Best 1736 quotes in «opinion quotes» category

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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 cruelest of tyrants - public opinion.

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 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.

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

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 absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.

The absolute worst thing that you ever can do, in my opinion, in bringing science to the general public, is be condescending or judgmental. It is so opposite to the way science needs to be brought forth.

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.

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

The artisan or scientist or the follower of whatever discipline who has the habit of comparing himself not with other followers but with the discipline itself will have a lower opinion of himself, the more excellent he is.

The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to hear different opinions, rather than to pass resolutions.

The course of business shapes public opinion.

The author's opinions do not necessarily coincide with his point of view.

The best advice I can give is to ignore advice. Life is too short to be distracted by the opinions of others.

The best critics leave the reader curious to pursue something further, but still to let the reader have his or her own honest, unique opinion.

The central principle of investment is to go contrary to the general opinion, on the grounds that if everyone agreed about its merits, the investment is inevitably too dear and therefore unattractive.

The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.