Convinces Quotes

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson

History, Government, Bad

What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you're advancing. If you don't you're as good as dead. The other person will sense that something isn't there, and no chain of reasoning, no matter how logical or elegant or brilliant, will win your case for you.
Lyndon B. Johnson

Good, Person, Win

The three-year-old who lies about taking a cookie isn't really a liar after all. He simply can't control his impulses. He then convinces himself of a new truth and, eager for your approval, reports the version that he knows will make you happy.
Cathy Rindner Tempelsman

Truth, Happy, Liar

You can meet a young person who goes to school and is really enthusiastic, but if a sufficiently strong personality convinces them that this is a waste of time, that person might flunk out.
Stanley Crouch

Time, School, Strong

The Democrats' ads convince me that Governor Romney can't sing, but his record convinces me he knows how to lead, and I think you know which skill we need more.
Artur Davis

Knows, Sing, Lead

Because I select my players from a feeling that comes to me when I am with them, a certain sympathy you might call it, or a vibration that exists between us that convinces me they are right.
Erich von Stroheim

Sympathy, Feeling, Between

Agnosticism has nothing to impart. Its sermons are the exhortations of one who convinces you he stands on nothing and urges you to stand there too.
Anna Julia Cooper

Nothing, Stand, Stands

Ideals are not something I can control. It's not logic that convinces me of something, it's what my heart says. My heart has a way of involving me in things, which can only be good for the music.
Michelle Shocked

Music, Good, Heart

In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to whom the idea first occurs.
Francis Darwin

Science, Idea, Goes

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government.
John Sharp Williams

History, Government, Bad

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