“ When describing the University of Virginia: Here, We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it. Thomas Jefferson
“ I never saw quite so wretched an example of what a sea-faring life can do: but to a degree, I know it is the same with them all; they are all knocked about, and exposed to every climate, and every wea… Jane Austen
“ Yet it is folly to argue against determined hardness; eloquence may strike the ear, and the language of sorrow draw forth the tear of compassion, but nothing can reach the heart that is steeled with p… Thomas Paine
“ Robbed of a rapt audience, advertisers know that influencing how you spend what to do while depends on having some control over how you spend the resources in your head. Gregory C. Carlson
“ People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive. Blaise Pascal
“ In any profession, you will be respected if you are good at your job – not because you are good at talking about your beliefs. It may be quite irrational, but the fact is that, if you are recognized a… Douglas Arnold Hyde
“ Our hatred of government is not caused mainly by government's goals, whatever their wisdom, but by government's techniques." Philip Howard George F. Will
“ The age can be impressed. Anything will be accepted by men if you will but preach it with tremendous enthusiasm, emotion, persuasionnergy and living earnestness. Charles Haddon Spurgeon
“ Even in a hostile press conference with hostile questions there was drama, and he could benefit from the drama and the hostility. He mastered the greatest art of television, appearing to be spontaneou… David Halberstam
“ In Martin Luther's life and behavior is very courteous and friendly, and there is nothing of the stern stoic or grumpy fellow about him. He can adjust to all occasions. In social gathering he is gay,… Andrew Pettegree
“ It would behoove you to have your thesis finely tuned and the logical arguments utilized in support of it tightly woven into a credible, and creatively persuasive tapestry. R. Alan Woods
“ Everyone and everything needed to be raised to its highest level – the teacher must become a mage, the husband a knight errant, the labor a hero in a sacred drama – intensified, rarefied, baptized in… Philip Zaleski
“ I don't need to see the trail to know you're at the end of it. My grandfather's compass may not work, but mine is still true. Diana Peterfreund
“ People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind of others. Blaise Pascal
“ It is safe to assume that any individual or group you wish to influence has access to more wisdom than they currently use. It is also safe to assume that they also have considerably more facts than th… Annette Simmons
“ The key to Lincoln's famous employment of humor is not that he failed to appreciate the tragic aspects of human existence, but rather that he felt these with such keeness that some relief was required… Elton Trueblood
“ Reagan is described as "delivering Barry Goldwater's doctrine with John F. Kennedy's technique. H.W. Brands
