“I am an arrogant and impatient listener, but in the case of a few composers, a very few, when I hear a work I do not like, I am convinced that it is my own fault. Verdi is one of those composers.” My OwnMusicCasesFaultsConvincedComposerArrogantListenersImpatientVerdi Book:On Music Source: On Music
“So far we have not convinced the Chinese authorities. My own brother was refused a visa on what was probably my last chance of seeing him when he was going around the world on a tour. Scott Nearing was similarly refused.” WorldLastsChanceMy OwnSeeingBrotherAuthorityConvincedAround The WorldChineseVisaLast Chance Author:Anna Louise Strong
“I'm quite convinced in my own mind that those who were arguing that [the need to intervene in Iraq] was a more immediate one than some believed - were I'm sure convinced that they were right on fact, I don't think they were making it up. So as to lying, I don't think it has been established that any lies were told.” ThinkingNeedsMindHas BeensFactsLyingMy OwnIraqConvincedArguing Author:Christopher Hitchens
“I am convinced that in my own career I could usually have hit 30 points higher if I had made a specialty of hitting.” IfsMadeMy OwnCareersHigherConvincedHittingSpecialty Author:Johnny Evers
“I'd rather believe in my own choice and see it all go wrong than do something I'm not fully convinced of and later feel guilty about it.” FeelsBelieveChoicesMy OwnConvincedGuilty Author:Alicia Keys
“Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.” HumansWholeMotherDiesMy OwnSpaceLevelsExistenceIntellectualConvincedMysteriousExplanationHuman ExistenceClusters Author:A. N. Wilson
“It seemed perfectly possible that, in spite of my certainty of my own genius, I might die of some illness, or perhaps even in a street accident, before I had ever glimpsed the meaning of life. My moods of happiness and self-confidence convinced me that I had a "destiny" to become a famous writer, and to be remembered as one of the most important thinkers of the century.” ImportantSelfMightDiesMy OwnDestinyStreetsCenturyGeniusIllnessAccidentsConvincedSelf ConfidenceMoodCertaintyRememberedMeaning Of LifeSpiteThinkerFamous Writers Author:Colin Wilson