I became convinced that there was greater satisfaction from giving my money away and seeing something come out of the ground, like a hospital or a university.
Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.
No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.
We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
We have been so trying to convince them from the very beginning of our organization, but with no success.
Anarchists are socialists because they want the improvement of society, and they are communists because they are convinced that such a transformation of society can only result from the establishment of a commonwealth of property.
When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.
Listen to Mr. Complacency long enough and he'll convince you that what you really, really need is a nap.
If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.
...convinced that in trying to please all, he had pleased none, and had lost his ass into the bargain.
Politics are private. I don't understand people who try to convince you to join one party or another.
America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that 'treason' is morally worse than murder or rape.
I've had ample contact with lawyers, and I'm convinced that the only fortune they ever leave is their own.
I’m convinced that one of the most powerful forces on earth is the prayer of a child.
The sad truth about bigotry is that most bigots either don't realize that they are bigots, or they convince themselves that their bigotry is perfectly justified.
In high school I had sex with girls quite a few times. They were straight women who I convinced to jump in the sack with me.
The fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women is now considered by some as irreconcilable with the European Constitution.
On the contrary, I tried on numerous occasions to convince the American president not to go to war. I did what was within my capabilities to avoid that happening.
...the child trying not to appear as a child, of the strenuousness with which she tried to present the face of a convincing adult.
I'm convinced that responsibility is some kind of psychological disease.
