I think that inside every adult is the heart of a child. We just gradually convince ourselves that we have to act more like adults.
Arguing, in the sense of attempting to convince others, has gone out of fashion with conservatives.
Here's my definition of a great beach read - a fabulous story that sucks me in like a black hole and when it's over, it jettisons my bones across the galaxy with a hair on fire mission to convince everyone I know that they must read that book or they will die.
It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.
I'm always trying to convince myself there's something important about what I do. But some peoples' lives are really altered by a night at the theater.
The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember.
Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong.
No animal on the face of the earth could conceive of taxation. You and I work roughly six months a year to pay our local, state and federal taxes. If nothing else, this should convince you that animals are smarter than people.
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
In speech after speech on his health care plan, the President has tried to convince us that what he is proposing will be good for America. But, how can it be good for America if it raises taxes by a half trillion dollars and costs a trillion dollars or more to implement?