Persuasion quotes

“It's not your fault you've been brainwashed by America.”

N'Bushe Wright - Delilah Benson

“- Tobin Frost: I think you need to consider how your safe house was attacked in the first place. That house was a secure location. Whoever crashed it, they were invited. Someone told them, someone you know.
- Matt Weston: You're not gonna get in my head.
- Tobin Frost: I am already in your head.”
Denzel Washington - Tobin Frost
Ryan Reynolds - Matt Weston

“- Cardinal Richelieu: A word of caution, milady. A snap of my fingers, and you could be back on the block where I found you.
- Countess D'Winter: And with a flick of my wrist, I could change your religion.
- Cardinal Richelieu: You're very persuasive.”
Tim Curry - Cardinal Richelieu
Rebecca De Mornay - Countess D'Winter

“- Freshman Girl: Will you marry me?
- Don Dawson: I don't know. What's in it for me?
- Freshman Girl: Anything you want?
- Don Dawson: Anything?
- Freshman Girl: Anything.
- Don Dawson: [opening his mouth wide] Go like this. Do you spit or swallow?
- Freshman Girl: Whatever you like.
- Don Dawson: Whatever I like? I would definitely marry you.”
Sasha Jenson - Don Dawson

“I'm stupid. You're smart. I was wrong. You were right. You're the best. I'm the worst. You're very good-looking. I'm not attractive.”

Adam Sandler - Happy Gilmore

“- Henry Crawford: There is only one happiness in life: to love and be loved.
- Fanny Price: Mr. Crawford, do not speak nonsense.
- Henry Crawford: Nonsense?
- Fanny Price: You are such a fine speaker that I'm afraid you may actually end in convincing yourself.”
Alessandro Nivola - Henry Crawford
Frances O'Connor - Fanny Price

“That’s how you devour a whale… one bite at a time.”
Kevin Spacey - Francis Underwood

“We were right Livius. There is no limit with what can be done with a human spirit, for good or evil.”
James Mason - Timonides

“- Montego: Everything is going to change, I promise, so long as you have faith in me.
- Susan: You're a very pursuasive man.”
Jim Carter - Montego
Jo Ross - Susan

“You’ll be trained in psychological manipulation. You must learn to push yourself beyond all limitation...”

Charlotte Rampling - Matron

“- Barley: I'm not the man you thought I was.
- Dante: You do not have to remind me that man is not equal to his rhetoric.”
Sir Sean Connery - Barley
Klaus Maria Brandauer - Dante

“- Editor Paley: I don't like it when you smile at me.
- Polly Perkins: You don't like my smile?
- Editor Paley: I don't like what's behind it!”
Sir Michael Gambon - Editor Paley
Gwyneth Paltrow - Polly Perkins

“That man is so oily, you could fry chicken on his smile.”

Jenifer Lewis - Margueritte Coleman

“- Roy Miller: Some people are gonna come looking for you now.
- June Havens: Why?
- Roy Miller: They'll tell you I'm mentally unstable and violent and dangerous and it will all sound very convincing.
- June Havens: I'm already convinced.”
Tom Cruise - Roy Miller
Cameron Diaz - June Havens

“- Reverend Harper: Have you ever tried to persuade him that he wasn't Teddy Roosevelt?
- Martha Brewster: Oh no, he's so happy being Teddy Roosevelt.”

Grant Mitchell - Reverend Harper
Jean Adair - Martha Brewster

- Hal Griffith: How'd they get you to stay?
- Louanne Johnson: They gave me candy and called me their “light”.
- Hal Griffith: That'll do it.
George Dzundza - Hal Griffith
Michelle Pfeiffer - Louanne Johnson

“Sell yourself first, if you want to sell anything.”
Burt Lancaster

“We have to convince the little housewife out there that the tomato that ate the family pet is not dangerous!”
Al Sklar - Ted Swann

“- Stu: You're the bearded devil!
- Alan: You liked it! You smiled at me when I held up the bag of marshmallows!
- Stu: Because I like marshmallows, you fucking psycho!!”
Ed Helms - Stu
Zach Galifianakis - Alan

“I once talked a guy out of blowing up the Sears Tower but I can't talk my wife out of the bedroom or my kid off the phone.”
Kevin Spacey - Chris Sabian

“- Obi-Wan Kenobi: You have allowed this dark lord to twist your mind, until now, until now you've become the very thing you swore to destroy.
- Anakin Skywalker: Don't lecture me, Obi-Wan! I see through the lies of the Jedi. I do not fear the dark side as you do. I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire.”
Hayden Christensen - Anakin Skywalker
Ewan Gordon McGregor - Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi

“- Holly: You're fighting the forces of evil that none of us can see without sunglasses.
- Nada: Take a look.
- Holly: If you want me to look through your sunglasses, I'll look through your sunglasses. If I don't see what you see, I'm going to see it anyway.”
Meg Foster - Holly
Roddy Piper - Nada

“- Jill Taylor: Ben, you should feel the thrill of winning more money than you can possibly imagine. I think you should come to Vegas. 'Cause I'm guessing that you could probably use a break from this place.
- Ben Campbell: I can't. I'm sorry. I just can't.
- Jill Taylor: You're welcome any time. You know, I think the best thing about Vegas is...” (continue)(continue reading)
Kate Bosworth - Jill Taylor
Jim Sturgess - Ben Campbell

“It's the hardest when someone has a notion about you and it's impossible to convince them otherwise.”
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Truman Capote

“- Son of Sam: How did you get in here? Leave me alone! What do you want?
- Harvey the Black Dog: I want you to go out and kill. Kill.
- Son of Sam: No!
- Harvey the Black Dog: Kill! Kill!!
- Son of Sam: I will kill. I will... I'll do anything you say. I'll do anything you say! Yes, master! I will kill! I will kill!!”

Michael Badalucco - Son of Sam
John Turturro - Harvey the Black Dog