persuasion

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
0338a06	My idea of good company...is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.' 'You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company, that is the best.	jane-austen good-company persuasion	Jane Austen
f2259e1	Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.	discussion debate shouting persuasion	Desmond Tutu
d6ef1e1	Shigure: JUST LISTEN TO ME FOR A SECOND, KYO! Kyo: SHUT UP! I HATE THIS! DO YOU REALLY GET THAT MUCH ENJOYMENT FROM PLAYING WITH PEOPLES' LIVES?! Shigure: Well, yes, now that you mention it, I do--BUT THIS IS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD! Kyo: Man, your persuasion skills SUCK! Tohru: Um, welcome home. Dinner's- Kyo: NOT HUNGRY! Shigure: KYO! DON'T TAKE THIS OUT ON TOHRU! And come back to the entrance hall this instant and take those shoes off! Yuki: He's right, Shigure. You really do suck at persuasion.	persuasion	Natsuki Takaya
75ad563	Ah, there's the governess voice. All stern and disapproving. It makes me feel like a naughty schoolboy.	naughtiness persuasion	Lisa Kleypas
54dede2	She had been in situations like this, where people said, Convince me, and in none of those had they actually wanted to be convinced. She could lay down a perfect argument and they just invented new bullshit on the spot to justify why the answer was still no. When people said, Convince me, she knew it didn't mean they had an open mind. It meant they had power and wanted to enjoy it a minute.	argumentation openness power persuasion	Max Barry
cc24931	The most fundamental thing about a person is desire. It defines them. Tell me what a person wants, truly wants, and I'll tell you who they are, and how to persuade them.	persuasion	Max Barry
c4e8154	When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner	meekness persuasion	William Shakespeare
8c16c1b	A ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel... he must lay the best coffee hearth to attract the finest men... a good ruler has to learn his world's language... it's different for every world... the language of the rocks and growing things... the language you don't hear just with your ears... the Mystery of Life... not a problem to solve, but a reality to experience... Understanding must move with the flow of the process.	understanding problem leadership reality life flow team languages experience mystery persuasion process	Frank Herbert
660e2d0	"Steve's head dropped and stared at his feet. After a weighty, uncomfortable pause, he issued a challenge that would haunt me for days. " Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water, or do you want a chance to change the world?" Sculley felt as if he had been punched in the stomach. There was no response possible other than to acquiesce. " He had a uncanny ability to always get what he wanted, to size up a person and know exactly what to say to reach a person," Sculley recalled. "	persuasion	Walter Isaacson
269de9e	Good words were the difference between Emily eating well and not. And what she had found worked best were not facts or arguments but words that tickled people's brains for some reason, that just amused them. Puns, and exaggerations, and things that were true and not at the same time.	words persuade hustling persuasion	Max Barry
b141f4d	A good ruler has to learn his world's language, and that's different for every world, the language you don't hear just with your ears.	word-choice rhetoric vocabulary persuasion	Frank Herbert
0585c42	Diplomacy's primary law: LEAVE ROOM FOR NEGOTIATION.	overreaction statesmanship persuasion	Barbara W. Tuchman
e3121db	"You went to school," Lee said. "I mean, at some point. And it didn't suit you very well. They wanted to teach you things you didn't care about. Dates and math and trivia about dead presidents. They didn't teach persuasion. Your ability to persuade is the single most important determinant of your quality of life, and they didn't cover that at all. Well, we do. And we're looking for students with natural aptitude."	lexicon persuasion school	Max Barry
3a1feac	'You can't stop me. Your word voodoo, it doesn't work on me. Right? So how do you think you're going to-' Eliot produced a pistol. He didn't seem to pull it from anywhere. He just suddenly had it. Wil's eyes stung. 'See?' Eliot put away the gun. 'There are all kinds of persuasion.'	words word-voodoo weapons persuasion	Max Barry
fa4f47c	Rebels aren't persuaded by arguments such as 'People are counting on you,' 'You've already paid for it'...'Things should be done this way,' 'You have an appointment,' 'You said you'd do it'...'It's against the rules,' 'It's a tradition,' 'This is the deadline,' or 'It's rude.' They're much more apt to respond to being told 'This will be fun,' 'This is what you want'...Rebels can do anything they want to do.	rebellion resistant rebel persuasion	Gretchen Rubin
9ad5aaf	"A laconic Texas lawmaker declined to use his considerable influence to intervene in a loud dispute between his colleagues. When asked why not, he said, "They're not voting. If they're not voting, they're not passing any laws. If they're not passing any laws, they're not hurting anybody."	restraint persuasion	Robert A. Caro
c4ee908	How could he encapsulate in a pithy admissions-interview line all of his unique ideas and interests?	marketing persuasion	Alexandra Robbins
52396c5	Lewis at his best is about trying on ways of looking at the world.	perspective persuasion	Alister E. McGrath
e32ded7	Even though he said no store in uncanny things, he was soldier enough to value with whatever weapon came to hand.	leadership manipulation pragmatism persuasion	Geraldine Brooks
6a108a3	Lyndon Johnson's sentences were the sentences of a man with a remarkable gift for words, not long words but evocative, of a man with a remarkable gift for images, homey images of a vividness that infused the sentences with drama.	rhetoric persuasion	Robert A. Caro
e8ed53c	The art of oratory was considered part of the equipment of a statesman.	rhetoric persuasion	Barbara W. Tuchman
3d698a4	Senators came to realize that he understood not only their bills but the reasons they had introduced them;	persuasion	Robert A. Caro

