Emmanuelle Seigner Quotes

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.

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 think the power of persuasion would be the greatest superpower of all time.

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

… the thug is aware that loudness convinces 60 persons where reasoning convinces but one..

Learning how to be persuasive has been really crucial to my life both professionally and personally.

I am a very persuasive man.

Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children.

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

I did a lot of fast talking as a youth; I was pretty good at it. I was never talked into it - I was always the one doing the talking.

When people disagree with you, what you ultimately have to do is persuade people to agree with you - period.

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

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.

Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the tongue and not the deed that wins the day.

I think it was when I realised I could talk anybody into doing just about anything I wanted them to.

You will never convince anyone to do anything unless you believe it should be done.

You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.

Flattery was one of Kissinger's principal tools in winning over Nixon, and a tool he employed shamelessly.

I find a way to convince people to come along with me. They want to be persuaded. When I sit in a room with you I'm going to sell you something whether you want it or not. At the end you'll say: 'I'm glad I bought that.'

If I get ‘em by the short and curlies, the hearts and minds will follow.

It was difficult to contradict this artist—this seducer.

In domestic politics, presidents rarely wield independent power; what they wield is influence. Power is the capacity to make people do what you want them to do; influence is the ability to make them want what you want, at least temporarily.

All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.