Best 1736 quotes in «opinion quotes» category

I see the necessity of sacrificing our opinions sometimes to the opinions of others for the sake of harmony.

I stand by my opinions when I know I'm right, Captain Phelan. Whereas you stand by yours merely because you're stubborn.

I still do a weekly opinion column for the Miami Herald, and it's like shooting fish in a barrel. Rotten fish.

I stopped appearing as Dracula in 1972 because in my opinion the presentation of the character had deteriorated to such an extent, particularly bringing him into the contemporary day and age, that it really no longer had any meaning.

I swore an oath before the altar of God to protect this woman. And if you're tellin' me that ye consider your own authority to be greater than that of the Almighty, then I must inform ye that I'm not of that opinion, myself.

I think anything you do that's different, that doesn't take the typical approach, invites differing opinions.

I think being self-taught is the only way of really learning things, because you have to question everybody. You don't simply absorb axioms or so-called truths like they are rules. You have to test them, and you need to reflect on them, to consider the effect they create. So, you have very significant opinions about things, because they come out from your own reflections.

I think I do have a sort of terrible propensity for boredom and for being bored, even though I am absolutely of the opinion that one shouldn't be bored and that there is no excuse for it and that it is a personal failing.

I think I got a complete picture of what the lives of scientists are like. My father is of the opinion that if scientists are allowed to follow their nose, eventually it results in something. Unfortunately that doesn't always happen. What I came out of it with, in a non-cynical way, was that the scientific process is as messy as anything else. There's nothing wrong with that. That's just the way it is.

I think that being on the road and doing more and more stand-up has allowed me to figure out... like, I don't think I'll ever be Bill Hicks, but I think I'm figuring out what my opinion is on things.

I say it the way it is. I don't play around. That has been my success, in my opinion, for Mississauga.

I share the opinion of those of broader vision, who see in the signs of the time hope of humanity for peace.

I simply make this point, that the monarchy in so far, as it is identified with what is, in my opinion, an obsolete class structure, is making a mistake, and the task of those who are responsible for the conduct of the monarchical institution is to detach it from that class structure.

Is it not excessively ridiculous to seek the good opinion of those whom you would never wish to be like?

I stand up for what I believe in and a lot of the time that can be against people's opinion.

I still am of the opinion that the establishment types and the left, they still don't know what they're dealing with here. They're still trying their time-honored blueprint for destroying political figures they don't like, primarily Republicans.

I still would say generally that more people have access [to] and take advantage of more diversity of opinion than was once .

I stopped looking at people's opinions. It's easy to get caught up in what other people think.

I stopped making movies because I don't like taking my clothes off. Maybe it's realism, but in my opinion, it's utter filth.

Is uniformity of opinion desirable? No more than that of face and stature.

I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone.

It has always been the opinion and judgment of wise men that nothing can be so uncertain as fame or power not founded on its own strength.

I think Anderson Cooper is an opinionated, hypocritical idiot who should be an adult and keep his opinion to himself.

I think I’m better than everyone else. An opinion that has been backed up with ample evidence.

I think it's only natural to want to look good. I enjoy good clothes, so 18 years ago I moved to having custom-made suits. They last longer. They fit you better. In my opinion, I think men don't spend enough on clothes.

I think those women who get themselves to write essays, it's not an easy thing to do because as women, you're not encouraged to think; you're encouraged to feel. This is a broad, broad statement. So I think those women who go out on a limb and publish essays are highly conscious of how they are writing their opinions.

I think we are all of the same opinion that "wherever you go, there you are," and if you are constantly searching for paradise outside of yourself, you will miss what is in your own backyard.

It is a curious fact that of all the illusions that beset mankind none is quite so curious as that tendency to suppose that we are mentally and morally superior to those who differ from us in opinion.

I thought it was too wacky for the general public. On his original opinion of his movie's chances for success, 1997.

It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.

It is always easy to criticize, as Bernie Ecclestone is somebody with extreme opinions.

It is almost impossible to have a baseless snobbish opinion of the General Theory of Relativity.

It is always chilling, in friendly intercourse, to say you have no opinion to give.

It is all very well for you, who have probably never seen any spiritual manifestations, to talk as you do; but if you had seen what I have witnessed you would hold a different opinion.

It is a pity, in my opinion, that no prize exists for the writer who best refrains from adding to the world's bad books.

It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.

It is a sin of the soul to force young people into opinions ... but it is culpable neglect not to impel young people into experiences.

It is in numberless instances happier to have a false opinion which we believe true, than a true one of which we doubt.

It is better by assenting to truth to conquer opinion, than by assenting to opinion to be conquered by truth.

It is more true to say that our opinions depend upon our lives and habits, than to say that our lives and habits depend on our opinions.

It is hard for a woman with whom an uncircumcised man has had sexual intercourse to separate from him. In my opinion this is the strongest of the reasons for circumcision.

It is my considered opinion that in the fullness of time history will record the greatness of Michael Collins and it will be recorded at my expense.

It is music that speaks to the deepest reaches of your soul, and you are lifted higher, ever higher, by the adagio, in my opinion more so even than in any of the masses that Beethoven composed.

It is my opinion that human history can make no sense unless evil doings are recognized for what they are, and that they are bearable only if somehow they may be redeemed.

It is my opinion that the 21st century will be the century of play, and the heteroglossic activity of artists in the 20th century has been the forecast.

It is my opinion that this day will never come to an end," said Prince, with a yawn that nearly rent him assunder.

It is necessary to shed old ideas, habits, opinions and even companions sometimes.

It is not conflict of opinions that has made history so violent but conflict of belief in opinions, that is to say conflict of convictions.

It is not advisable to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener.

It is not always possible to have everything go as one likes. In working with allies, it sometimes happens that they develop opinions of their own