We convince by our presence.
If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.
Several excuses are always less convincing than one.
A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
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.
Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.
At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
What could be more convincing, moreover, than the gesture of laying one's cards face up on the table?
I had a hard time convincing students that they were going to North Africa to understand the North Africans, not to understand themselves.
Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk, to quote Thoreau's example.
I never failed to convince an audience that the best thing they could do was to go away.
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.
Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges.
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.
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.
Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we have into the ways of past dinosaurs. For that reason, I'm optimistic that we can eventually arrive at convincing explanations for these broadest patterns of human history.
I had never even thought I'd be an actress - I was supposed to be a lawyer. But the motivation is the same: when you act, you defend a role; you have to be convincing. It's the same career.
Before you try to convince anyone else, be sure you are convinced, and if you cannot convince yourself, drop the subject.
Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry.
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.
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