The easiest way to convince my kids that they don’t really need something is to get it for them. – Joan Collins
Evil exists. Evil is real. One of the hallmarks of evil is that it seeks to convince its victims that it exists ‘out there.’ – John Ortberg
Well, I am not 100 percent sure of the definition of polemic, but it wasn’t meant to convince anybody of anything. – Art Spiegelman
Shortly after Sisi was elected, his administration announced cuts of ‘subsidies’ on natural gas and energy consumption and lowered those for bread and other goods. Such action was taboo during the Mubarak and Sadat presidencies for over half a century, but Sisi was able to convince Egyptians he was taking necessary action. – Ahmed Zewail
I’m a novelist. I’m not a crusader, and I’m not an editorial writer. And I’m not writing fiction to convince anybody of anything. – Alice McDermott
A lot of my role is advocacy, and as a scientist, you’re an advocate, too, because you are coming up with a theory and having to convince your fellow scientists that you’re right. – Ellen Stofan
Arguing, in the sense of attempting to convince others, has gone out of fashion with conservatives. – P. J. O’Rourke
On network TV, I’m still Phoebe to people, and it would be hard to convince them otherwise in the bright lights of a sitcom. – Lisa Kudrow
Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side. – John McCarthy
Obama ran a hard-edged and negative campaign against Romney, hoping to convince recession-weary voters that his rival was unworthy of the job. – Ron Fournier
On the contrary, I tried on numerous occasions to convince the American president not to go to war. I did what was within my capabilities to avoid that happening. – Silvio Berlusconi
