Convinced Quotes

A man convinced against his will is not convinced.

If there were no nobodies, The somebodies would not have anybody, To convince that they were somebody, Except some other somebody, Who would not be convinced anyway.

I’m not intellectually convinced that one-man, one-vote is the best. We practise it because that’s what the British bequeathed us

Growing old becomes clear to you at a certain point. I think it's after the age of 70 you realize - you begin to actually be convinced - you're growing older.

I'd much rather have 15 people arguing about something than 15 people splitting into two camps, each side convinced it's right and not talking to the other.

I've never been convinced that everything in a relationship needs to be talked about. Some things can't be fixed by a conversation

I am increasingly convinced that technological culture is the entire root of women's liberation.

Even those who fancy themselves the most progressive will fight against other kinds of progress, for each of us is convinced that our way is the best way.

It is when my umbrella turns inside out that I am convinced of the total depravity of inanimate things.

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.

All forms of art are consciousness expanders, and I am convinced that they will take us further, and more consciously, than drugs.

Nonviolent non-co-operation, I am convinced, is a sacred duty at times.

I am convinced Socialism is the only answer.

I'm convinced that ideas and behaviors and new products move through a population very much like a disease does.

I am convinced the entrepreneurial spirit of the Indian people, if allowed to express itself freely in the marketplace, India will be all right.

The media coverage for Donald Trump has been almost cheerleading over the last couple weeks. And I'm convinced it's because many in the press want him to be the nominee.

In the city, I wake bolt upright in the small hours, convinced that intruders are marauding through our apartment despite Swiss bank-style security arrangements.

I don't want to quit smoking. I am convinced that if I quit smoking, the world would go to hell.

I always tend to like the characters that I play. I'm convinced that I am this person and I'm OK with whatever they do.

If people were able to be convinced that art is precise advance knowledge of how to cope with the psychic and social consequences of the next technology, would they all become artists?

I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but of practical realism.

It's absurd how aspirants to designer-label colleges become obsessed with perfection so they can get into one. I'm not convinced it's worth prostituting yourself for that.

I'm convinced people are bored of generic travel

Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know. I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.

I am convinced that most people do not grow up ... our real selves, the children inside, are still innocent and shy as magnolias.

Sophie, honey, stop looking at me like that,” Garrett said gruffly. “You’ll have me convinced I’m going to die.” “You’re not?

I have become convinced that the most overlooked tool in our medical arsenal is harnessing the body's own ability to heal through nutritional excellence.

I am convinced that Christian fundamentalism is a far greater threat to this country than Muslim terrorists could ever be.

Our truth of nowadays is not what is, but what others can be convinced of; just as we call "money" not only that which is legal, but also any counterfeit that will pass.

I was always totally convinced that three weeks after the revolution they'd put me up against the wall and shoot me.

I am convinced that the minimum-wage law is the most anti-Negro law on our statute books in its effect, not its intent.

I am convinced that unless America changes course, we will become the France of the 21st Century - still a great nation, but no longer the leader of the world...

I'm totally convinced I can write the perfect pop song.

I'm convinced more than ever that capitalism, with its technological development, has not been an advance toward freedom but has been an enormous setback of freedom.

I'm by no means convinced that capitalism and the development of technology has made anarchism easier.

Every successful person finds that great success lies just beyond the point when they're convinced their idea is not going to work.

The life of Gautama Buddha illustrates the power of service, compassion and, most importantly, renunciation. He was convinced that material wealth is not the sole goal.

This thing about looking for someone less different... It only really worked, he realized, if you were convinced that being you wasn't so bad in the first place.

I am not at all convinced that human emissions of CO2 are adding to global warming.... I remain to be convinced about the theory of anthropogenic global warming.

When I was a really young child, I felt like I could see fairies. I was convinced there were fairies in my grandmother's garden.

I am convinced the most unfortunate people are those who would make an art of love. It sours other effort. Of all artists, they are certainly the most wretched.

Francia don’t look too convinced. I never seen arms so crossed.

When you encounter that first love, a young love, you do feel that your story is original. You are utterly convinced that your story has never been told before, because it hasn't.

I wish in my own mind I were more definite - that I was absolutely convinced I'd never direct someone else's script, but I keep reading scripts, because I might find something.

I am convinced that a person is entitled to as much privacy as he wants. It should be his privilege to keep certain areas of his life out of the newspapers.

We, as athletes, have our suspicions about who's cheating, but I'm not convinced that the testing has yet caught up with what people are using or what they are using to disguise it.

In adolescence she thought it was too early to choose, now in youth she was convinced it was too late to change.

I am convinced that there can be no regeneration of mankind until laughter is put down.

I'm absolutely convinced that people cannot look and read at the same time. Not any more than you can kneel and jump at the same time. It's a completely different physiological setting.

A person who is not convinced, enthusiastic, certain and in love, will convince nobody.