Persuasive Quotes

'The Lucky One' is at its heart a romance novel, elevated however by Nicholas Sparks' persuasive storytelling. Readers don't read his books because they're true, but because they ought to be true.

There is nothing in the world like persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus.

Communication is always "propaganda." The emitter always wants "to get something across."

Although I was once sharply critical of the argument to design, I have since come to see that, when correctly formatted, this argument constitutes a persuasive case for the existence of God.

With all women gentleness is the most persuasive and powerful argument.

We can be dramatic, even theatrical; we can be persuasive; but the message we are telling must be true.

We played by feel. We felt as though you could put us on any stage, and we would find a way to win that crowd over. We had that attitude: We can't fail. You might not like it right now, but you will.

What I do see is the right from the beginning that [Donald] Trump had an interest and was very persuasive in terms of talking about the veterans and needing to make changes there.

The writer's object is - or should be - to hold the reader's attention.

He could talk a dog off a meat wagon. He talked a lot but said nothing.

The revival in religion will be a rhetorical problem - new persuasive words for defaced or degraded ones.

While the President leads his potential adversaries in almost every state, his support is soft. He is seen as honest, sincere, just, and friendly but gets mediocre or relatively poor ratings being competent strong, intelligent, and a forceful leader.

Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments.

Speaking with passion born of your own authentic experience and belief is always persuasive.

My brother's really well-spoken.

Story is morally neutral. It can express profound truth or propaganda. The two greatest political storytellers of the 20th Century were Winston Churchill and Adolph Hitler. Because storytelling is a form of persuasive jujitsu, and because world is full of black belt storytellers, the corporate leader has to train both his offensive and defensive moves

It was an argument of rare power and eloquence.

I'm never satisfied unless I get the last word.

I gravitate towards strong messages and things that make an impact.

Milton Friedman. Friedman had a solid MV = PQ doctrine from which he deviated very little all his life. By the way, he's about as smart a guy as you'll meet. He's as persuasive as you hope not to meet.

Telling a story about someone has enormous power. People forget a headline. They remember a story.

I'm from Boston, and I'm hard-headed, opinionated and a good arguer.

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

In general, talking about human rights tends to be very persuasive for people who care about human rights.

I think that bold leadership sells.