Mainstream media would convince you that there's commercial culture and that's all - but this other music is still here.
There's no way you could convince me today that Jesus is not real.
If I can convince others that there is a God and that they need to know Him, then I have done my job.
No one has ever been able to convince me that optimism is not preferable to pessimism.
It's hard to convince a winner that he's losing.
A single crocus blossom ought to be enough to convince our heart that springtime, no matter how predictable, is somehow a gift, gratuitous, gratis, a grace.
God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
And one more thing: you still believe that man can be good. If that weren't the case, you wouldn't have invented all this nonsense to convince yourself otherwise.
To be oneself, simply oneself, is so amazing and utterly unique an experience that it's hard to convince oneself so singular a thing happens to everybody.
After a lifetime of engaging in long, passionate discussions I have come to the conclusion that it is a waste of time trying to convince anyone of anything.
I have to convince myself I know what I'm doing.
How was I going to make a man fly? How was I going to convince the public that an actor could fly?
Interviewer: [What do you get up to] In real time? Brian Molko: I go on Placebo sites and have a terrible time trying to convince fans it's actually me. No one ever believes it. I've spent about four hours, giving away intimate details about myself that I'd never tell a journalist, in an effort to prove that it's me.
I was trying to convince myself I could learn to be gay - but no. That's one of my great regrets.
It is not important to convince people; they should convince themselves, they should look with their own eyes.
If you have to prove a theorem, do not rush. First of all, understand fully what the theorem says, try to see clearly what it means. Then check the theorem; it could be false. Examine the consequences, verify as many particular instances as are needed to convince yourself of the truth. When you have satisfied yourself that the theorem is true, you can start proving it.
I wonder how much of the rest of his clothes I could convince him to take off, then wonder where that thought came from. Well I guess I know.
When you want something so bad it hurts,” he said quietly, “and you bury it, bury it so deep that you convince yourself it no longer matters. . . and someone tells you you can have it, it's terrifying. What if you take the chance and you're wrong? What if you let yourself feel the loss and it's this huge pain and you can't put it back in the box?
Three-fourths of philosophy and literature is the talk of people trying to convince themselves that they really like the cage they were tricked into entering.
When we too are armed and trained, we can convince men that we have hands, feet, and a heart like yours;.