Charles de Gaulle Quotes

In the time it takes to heat a TV dinner, Clinton had convinced me that he was the smartest person in the room and that I was the center of his attention. In the next 25 years, I would see countless others fall just as quickly to the Clinton Touch.

With a soft tongue you can even pull a snake out of its nest.

Charm is a way of getting the answer 'Yes' without asking a clear question.

Part of my job is to try and seduce people. It's what I get paid for, and if people get in the way of me doing my job I can be very difficult.

I know how to win people over if things aren't going my way.

Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women.

I consider myself a persuasive person. With the ability to persuade comes a certain level of power.

I've been dealing with politicians all my life. All my life. And I've always gotten them to do what I need them to do.

I've always been very good at convincing people. For instance, if I arrive in an airport and I'm in economy, I can always convince the guy to put me in first class.

You women could make someone fall in love even with a lie.

Americans are big boys. You can talk them into almost anything. Just sit with them for half an hour over a bottle of whiskey and be a nice guy.

I saw him turn his charm on and off, like water from the tap at the kitchen sink. He said nothing of substance. He seemed to me essentially an actor.

God and my dad gave me the gift of gab. I know how to finagle.

Could I make you believe something that wasn't true?' He studied her through his eyelashes. 'You could make me believe anything at all.

The ability to have our own way, and at the same time convince others they are having their own way, is a rare thing among men. Among women it is as common as eyebrows.

And a diplomatist is one who lets the other fellow think he's getting his way, while all the time he's having his own. It never does any special harm to let people have their way with their mouths.

Perfume acts as an anesthetic. By the time she floats a little your way, you'll promise her anything.

He who does not know how to encircle a girl so that she loses sight of everything he does not want her to see, he who does not know how to poetize himself into a girl so that it is from her that everything proceeds as he wants it-he is and remains a bungler

If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.

It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

A clever, imaginative, humorous request can open closed doors and closed minds.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

I believe we should appeal to people at the higher levels.

The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions.