(81 quotes found)
“We kept trying to follow up. We used moral persuasion, but the commission wasn't interested.”
Ed Harrington
“You all know if this happened at Central and the young lady was from another school or another 'persuasion,' the outcome would have been different.”
Toloupe Omokaiye
“A firm persuasion of the superintendence of Providence over all our concerns is absolutely necessary to our happiness.”
William Cowper
“REASONABLE, adj. Accessible to the infection of our own opinions. Hospitable to persuasion, dissuasion and evasion.”
Ambrose Bierce
“The judge found him persuasive.”
Lorrain Croy
“Jobs has said nary a word on behalf of important social issues, reserving his talents of persuasion for selling Apple products.”
Leander Kahney
“No matter your political persuasion, it's still an honor and a thrill to spend time with a President of the United States.”
Marty Brennaman
“We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations.”
Mahmoud Abbas
“I see the position (of first selectman) as one of gentile persuasion, and to provide guidance,”
Malcolm Brown
“I'd hate to see the person with the most persuasive voice and the best hairdo get the best of this.”
Cullum Hasty
