#persuade

Travel, which was once either a necessity or an adventure, has become very largely a commodity, and from all sides we are persuaded into thinking that it is a social requirement, too. ↗

— Jan Morris

#adventure #become #commodity #either #into

I borrowed my friend's car the other day in an attempt to persuade my husband that we needed a car and literally this is true, in the first day of borrowing the car, I got three tickets and I rear-ended it. ↗

— Emily Mortimer

#borrowed #borrowing #car #day #first

First, President Reagan was not enthusiastic. But I built up a relationship with him in other areas and then persuaded him that this was important to us and to me, and that we had to at least be in the process of looking at this seriously. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#built #enthusiastic #first #had #him

You have to be able to enthral and persuade at the same time. ↗

— Riccardo Muti

#persuade #same #time #you

Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair. ↗

— Ieyasu Tokugawa

#discontent #imperfection #inconvenience #lot #mortals

If terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens to fight the terrorists. In a nation like Pakistan, the government will have to be persuaded to deal with those in their midst who are complicit. ↗

— Bill Kristol

#citizens #complicit #deal #defeated #fight

It's better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage of an opportunity to persuade people to change their minds. ↗

— John H. Johnson

#better #change #get #i #insulted

I don't persuade to suicide. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#persuade #suicide

But to do it professionally is a quantum leap difference and my father had to be persuaded by these kind of Ivy League professors that I should go to the Yale Drama School, another one of the stories in there. ↗

— Robert Klein

#difference #drama #drama school #father #go

One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them. ↗

— Dean Rusk

#ears #listening #others #persuade #them