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Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful. ↗

— Edward R. Murrow

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Another argument, vaguer and even less persuasive, is that gay marriage somehow does harm to heterosexual marriage. I have yet to meet anyone who can explain to me what this means. In what way would allowing same-sex partners to marry diminish the marriages of heterosexual couples? ↗

— Ted Olson

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Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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Projecting a persuasive image of a desirable and practical future is extremely important to high morale, to dynamism, to consensus, and in general to help the wheels of society turn smoothly. ↗

— Herman Kahn

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A drunk driver is very dangerous. So is a drunk backseat driver if he's persuasive. ↗

— Demetri Martin

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The more informative your advertising, the more persuasive it will be. ↗

— David Ogilvy

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I have a theory that the best ads come from personal experience. Some of the good ones I have done have really come out of the real experience of my life, and somehow this has come over as true and valid and persuasive. ↗

— David Ogilvy

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Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists. ↗

— Dennis Prager

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