading partners of that.

James Long

These relatives were theorizing and telling her who did it. I think she's totally convinced he did it because the relatives told her he did.

The state is not giving us money to do any of that. But, even if we did put millions of dollars into it, I am convinced we would still not find them all.

that optimistic soul who's digging through a roomful of horse manure because he's convinced that somewhere in there is a pony.

A late-day push like this is nice to see, and there's been some decent volume, which is important, but I'm not convinced it's a trend yet. Another couple of days of good earnings would bode well for this market.

Rafael Marquez

You're not talking about a population of kids that can't make it. They just need to be convinced they can.

Joyce Banda

I convinced myself economic empowerment of women was going to be key, especially in a country like this where most women didn't go to school.