H. Jackson Brown Jr. Quotes

The facts are on our side.

Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.

And I used to assemble the family to hear because I thought that they were so good that even from the point of view of enjoyment people shouldn't miss them, and I got every word of his that I could, and I could see by hard argument there was only the one way for it.

Rhetoric is cheap, evidence comes more dearly.

Let one persuade many, and he becomes confirmed and convinced, and cares for no better evidence.

I often begin a thought with spirit and finish it with nonsense. The chain of my argument often escapes me, and when lost can seldom be retrieved. These faults are so overpowering that I should sink into perpetual silence were it not that sometimes in ardor of debate, when my feelings are wound up to a high tone, elocution pours itself along with unusual rapidity, and I have passages which would not shame a good speaker; this is the only thing that makes me tolerable to others or to myself.

I'm a passionate entrepreneur. I'm like fire and brimstone sometimes. And so there are times when I'll go - I'll get too into the weeds and too into the debate, because I'm so passionate about it.

That's the beauty of argument, if you argue correctly, you're never wrong.

No amount of facts in his head can compensate for the lack of fire on his lips.

If I feel strongly about anything, I get overwhelmed with emotion.

When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

Every idea is an incitement... eloquence may set fire to reason.

The doom of a nation can be averted only by a storm of flowing passion, but only those who are passionate themselves can arouse passion in others.

I have to have an emotional connection to what I am ultimately selling because it is emotion, whether you are selling religion, politics, even a breath mint.

The best way to win an argument is to begin by being right.

I can be pretty persuasive if I believe in something strongly enough.

Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.

Argument [is] useless against a people in a passion, convinced of their own injuries.

Argument is conclusive … but … it does not remove doubt.

The truth is always the strongest argument.

A man must be himself convinced if he is to convince others. The prophet must be his own disciple, or he will make none. Enthusiasm is contagious: belief creates belief.

Thoughts convince thinkers; for this reason, thoughts convince seldom.

I just love to defend!

I always like to do quite a lot of homework; I quite like to do the research. If I didn't do this, I think I would like to be a researcher.

If your heart's not into what you're selling, you're not going to make it.