Quotes tagged ‘Convince’

“Think of all the joy you'll bring their miserable little lives.”

— Sergio Pablos, Zachary Lewis, Jim Mahoney, Jesper (voice), Jason Schwartzman, imdb.com

“My mom believes what she wants to believe.”

— Attica Locke, Izzy Richardson, Megan Stott, imdb.com

“Why do I keep thinking I'm clever? I'm not.”

— Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Peter Fellows, Sean Gray, Ryan Clark, Hugh Laurie, imdb.com

“Sheldon: Anyway, the housekeeper in the faculty residence didn’t speak any English. When I finally managed to convince her I was sick, she said, 'Möchtest du eine Darmspülung?' Penny: What does that mean? Sheldon: Based on what happened next, I assume it means, 'Would you like an enema?'”

— Stephen Engel, Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn, Sheldon Cooper, Jim Parsons, imdb.com

“Do my countrymen need any assurance that such a catastrophe is not to overtake them while I possess the power to stay it?”

— Franklin Pierce, amazon.com

“But no public man in these islands ever believes that the Bible means what it says: he is always convinced that it says what he means; and I have no reason to hope that Mr Coote may be an exception to the rule.”

— George Bernard Shaw, en.wikiquote.org

“You cannot convince people to love you. This is an absolute rule. No one will ever give you love because you want him or her to give it. Real love moves freely in both directions. Don’t waste your time on anything else.”

— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com

“If you have to convince someone to stay with you, then they have already left.”

— Shannon L. Alder, goodreads.com