Convincing Quotes

• At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.

  Frederick Douglass

  Irony, Argument, Needed

  What to the Slave is the 4th of July?, delivered 4 July 1852

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• Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.

  Will Rogers

  Funny, Smile, Money

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• I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

  Muhammad Ali

  Greatness, Accomplish Nothing, Marketing

  Twitter post from Mar 28, 2010

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• Before you try to convince anyone else, be sure you are convinced, and if you cannot convince yourself, drop the subject.

  John Henry Patterson

  Trying, Persuasion, Convince

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• To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair inevitable.

  Raymond Williams

  Despair, Inevitable, Radical

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• We convince by our presence.

  Walt Whitman

  Inspirational, Life, Time

  Walt Whitman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Walt Whitman (Illustrated)”, p.323, Delphi Classics

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• When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.

  William Blake

  Trust, Courage, Truth

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• I had a hard time convincing students that they were going to North Africa to understand the North Africans, not to understand themselves.

  Clifford Geertz

  Hard Times, Students, North Africa

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• I think the fact that I'm so well known to be gay makes it very difficult to have a convincing relationship with a woman on screen. It wouldn't be at all difficult for me to kiss a woman - I'll kiss a frog if you like.

  Stephen Fry

  Gay, Kissing, Thinking

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• Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions are authentic and convincing; they are often followed by a state of euphoria and seem to ease the transition.

  Stanislav Grof

  Vision, Encounters, Transition

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• I have a definite talent for convincing people to try something new. I am a good salesman. When I'm on form, I can sell anything.

  Brian Eno

  People, Trying, Talent

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• Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges.

  Scott Hamilton

  Judging, Skating, Half

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• I always admired Wonder Woman and the Incredible Hulk - but I don't know if I'd be a very convincing hulk.

  Lucy Liu

  Wonder Woman, Incredibles, Incredible Hulk

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  The greatest trick that the devil ever pulled
  Was convincing women that they looked
  Better in their makeup

  Macklemore

  Rap, Makeup, Devil

  Song: Thin Line

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• Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Anger

  Oscar Wilde (1947). “The Happy Prince”, p.16, New Line Publishing

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• Every one of us is different in some way, but for those of us who are more different, we have to put more effort into convincing the less different that we can do the same thing they can, just differently.

  Marlee Matlin

  Individual Differences, People, Effort

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• Whilst our Hearts are violently set upon any thing, there is no convincing us that we shall ever be of another Mind.

  Mary Astell

  Heart, Mind

  Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.68, Cambridge University Press

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• Strong and convincing art has never arisen from theories.

  Mary Wigman

  Dance, Art, Strong

  Mary Wigman, Virginia Stewart (1935). “Modern dance”

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• After convincing myself that was maybe you should at least help out your neighborhood, I really started to think about it later on in life.

  Rick Danko

  Thinking, Helping, Should

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• What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?

  Laurence Olivier

  Lying, Acting, Good Actors

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• The Party of the Regions has won a convincing victory. We are ready to undertake responsibility for forming the Cabinet and we are calling on everyone to join us.

  Viktor Yanukovych

  Party, Responsibility, Victory

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• President Bush has consistently used rhetoric, and that is not convincing given his past record.

  Grace Napolitano

  Past, Insomnia, President

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• The hardest part was convincing people that I was serious. The people were like 'you want to do this again'?

  Rob Zombie

  People, Zombie, Want

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• The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public in favor of peace in general fall short of the mark.

  Elihu Root

  Faith, Fall, People

  Elihu Root (1916). “Addresses on International Subjects”

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• You know, I had my mother and my father convincing me that he would be going back to Hollywood and he'd be back with the actresses and dating them and that he wasn't serious about me at all. So I had him saying one thing to me and my parents telling me something else.

  Priscilla Presley

  Mother, Father, Dating

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