AdG In persuading them.

Reasons for dissatisfaction were facility too far 34 , staff not available 7 , charges too high 2 , no female staff 8 , irregular supply 6 and others 25 .

And we try to convince ourselves we really try to convince ourselves they're wrong.

And he said, Well, financial services.

I can't convince them.

And that's what I'd like to convince you of today.

DG Ah, for you in persuading them.

Tom says he's not feeling any better.

Now, you think, why would something so lame work on people so smart?

We almost had Tom convinced.

I tried to convince Tom to come home.

So, describe to the audience the temperature of your shirt. Go ahead.

A few eloquent examples will suffice to illustrate my observations.

This first challenge is what I refer to as the persuasion challenge.

Fortunately, we've been able to convince Congress.

He persuaded them to commit mass suicide.

Like, Mother takes the pill every night.

She was asked to convince him to paint the house.

We have to convince our audience that what we're talking about matters.

Serve! Sherwin Nuland says, It was a privilege to serve as a doctor.

She said, Now Hans, we have loaded the laundry.

I said, You're a peach, ma. Pop there?

So the only things I could manage to obtain was a kind of a compromise.

Then you have to convince your colleagues.

The counter arguments it had heard were not persuasive.

Distribution services are the single most important services sector in terms of employment generation.

The mothers aren't quite convinced.

Then He turned to the heavens, and it was smoke. So He said to it and the earth Come with willing obedience or perforce. They said We come willingly.

He then inclined towards the heavens and it was smoke thereupon He said to it and to the earth, Both of you present yourselves, willingly or with reluctance they said, We present ourselves, with zeal.

Then He lifted Himself to heaven when it was smoke, and said to it and to the earth, Come willingly, or unwillingly! They said, We come willingly.

Thereafter turned He to the heaven and it was as smoke, and said Unto it and Unto the earth come ye twain, willingly or loth. They said we come willingly.

Then He Istawa (rose over) towards the heaven when it was smoke, and said to it and to the earth Come both of you willingly or unwillingly. They both said We come, willingly.

Then He turned to the sky, and it was smoke, and said to it and to the earth, Come, willingly or unwillingly. They said, We come willingly.

Then He turned to the heaven while it was all smoke. He said to the heaven and the earth Come (into being), willingly or unwillingly. They said Here we come (into being) in willing obeisance.

Then turned He to the heaven when it was smoke, and said unto it and unto the earth Come both of you, willingly or loth. They said We come, obedient.

Then He turned to the heaven, and it was smoke, and He said to it and to the earth, Come, willingly or unwillingly! They said, We come obediently.

Then He willed to the heaven when it was smoke, and to it and the earth He said 'Come willingly, or unwillingly' 'We come willingly' they answered.

Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, Come into being , willingly or by compulsion. They said, We have come willingly.

He established His dominance over the sky, which (for that time) was like smoke. Then He told the heavens and the earth, Take your shape either willingly or by force They said, We willingly obey .

Then He directed Himself to the heaven and it is a vapor, so He said to it and to the earth Come both, willingly or unwillingly. They both said We come willingly.

Then He turned to heaven when it was vapour and said to it and to the earth, Come willingly or unwillingly. They both said, We come willingly,

Moreover He comprehended in His design the sky, and it had been (as) smoke He said to it and to the earth Come ye together, willingly or unwillingly. They said We do come (together), in willing obedience.

David S. Rose on pitching to VCs

We'll try and con them into buying it, and then...

This guy's shirt says, Stop bitching, start a revolution.