Best 1736 quotes in «opinion quotes» category

She wondered then if she had ever been on the right track. She had been reticent all her life, because it turned out that her opinions were different from what others expected. 'That proves either that I am an exceptional idiot, or the reverse.

Showing a greater fondness for their own opinions than for truth, they sought to deny and disprove the new things which, if they had cared to look for themselves, their own senses would have demonstrated to them.

Similarity of opinion is not always—I think not often—needed for fullness and perfection of love.

Sinatra, in my opinion, is possibly the greatest male singer of all time.

Since I wasn't consulted at the time of the creation of the world, I reserve for myself the right to have my own opinion about it.

Since I've become more observant of how bikes and cars interact, I've decided that bicyclists have two major safety threats: cars and themselves.

Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege and seeing it as a handicap

Since the general or prevailing opinion on any subject is rarely or never the whole truth, it is only by the collision of adverse opinion that the remainder of the truth has any chance of being supplied.

Singularity in the right hath ruined many; happy those who are convinced of the general opinion.

Slavery tolerates no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no freedom of opinion.

Society, civilized society at least, is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating. It feels instinctively that manners are of more importance than morals, and, in its opinion, the highest respectability is of much less value than the possession of a good chef.

Society can only hurt if you care for its opinion

So far, I had a solid collection of my honest opinions.

So many differing opinions and philosophies... are rarely housed under the roof of a single magazine.

Some `advanced thinkers' are of the opinion that anyone who differs from the conventional opinion must be in the right. This is a delusion; if it were not, truth would be easier to come by than it is.

Some of our problems can no more be solved correctly by majority opinion than can a problem in arithmetic and there are few problems that cannot be solved according to what is just and right without resort to popular opinion.

So much organized religion, in my opinion, ends up being life-denying.

Sometimes you've just got to let an umpire know that you're not satisfied with his decision. That they've missed the play in your opinion. Not that it's going to do you any good, but you've got to let them know.

So subtle is the atmosphere of opinion that it will make itself felt without words.

Stand-up for me is just my opinions on things, so it wouldnt be as fun translated into a sketch. Nor would a sketch be as fun if it were me standing there saying it.

Sound opinions are valueless. What matters is who holds them.

Speak your latent conviction. . . Else tomorrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another.

Spiritual maturity is measured not by the sophistication of a person's opinions, but by their genuineness and the courage necessary to express and maintain them.

Steve Jobs doesn't use a Mac, and won't, because it's too crappy in his opinion.

Studies show that when we vocalize an opinion, whether or not we believe it to be true, in time we usually come to support it.

Strange mystery of our nature, that those in whom genius develops itself in imagination, thus taking its most ethereal form, should yet be the most dependent on the opinions of others!

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

Successful communication depends on how well we listen, rather than how well we push our opinions on the person seated before us.

Stupidity is nature's favorite resource for preserving consistency of opinion.

Success is always somebody else's opinion of you; but it doesn't amount to a damn compared to your own opinion of yourself.

Take the creation of the Pacific partnership or the creation of the Atlantic partnership. We are somewhat concerned because this is being done bypassing the World Trade Organisation, since it has proved impossible to reach compromise solutions with developing economies within the framework of that organisation. Is that good? Not really, in my opinion.

Surprisingly one of the forces for secularisation was Christianity itself. As soon as it accepted the idea of a contrary opinion, the moment that European opinion decided for toleration, it decided for eventual free marketing opinion.

Surrealism! What is Surrealism? In my opinion, it is above all a reawakening of the poetic idea in art, the reintroduction of the subject but in a very particular sense, that of the strange and illogical.

Take away your opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint, 'I have been harmed.' Take away the complaint, 'I have been harmed,' and the harm is taken away.

Surely it's time for climate-change deniers to have their opinions forcibly tattooed on their bodies.

Talk to people who know more than you. I feel like we're in this stupid sea of opinion, like "My opinion is valid because it's mine and I have it.

Telling someone he looks healthy isn't a compliment -- it's a second opinion.

Television provokes strong opinions, and sometimes we try a bit too hard to appeal to everyone.

Tell me about a person's family, friends, and community, and I'll tell you what his opinions are.

Thank God he wasn't the St. Louis Rams' coach. I have a lot of respect for Coach Dungy and like everyone in America, everyone is entitled to their own opinions.

Thank God we are not to be judged by the opinions of our fellows, but by the work that we do.

Thanks to their decreased brainpower, people aren't diverted from the main business of life by the hobgoblins of opinion anymore.

That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion of the moment.

That cruelest of tyrants - public opinion.

That opinion, which supposes personal sanctification to be unnecessary to final glorification, stands in direct opposition to every dictate of reason, to every declaration of scripture.

That which is apprehended by intelligence and reason is always in the same state; but that which is conceived by opinion with the help of sensation and without reason, is always in a process of becoming and perishing and never really is.

The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.

The African had opinions about the universe that eventually turned out to be true.

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.

The announcement that there is a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen television series hasn't caused me to drastically alter my opinions. Now it seems they are recycling things that have already proven not to work.