Convince Quotes

On the contrary, I tried on numerous occasions to convince the American president not to go to war. I did what was within my capabilities to avoid that happening.

How was I going to make a man fly? How was I going to convince the public that an actor could fly?

I can't convince you to put the drink down if you're an alcoholic, you have to want to do that. I can't convince you to stop eating the cookies when you're a diabetic. You have to do that. And that takes responsibility.

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

If they had connived a scheme, and Christ had not been raised from the dead, where would have been the hardest place on the face of the earth to convince anyone? In Jerusalem.

You'll never convince me there is a hopeless situation or there is any finality in any success or any failure.

Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it.

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember.

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.

Sovereignty was not an issue in this campaign. The sovereignty numbers that were there before the campaign are still there. Sovereignty is as alive as it was. But there is work to do to convince Quebecers.

To win power anywhere you have to convince people that you can do something for them.

I had this notion that I could convince people who were skeptical of national Democrats to vote for me because I could bring home the bacon, or because I could find some personal pitch to them.

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.

When I want comfort food, I buy Maltesers. I like all chocolates, but especially those. You can eat them, and because they're so light, you can convince yourself that they are not actually that fattening.

Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.

Science is the international language, so when we are able to convince countries that good decision-making for human health and animal health is based upon science, that's a real success story for us.

The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters... and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.

I don't think of myself as a movie star and I can pretty easily convince other people that I'm not a movie star.

I'm supposed to convince you, for two hours, that I'm somebody else. Now if you know everything about my life, if you think you've got me figured out and you think you know all my dark secrets, how am I ever going to convince you that I'm somebody else?

I never failed to convince an audience that the best thing they could do was to go away.

Whether it will convince or not, depends entirely on what it is in itself, what is there to be seen.

In speech after speech on his health care plan, the President has tried to convince us that what he is proposing will be good for America. But, how can it be good for America if it raises taxes by a half trillion dollars and costs a trillion dollars or more to implement?

A few years' experience will convince us that those things which at the time they happened we regarded as our greatest misfortunes have proved our greatest blessings.

It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work.

There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.

One of the great things to pretend is that you're not only alright, you're in great shape. Now to have that come true - I've actually gone on stage depressed and that's worked its magic on me, 'cause if I can convince you that I'm alright, then maybe I can convince me.

My challenge is to convince Ontarians that the old world is not coming back.

Nevertheless, this type of propaganda has a special value, for it serves to convince those who sign the appeal, of the necessity for carrying on propaganda; so a corps of propagandists, if I may use the term, is thus trained.

Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong.

When a man comes to me and tries to convince me that he is not a thief, then I take care of my coppers.