Famous Quotes & Sayings

I write sentence to sentence. That's the kind of writer I am. I don't have a plot when I begin. I have to be convinced and I have to be surprised.

Calvin Johnson

I was a baseball guy. Mom wouldn't let me play football when I was little because she was scared I'd get hurt. So, I finally convinced her to let me play in 7th grade.

We are convinced there is more than enough evidence than what the Chilean Supreme Court normally requires for an indictment. Denial of extradition would be incomprehensible, inexcusable.

Rene Preval

We are convinced that we will win in the first round.

We are convinced that we have to increase production this year,

We are convinced that we are securing our goaltending position for many years.

Rodrigo Rato

We are convinced that unambiguous signs of economic recovery...are already appearing.

We are convinced that this offer is not attractive.

We are convinced that the settlement of this problem should in no way lead to the emergence of a new hotbed of tension and further destabilization in the Middle East.

We are convinced that the only way to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue is through negotiations.

Rene Preval

We are convinced that either massive fraud or gross errors stain the (electoral) process.

Bill Thomas

We are convinced one or more of these young men is going to be charged.

William Sanderson

I've been kinda fascinated by misfits, outcasts, and downtrodden people. I've identified with them. 'Blade Runner' probably got me more work than any. It convinced some producers that I could play something other than a rural crazy, I guess.

J. G. Ballard

Orwell's '1984' convinced me, rightly or wrongly, that Marxism was only a quantum leap away from tyranny. By contrast, Huxley's 'Brave New World' suggested that the totalitarian systems of the future might be subservient and ingratiating.

Richard Brooks

The reader should come away convinced from this thesis that you actually did learn something,

Charles Hamilton Houston

The hate and scorn showered on us Negro officers by our fellow Americans convinced me that there was no sense in my dying for a world ruled by them. I made up my mind that if I got through this war I would study law and use my time fighting for men who could not strike back.

Martin Henderson

We worked together in Perth on a TV show called Sweat. When I met Heath there was something extremely charismatic about him. Obviously he had talent, and I convinced him to move out of Perth and come to Sydney - the Hollywood of Australia, if you like. So I just convinced him to do that and looked after him when he arrived. We got a flat in Bondi.

We worked from sunup to sundown. I think that's what convinced me not to go into farming.

Siri Hustvedt

I am convinced that during bouts of insomnia, I have sometimes slept without knowing it.

I am convinced that people with such wounds will be quite ready to co-operate in a safe and painless experiment in the interests of humanity as a whole.

Fairy tales were important to me. Aren't they for any kid? My sister says I spent a good five years of my youth convinced I would grow up to be a princess.

Sakshi Tanwar

I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.

Monica Crowley

One thing about liberals: It doesn't even occur to them that there is another side to an argument. They are so convinced of the righteousness of their own position that it doesn't dawn on them that a reasonable person might have a different viewpoint.

David Craig

My job was to manage that network of people and -- if people couldn't be convinced to support us -- to take them out, as people who could stop us from selling our project.

My little monkey's doing great. We're convinced with all the information we have that this is the big guy, and he's going to be around for a long time.

One minute I think, 'We're just looking for his body.' The next minute I've convinced myself well he's taken off somewhere.

Charles Payne

No one is panicking and that is the good news. There's no leadership out there and there are a lot of question marks. Investors have convinced themselves of a better second half, but it's not assured.

John McCarthy

A true intellectual is a man who, after reading a book and being convinced by its arguments, will shoot someone or, more likely, order someone shot.

I am quite convinced that if (U.S. President Dwight) Eisenhower were to come back today he would have written a review in support of my book,

BEA is feeling proud of themselves because they had a good year. But I'm not convinced they are out of (the) water.

Paul Tagliabue

Now that the team is 1-0, they're convinced they are going to the postseason.

No doubt the numbers look pretty good up and down the line. However, I'm not convinced yet that the holidays are home free.

Bill Self

I hated to see this happen. I'm not convinced he made the right decision.