265 Quotes About Persuasion

I had also read somewhere that if a man didn't truly believe or understand what he was espousing, somehow he could do a more convincing job

It is safe to assume that any individual or group you wish to influence has access to more wisdom than they currently use. It is also safe to assume that they also have considerably more facts than they can process effectively. Giving them even more facts adds to the wrong pile. They don't need more facts. They need help finding their wisdom. Contrary to popular belief, bad decisions are rarely made because people don't have all the facts.

You went to school," Lee said. "I mean, at some point. And it didn't suit you very well. They wanted to teach you things you didn't care about. Dates and math and trivia about dead presidents. They didn't teach persuasion. Your ability to persuade is the single most important determinant of your quality of life, and they didn't cover that at all. Well, we do. And we're looking for students with natural aptitude.

You're welcome to as much wine as you can drink, Ares."...[Ares] watched two bare-breasted women stroll by. "Am I welcome to your worshippers as well?""If they'll have you. Force yourself on anyone, though, and the cat gets to gnaw on your anatomy." Dionysos nodded to Agria, who prowled around the crowd. "Those are the rules."Ares smirked. ... "No problem there. I'm very persuasive."Hermes shook his head at Dionysos and mouthed in comical exaggeration, *No, he's not.*

Reagan is described as "delivering Barry Goldwater's doctrine with John F. Kennedy's technique.

Growing a culture requires a good storyteller. Changing a culture requires a persuasive editor.

No conflict no story

This hunger drives me, no brakes. My flow of literacy releases dopamine, addicting like I'm dope selling to these fiends. It's literature fire, literal torture with these words. It's my element of art, ammo to my artillery of arsenals. Spit these words of ammo in reverse flow, subliminal speeches from prophets in the past like church rehearsals. Head shots to all without spiritual info., filled coffins of ignorance, streets lined up with a hearse full.

He was going to suck my blood!” “Which is what we do to anyone when we say we’ll be hurt if they don’t live our way.