#vinci

When adults say, "Teenagers think they are invincible" with that sly, stupid smile on their faces, they don't know how right they are. We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken. We think that we are invincible because we are. We cannot be born, and we cannot die. Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations. They forget that when they get old. They get scared of losing and failing. But that part of us greater than the sum of our parts cannot begin and cannot end, and so it cannot fail. ↗

— John Green

#teenagers #teens #change

My diminished girth, in tailor phraseology, was hardly conceivable even by my own friends, or my respected medical adviser, until I put on my former clothing, over what I now wear, which is a thoroughly convincing proof of the remarkable change. ↗

— William Banting

#change #clothing #conceivable #convincing #diminished

Our neighbor Canada has 2,200 troops serving in Afghanistan. Canada has also assumed responsibility for the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar, which was originally established by our own military. ↗

— Tom Lantos

#also #assumed #canada #established #military

Progress and Poverty was the most closely knit, fascinating, and convincing specimen of argumentation that, I believe, ever sprang from the mind of man. ↗

— Scott Brooks

#closely #convincing #ever #fascinating #i

For over 20 years, the federal and provincial governments have made enormous efforts employing a variety of approaches in an attempt to stimulate Montreal's economy. ↗

— Kim Campbell

#attempt #economy #efforts #employing #enormous

I will work on Invincible until I am made to quit. ↗

— Robert Kirkman

#i #i am #invincible #made #quit

After convincing myself that was maybe you should at least help out your neighborhood, I really started to think about it later on in life. ↗

— Rick Danko

#after #convincing #help #i #later

Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk, to quote Thoreau's example. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#evidence #example #find #milk #occasionally

I have a definite talent for convincing people to try something new. I am a good salesman. When I'm on form, I can sell anything. ↗

— Brian Eno

#anything #convincing #definite #form #good

Obama still has work to do with the vision thing. Convincing voters that he has a credible, practical plan to turn the nation around is a process, not a speech. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#convincing #credible #nation #obama #plan