#persuaded

I gradually became persuaded that the subjects, without intending to, had revealed to me a basic truth about markets that was foreign to the literature of economics. ↗

— Vernon L. Smith

#basic #became #economics #foreign #gradually

I am persuaded that every time a man smiles - but much more so when he laughs - it adds something to this fragment of life. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#am #every #every time #fragment #i

I am persuaded that in the case of elected officials, the overwhelming temptation is to conclude that it is more important for your constituents that you be reelected than that you deal honestly with them. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#case #conclude #constituents #deal #elected

Romney has to convince the American public that they need to do something they're not usually inclined to do - replace a sitting president with a challenger. And unlike in 1980 and 1992, when the public was persuaded to do just that, the incumbent president has not been weakened by a primary opponent. ↗

— Bill Kristol

#american public #been #challenger #convince #inclined

When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could adapt myself to life on the land before going up to Cambridge. ↗

— Patrick White

#australia #before #cambridge #could #eighteen

At 15, I knew someone whose mother cooked macrobiotic, so I persuaded my mother to go macrobiotic with me. ↗

— Tori Amos

#go #i #knew #me #mother

If you have to be persuaded about something, you shouldn't do it. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#persuaded #something #you

First, President Reagan was not enthusiastic. But I built up a relationship with him in other areas and then persuaded him that this was important to us and to me, and that we had to at least be in the process of looking at this seriously. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#built #enthusiastic #first #had #him

At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible. ↗

— Yannick Noah

#i #make #me #music #one time

If terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens to fight the terrorists. In a nation like Pakistan, the government will have to be persuaded to deal with those in their midst who are complicit. ↗

— Bill Kristol

#citizens #complicit #deal #defeated #fight