Persuading Quotes

I saw Neil LaBute`s first movie, In the Company of Men (1997), and I thought it sucked deeply. I mean, talk about a couple of scuzzy guys. Man, they were turds. But I was intrigued by the mind that would think this up and film it. Then, I saw LaBute`s second movie, Your Friends & Neighbors (1998). Not any better, but still intriguing. So then I got the script for Nurse Betty (2000), and I loved it and I went and met him. And it turns out he`s married, has these lovely kids. He`s just this big bear of a man. Cuddly, even. It didn`t take any persuading to convince me to do the film.

What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?

I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul. I tell you that virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money and every other good of man, public as well as private. This is my teaching, and if this is the doctrine which corrupts the youth, I am a mischievous person.

We 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.

`The Marketing of Evil` takes no prisoners. David Kupelian brilliantly explains how a clever, radical elite is persuading Americans to accept evil as good, and good as evil. With precise clarity, the book blows the lid off the most successful ? and dangerous ? cultural scams. In addition, Kupelian`s personal vignettes and vigorous writing hold the reader`s interest throughout.