#convince

Early in the morning, I fell in love with the girl that later on became my wife. At that time, we were so naive. I wanted to charm her, so I read her Capital by Marx. I thought somehow she would be convinced by the strength of his criticism about capital. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#became #capital #charm #convinced #criticism

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#imagine #past #pretend #remember #you

I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#allowed #committing #convinced #divorce #easy

I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#am #basically #cease #contribute #convinced

I can't convince you to put the drink down if you're an alcoholic, you have to want to do that. I can't convince you to stop eating the cookies when you're a diabetic. You have to do that. And that takes responsibility. ↗

— Don Young

#convince #cookies #diabetic #down #drink

I'm convinced my cockroaches have military training, I set off a roach bomb - they diffused it. ↗

— Jay London

#cockroaches #convinced #diffused #i #military

People always say life is short. I've never been convinced of that - mine seems to have a tendency to go on and on. ↗

— John Malkovich

#been #convinced #go #i #life