People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind of others.
Blaise PascalTags: reason persuasion
My idea of good company...is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.'
'You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company, that is the best.
Tags: jane-austen persuasion anne-eliot good-company
I would like to see anyone, prophet, king or God, convince a thousand cats to do the same thing at the same time.
Neil GaimanTags: cats cooperation pets chaos organization persuasion willfullness
People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.
Blaise PascalTags: prejudice subjectivity evidence beliefs proof persuasion attractivenessiveness
We have quite the same ideas. No; I think our ideas are quite different. But he has been most pleasant.
Oscar WildeTags: persuasion
To yield readily--easily--to the persuasion of a friend is no merit.... To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of either.
Jane AustenTags: conviction persuasion yield
Shigure: JUST LISTEN TO ME FOR A SECOND, KYO!
Kyo: SHUT UP! I HATE THIS! DO YOU REALLY GET THAT MUCH ENJOYMENT FROM PLAYING WITH PEOPLES' LIVES?!
Shigure: Well, yes, now that you mention it, I do--BUT THIS IS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD!
Kyo: Man, your persuasion skills SUCK!
Tohru: Um, welcome home. Dinner's-
Kyo: NOT HUNGRY!
Shigure: KYO! DON'T TAKE THIS OUT ON TOHRU! And come back to the entrance hall this instant and take those shoes off!
Yuki: He's right, Shigure. You really do suck at persuasion.
Tags: humor persuasion
One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering.
Jane AustenTags: jane-austen persuasion anne-elliot
You cannot reason people out of a position that they did not reason themselves into.
Ben GoldacreTags: science faith argument persuasion
Well, that depends, I suppose. I heard someone once say that men dance the same way they have sex. So, if you want everyone here to think you're the kind of guy who just sits around and—"
He stood up. "Let's dance.
Tags: dancing romance fiction vampire persuasion georgina succubus
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