Non Controversial Persuasive Speech Quotes & Sayings

It's all a waste of time. Everything begins only to end. The moment you were born you began to die. That's how it is with everything.
Pierre Anthon — Janne Teller

Man can, indeed, act contrarily to the decrees of God, as far as they have been written like laws in the minds of ourselves or the prophets, but against that eternal decree of God, which is written in universal nature, and has regard to the course of nature as a whole, he can do nothing. — Baruch Spinoza

There may or may not be an idea, and the meaning may just be that the painting exists. — Jasper Johns

In politics, nothing good ever comes from the unexpected. — Chris Matthews

Purity is very fragile when it takes physical manifestation. It is very, very strong in its original aspect. — Frederick Lenz

For experience teacheth me that straight trees have crooked roots. — John Lyly

I'd rather just slip on my halo of flies and stay here, if you don't mind. — Dave Franklin

My mind stopped spinning as I was enveloped in waves of pleasure. Through half-open eyes, I saw fragments of the ancient room, the stone walls, the enormous wooden beams. I smelled history and ancient ground, war, and turmoil and worship. — Giselle Fox

I'm not used to seeing the ball go wherever she wants. As a pitcher, I like to be - I don't want to say perfect, but I want to know what the ball is going to do. — Mariano Rivera

I play a lot of basketball and racquetball, as they're both great for your feet and hand eye coordination. Other drills can help as well, such as simply catching a football in distant positions from different heights and velocities. — Antonio Cromartie

My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility. — Dalai Lama

No wonder circus animals do what they do: They tortured them. And you know the only ones they can't control? It's the chimpanzees. You can't control them. That's why you never see a gorilla in a movie, because the gorilla may decide there'll be no filming. — Paul Mooney

I have no intention of spending the night in a chair and leaving you the bed. — Kathleen E. Woodiwiss