How Easily People Are Swayed Quotes & Sayings

He sort of gets comic moments. Not a lot of directors do. — Kevin McDonald

The mind tends to run along the groove of one's intention and overlook the actual expression. — Jacques Barzun

He is no longer mine to lose, but the grief is there, a gnawing sense of disbelief. — Lauren Oliver

It's no good being too easily swayed by people's opinions. You have to believe in yourself. — Donatella Versace

Yes!Sir!I would sell my virginity to you or anyone else for one million dollars.Then my sister will not have to be a prostitute any longer.[MMT] — Nicholas Chong

Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which ... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours. — Alan Greenspan

Actually, Wilson's art can't fit into these neat categories. My own take is that the best way to think of Wilson is as an outsider musician, but one who actually happens to have a huge amount of talent. Much like, say, Wesley Willis, Wilson is focussed on having huge commercial success, but has little to no idea what actually counts as commercial. He's very easily swayed by people around him, so if he's told he should be doing three-minute pop songs, he does three-minute pop songs, and if he's told he should do epic suites about the American Dream, he does those. But at all times there are two things that remain true about him: he has an unerring ability as an arranger, and a directness that makes his music more communicative than any other music I've ever heard. — Andrew Hickey

Some people talk in a telephone
And some people talk in a hall;
Some people talk in a whisper,
And some people talk in a drawl;
And some people talk-and-talk-and-talk-and-talk-and-talk
And Never say anything at all. — Walter R. Brooks

So many times in today's society, we can put football No. 1. And I've done it in my life at certain times. You put football number one, this game is more important than anything else. Well, really, it's not. It's just a game. — Tim Tebow

The vast majority of human beings dislike and even actually dread all notions with which they are not familiar ... Hence it comes about that at their first appearance innovators have generally been persecuted, and always derided as fools and madmen. — Aldous Huxley

If you have invented sth new but you have not invented an effective way to sell it, you have a bad business - no matter how good the product — Peter Thiel

People's feelings are easily swayed. The things reflected in people's eyes are full of deception. Nothing is as it appears. — Ai Yazawa

Jacques Doillon wanted me to be in his film, 'La Fille Prodigue,' and there I was, expecting, for some reason, this great bearded man, when a splendid looking red-Indian style man appeared at my door. I said no to his film because I knew that if I said yes, I would run off with him. — Jane Birkin

People shouldn't be afraid of monsters. They're predictable, and always follow their instincts. It's men we should fear because they are so easily swayed by evil, and they follow no pattern. The best of men could suddenly snap and be the enemy. It's for this reason that the greatest evil in my stories is never the scariest or most detestable of creatures; it's the hearts of men and the terrible struggle to remain good in an evil world. — Ari Ryder

The sunlight blinded her. She felt purified by its rays. She had been in the dark for so long, and in so many ways.
Children of Ankh series — Kim Cormack

Don't count too much on God," said Mitrofanii, quenching his spiritual son's optimism. "He has plenty of other things to worry about besides boot heels. — Boris Akunin