0338a06

My idea of good company...is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.' 'You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company, that is the best.

jane-austen good-company persuasion

Jane Austen

f2259e1

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

discussion debate shouting persuasion

Desmond Tutu

d6ef1e1

Shigure: JUST LISTEN TO ME FOR A SECOND, KYO! Kyo: SHUT UP! I HATE THIS! DO YOU REALLY GET THAT MUCH ENJOYMENT FROM PLAYING WITH PEOPLES' LIVES?! Shigure: Well, yes, now that you mention it, I do--BUT THIS IS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD! Kyo: Man, your persuasion skills SUCK! Tohru: Um, welcome home. Dinner's- Kyo: NOT HUNGRY! Shigure: KYO! DON'T TAKE THIS OUT ON TOHRU! And come back to the entrance hall this instant and take those shoes off! Yuki: He's right, Shigure. You really do suck at persuasion.

persuasion

Natsuki Takaya

75ad563

Ah, there's the governess voice. All stern and disapproving. It makes me feel like a naughty schoolboy.

naughtiness persuasion

Lisa Kleypas

54dede2

She had been in situations like this, where people said, Convince me, and in none of those had they actually wanted to be convinced. She could lay down a perfect argument and they just invented new bullshit on the spot to justify why the answer was still no. When people said, Convince me, she knew it didn't mean they had an open mind. It meant they had power and wanted to enjoy it a minute.

argumentation openness power persuasion

Max Barry

cc24931

The most fundamental thing about a person is desire. It defines them. Tell me what a person wants, truly wants, and I'll tell you who they are, and how to persuade them.

persuasion

Max Barry

c4e8154

When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner

meekness persuasion

William Shakespeare

8c16c1b

A ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel... he must lay the best coffee hearth to attract the finest men... a good ruler has to learn his world's language... it's different for every world... the language of the rocks and growing things... the language you don't hear just with your ears... the Mystery of Life... not a problem to solve, but a reality to experience... Understanding must move with the flow of the process.

understanding problem leadership reality life flow team languages experience mystery persuasion process

Frank Herbert

660e2d0

"Steve's head dropped and stared at his feet. After a weighty, uncomfortable pause, he issued a challenge that would haunt me for days. " Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water, or do you want a chance to change the world?" Sculley felt as if he had been punched in the stomach. There was no response possible other than to acquiesce. " He had a uncanny ability to always get what he wanted, to size up a person and know exactly what to say to reach a person," Sculley recalled. "

persuasion

Walter Isaacson

269de9e

Good words were the difference between Emily eating well and not. And what she had found worked best were not facts or arguments but words that tickled people's brains for some reason, that just amused them. Puns, and exaggerations, and things that were true and not at the same time.

words persuade hustling persuasion

Max Barry

b141f4d

A good ruler has to learn his world's language, and that's different for every world, the language you don't hear just with your ears.

word-choice rhetoric vocabulary persuasion

Frank Herbert

0585c42

Diplomacy's primary law: LEAVE ROOM FOR NEGOTIATION.

overreaction statesmanship persuasion

Barbara W. Tuchman

e3121db

"You went to school," Lee said. "I mean, at some point. And it didn't suit you very well. They wanted to teach you things you didn't care about. Dates and math and trivia about dead presidents. They didn't teach persuasion. Your ability to persuade is the single most important determinant of your quality of life, and they didn't cover that at all. Well, we do. And we're looking for students with natural aptitude."

lexicon persuasion school

Max Barry

3a1feac

'You can't stop me. Your word voodoo, it doesn't work on me. Right? So how do you think you're going to-' Eliot produced a pistol. He didn't seem to pull it from anywhere. He just suddenly had it. Wil's eyes stung. 'See?' Eliot put away the gun. 'There are all kinds of persuasion.'

words word-voodoo weapons persuasion

Max Barry

fa4f47c

Rebels aren't persuaded by arguments such as 'People are counting on you,' 'You've already paid for it'...'Things should be done this way,' 'You have an appointment,' 'You said you'd do it'...'It's against the rules,' 'It's a tradition,' 'This is the deadline,' or 'It's rude.' They're much more apt to respond to being told 'This will be fun,' 'This is what *you* want'...Rebels can do anything they *want* to do.

rebellion resistant rebel persuasion

Gretchen Rubin

9ad5aaf

"A laconic Texas lawmaker declined to use his considerable influence to intervene in a loud dispute between his colleagues. When asked why not, he said, "They're not voting. If they're not voting, they're not passing any laws. If they're not passing any laws, they're not hurting anybody."

restraint persuasion

Robert A. Caro

c4ee908

How could he encapsulate in a pithy admissions-interview line all of his unique ideas and interests?

marketing persuasion

Alexandra Robbins

52396c5

Lewis at his best is about trying on ways of looking at the world.

perspective persuasion

Alister E. McGrath

e32ded7

Even though he said no store in uncanny things, he was soldier enough to value with whatever weapon came to hand.

leadership manipulation pragmatism persuasion

Geraldine  Brooks

6a108a3

Lyndon Johnson's sentences were the sentences of a man with a remarkable gift for words, not long words but evocative, of a man with a remarkable gift for images, homey images of a vividness that infused the sentences with drama.

rhetoric persuasion

Robert A. Caro

e8ed53c

The art of oratory was considered part of the equipment of a statesman.

rhetoric persuasion

Barbara W. Tuchman

3d698a4

Senators came to realize that he understood not only their bills but the reasons they had introduced them;

persuasion

Robert A. Caro