Quotes by Persuasive How difficult it is to sound persuasive at the top of one's voice! Aldous Huxley persuasive voice sound Although I was once sharply critical of the argument to design, I have since come to see that, when correctly formatted, this argument constitutes a persuasive case for the existence of God. Antony Flew persuasive argument design Speaking passionately from the very center of who you are is compelling, forceful, persuasive: that’s what leadership sounds like. Charlotte Beers persuasive compelling sound Speaking with passion born of your own authentic experience and belief is always persuasive. Charlotte Beers persuasive passion belief The point of literary criticism in anthropology is not to replace research, but to find out how it is that we are persuasive. Clifford Geertz persuasive research criticism Nobody is more persuasive than a good listener Dale Carnegie good-listener persuasive listeners Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands. Daniel J. Boorstin persuasive vivid moral A drunk driver is very dangerous. So is a drunk backseat driver if he's persuasive. Demetri Martin persuasive dangerous drunk We can be dramatic, even theatrical; we can be persuasive; but the message we are telling must be true. Edwin Land persuasive dramatic messages The strength of a theory is not what it allows, but what it prohibits; if you can invent an equally persuasive explanation for any outcome, you have zero knowledge. Eliezer Yudkowsky persuasive outcomes zero Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments. Euripides persuasive logical-arguments money Power is the most persuasive rhetoric. Friedrich Schiller rhetoric persuasive power I try to be careful with my persuasiveness. When my heart is really behind it, and when I have no ulterior motive, then I know I’m truly persuasive. Giancarlo Esposito persuasive heart trying Beauty has a persuasive power all its own. Janette Rallison persuasive The more you know about your customers, the more you can provide to them information that is increasingly useful, relevant, and persuasive. Jay Baer persuasive relevant information The goal is not to make something factually impeccable, but seamlessly persuasive. John Szarkowski impeccable persuasive goal Persuasive influences are better than any amount of moralizing. Louisa May Alcott moralizing persuasive influence Keep going until you get good counsel that is persuasive for you that you should go elsewhere. Mark Dever persuasive elsewhere should The greatest communicators have unknowingly used a story pattern. They not only use anecdotes effectively, but their communication followed a persuasive story pattern of tension and release. That tension and release is created by contrasting [what is] with what could be as a structural device. Nancy Duarte persuasive tension communication A linear projection into the future of any science or technology is like a form of propaganda &emdash; often persuasive, almost always wrong. Pamela McCorduck persuasive propaganda technology 12»