Paul Fleischman Quotes

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.

You know, you can't make the people do what you want them to do.

You have convinced me that you are right. Now go out there and force me to do it.

You dangle a little bit of change in front of somebody and what do they do? They change right up like a chameleon.

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's somebody doing something because I pushed them in that direction.

You are not going to change the minds of people who are looking for attention.

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

Once a person insists on how you are to think he immediately begins to insist on how you are to behave.

I give people what they want in the hope that they will begin to want what I want to give them!

You can't push and force people to do what they don't want to do.

And ordering me around is exactly the wrong way to make me do what you want.

I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

I'm not naturally manipulative.

There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

I don't think that people in power can be convinced by words or articles. They will never give it up by choice.

Scarlett O'Hara didn't think she was manipulating. That's just the way she got what she wanted.

Influence is a very unpleasant subject and I deal with it in a maybe irresponsible way, which is to really ignore it. It would be a nightmare if we started to really think about it; it would tie our hands, it would tie everyone else's hands.

Tactics are manipulative.

If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.

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.

You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.

You can't do anything if a person says no. In such a case, there's nothing you can do - unlike the popular cliche that pressure is exerted, or that maybe an unwilling source is done away with.