"I don`t believe in the so-called Latino explosion when it comes to movies. Jennifer Lopez doesn`t have an accent. She grew up in New York speaking English not Spanish. Her success is very important because she represents a different culture, but it doesn`t help me. I grew up in Mexico, not the US, and the fact is that there just aren`t any parts for Latin actresses. I have to persuade people that my accent won`t be a problem, but an asset. Everyone`s afraid of doing something a bit risky. Everyone wants a $200 million hit and anything they think might get in the way of that kind of success is considered a liability".
- Salma HayekNo, I`m not rich. I had a tax problem in this country, curiously enough, and my accountant said the British government was patently wrong in taxing me, and they were, but we couldn`t persuade them and it cost me everything I had.
- Donald Sutherland(Discussing whether or not he is typecast by audiences as Jean-Luc Picard): I think perhaps when I first walk in front of the camera they`ll say, "Aha, there, ah, yeah, Jean-Luc, we recognize him despite that charming little mustache." I believe that audiences are really smart enough to let go of that pretty quickly, but that`s also my job as an actor to persuade them that, you know, Jean-Luc Picard is left behind and this is someone entirely different... I mean, I`m an actor dedicated to transforming myself and to creating original pieces of work, and I will not accept that my life is going to be forever connected to Jean-Luc Picard in the roles that I play. On the other hand, I`m absolutely delighted that he`s still in my life. Actually, I think my appearance in The Simpsons and an appearance that I did on Sesame Street - in praise of the letter B - were perhaps the two most distinguished bits of work that I`ve done in the United States. (Discussing his love for Beavis & Butthead): Oh, yes, my passion for them remains the same... I think it`s one of the most original and brilliant pieces of television that we`ve seen in recent years. The dialogue is delightful. I simply sit and giggle and laugh all the time.
- Patrick StewartMaking movies is little like walking into a dark room. Some people stumble across furniture, others break their legs but some of us see better in the dark than others. The ultimate trick is to convince, persuade.
- Billy WilderWhat you`re doing is putting into professional play the way that you relate to other people, the way that you analyze and relate to a written text, the way that you would persuade anybody to do anything. It has to do with listening, with humility and a sense of yourself.
- Trevor NunnIf you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right to abortion? Persuade your fellow citizens and enact it. That`s flexibility.
- Antonin ScaliaDo not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion. That is the tortured path to undoing step by step, bit by bit, as the river creates a canyon, the way of life that we love.
- Charles SchumerLike most people I want to do everything I can to persuade the G8 leaders to make huge commitments to the relief of poverty and increased aid to the third world. It`s crazy that America gives such a paltry percentage of its GNP to the starving nations. Any squabbles Roger and the band have had in the past are so petty in this context, and if re-forming for this concert will help focus attention then it`s got to be worthwhile.
- David GilmourOne of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.
- Dean RuskThe best way to persuade people is with your ears - by listening to them.
- Dean RuskIn our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership.
- Donald RumsfeldTheology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn`t there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.
- Robert A. HeinleinMy most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
- Winston ChurchillFor years all I seemed to be doing was lobbying politicians and others to persuade them that European culture needed movies, and that we had to protect it.
- Wim WendersI don`t know how many times I can sit there and talk about my character or my life. It`s interesting to talk about experiences in the context of something you`re doing for somebody else, and particularly if you can persuade others to join you in your support.
- Wendie MalickDiscourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
- Abraham LincolnI worked with murderers for a long time after I left university - one thing you realise about the gangs and the criminals is that it`s acting by another means. If you go into a bank or a shop and you want them to believe that you`re going to shoot them, that`s an acting exercise. If you want to turn to someone else who`s as tooled up as you are and persuade them to put their knife down because you`ll use your knife, that`s an acting exercise. Nine out of 10 delinquents are frustrated actors.
- Peter MullanWe`ve got to rebuild human hearts - and persuade people that hope isn`t just possible, but essential.
- Tony SnowHe told me to go wherever I felt comfortable, ... He didn`t try to persuade me. He told me to follow my heart.
- Bruce JohnsonWhen evangelical leaders can persuade the president to be concerned about what`s happening in Sudan, or sex trafficking around the world, or HIV-AIDS, that`s a very good thing. I am completely supportive of that.
- Jim Wallis(The Miami relatives also failed to persuade the court that no Cuban medical or mental health personnel should have access to the child, an attempt to counteract the father`s efforts to create a Cuban environment by bringing in Elian`s former kindergarten teacher and a 10-year-old cousin. They will be arriving shortly and joining the boy and his family and four more playmates; a parent for each and a pediatrician are expected to follow soon.) The court would have found it difficult to rule that Elian could not be examined by mental health professionals from his own country, ... While the Miami relatives are strongly anti-Cuba, Elian`s father is not, and in the end it`s likely that the court will give him the ultimate say in what happens to his son.
- Adam CohenI covered two presidents, LBJ and Nixon, who could no longer convince, persuade, or govern, once people had decided they had no credibility, but we seem to be more tolerant now of what I think we should not tolerate.
- Helen ThomasIs there anything the magistrates can do to persuade you to pay?
- Paul VincentI don`t persuade to suicide.
- Jack KevorkianLife happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but they insist on amassing information.
- Adam GrossbergThey can rule the world while they can persuade us our pain belongs in some order is death by famine worse than death by suicide, than a life of famine and suicide...?
- Ahmed GhneimI like to think of sales as the ability to gracefully persuade, not manipulate, a person or persons into a win-win situation.
- Al VerWe had been unable to persuade any of the natives of Wellington Valley to accompany us as guides, on our leaving that settlement.
- Alan GrieveI don`t know the rules of grammar... If you`re trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use their language, the language they use every day, the language in which they think. We try to write in the vernacular.
- Alan ShawI don`t know the rules of grammar. If you`re trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use their language.
- Alan ShawIt was said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things, and himself of anything.
- Alan StarkBut when someone is on a winning horse, and everything looks wonderful, it`s very hard as an outsider to persuade them something is wrong.
- Alfredo RodriguezWe must seek to persuade member states and institutions that better regulation in Europe does not mean cutting health and safety in the workplace, nor does it mean dismantling social standards.
- Alison MauA scientist`s aim in a discussion with his colleagues is not to persuade, but to clarify.
- Allison ReedAlthough Darwin was able to persuade much of the world that a modern eye could be produced gradually from a much simpler structure, he did not even attempt to explain how the simple light sensitive spot that was his starting point actually worked.
- Amanda SilvermanFor when they see the people swarm into the streets, and daily wet to the skin with rain, and yet cannot persuade them to go out of the rain, they do keep themselves within their houses, seeing they cannot remedy the folly of the people.
- Andrew CortyWe are on the verge of persuading Dame Kelly to pose for us, ... That`s if we can get her to sit still for one minute. It`s strange, but it can be very difficult to persuade people like her to sit. Doing a portrait can be a very combative experience.
- Andy FuertesLeadership is a word and a concept that has been more argued than almost any other I know. I am not one of the desk-pounding types that likes to stick out his jaw and look like he is bossing the show. I would far rather get behind and, recognizing the frailties and the requirements of human nature, would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.
- Andy GatesModern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea.
- John CiardiI never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn`t meant my answers literally.
- Calvin TrillinSpeech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel
- Ralph Waldo EmersonIt is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.
- Muriel SparkIt is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands
- Andre GideA man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus can he persuade others, as well as himself, that he is a worthy target for the arrows of fate.
- Janet WatsonThe shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.
- Stendhal