We are all assumed, these days, to reside at one extreme of the opinion spectrum, or another. We are pro-abortion or anti-abortion. We are free traders or protectionist. We are pro-private sector or pro-big government. We are feminists or chauvinists. But in the real world, few of us holds these extreme views. There is instead a spectrum of opinion.
Michael CrichtonA baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.
Carl SandburgI have heard many arguments which influenced my opinion, but never one which influenced my vote.
Sir James FergussonIf there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from it, if the whole story is not profitless from first to last, it comes to this: that a man should back his own opinion against the world s.
Samuel ButlerI don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.
Agatha ChristieLoyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.
Mark TwainEvery man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.
William HazlittPublic opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to be the average man
William Ralph IngeWe have a right, also, in various ways, to act upon our unfavorable opinion of anyone, not to the oppression of his individuality, but in the exercise of ours.
John Stuart MillA painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.
Edmond De GoncourtMen are never so good or so bad as their opinions
Sir James MackintoshErrors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Thomas JeffersonStay at home in your mind. Don't recite other people's opinions. I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
Alan BrienThe world has reached such a degree of interdependence... that international cooperation has become essential... the only self-supporting region of the world is the whole world... Only one opinion and only one market cover the face of the earth.
Salvador De MadariagaPeople talk about escapism as though it's something nasty but escapism is wonderful in my opinion.
Margaret ForsterBetween friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.
W H AudenIn America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them.
TocquevilleOn good friend Nicole Kidman:
'I've never worked with her. I met her through a couple good girlfriends of mine. She has a great sense of humor. She laughs easily. I like hanging out with people who laugh easily. Contrary to popular opinion, I like to be a little silly.'
Russell CroweForce rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force
Blaise PascalDon't judge a man by his opinions, but what his opinions have made of him.
Georg LichtenbergEverything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
Marcus AureliusYou may fail to shine, in the opinion of others, both in your conversation and actions, from being superior, as well as inferior to them
Fulke GrevilleDo not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
Bertrand RussellComedy is something that's very personal and people have strong opinions about.
Matt LucasWe had a discussion but I didn't ask for his opinion [on Mourinho moaning]
Raymond DomenechIt is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.
Virginia WoolfA big part of being an actress specifically is feeling entitled to your artistic opinion, feeling that it means something, and being able to stand by it.
Maggie GyllenhaalI have heard many arguments which influenced my opinion, but never one which influenced any vote (Attributed)
Sir James FergusonThe aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.
Dame Edith SitwellAlcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts
Finley DunneIn my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity.
Harry S TrumanThe two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions.
Paulo CoelhoI've always avoided expressing an opinion about where I think the Republican movement should go - if it should go anywhere at all. [Possibly expressing an opinion that it shouldn't go anywhere at all there, Guy Green?]
Guy GreenDon't let the opinions of the average man sway you. Dream, and he thinks you're crazy. Succeed, and he thinks you're lucky. Acquire wealth, and he thinks you're greedy. Pay no attention. He simply doesn't understand.
Robert G AllenWorks of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake.
E M ForsterStay at home in your mind. Don't recite other people's opinions. I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
Ralph Waldo EmersonToo often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
John F KennedyIt's taboo for me to date wrestlers [on her father's opinion of her dating wrestlers]
Stephanie McMahonThe more opinions you have, the less you see.
Wim WendersThe difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.
Andre MauroisThe greatest thing to be achieved in advertising, in my opinion, is believability, and nothing is more believable than the product itself.
Leo BurnettThe tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet with an old man whose opinions are not ossified.
Bob WellsOpinions are made to be changed - or how is truth to be got at?
Lord Byron'When I want your opinion, I'll give it to you!'
AnonymousThe two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
EpictetusAnd don't consult anyone's opinions but your own (Satires)
PersiusYes is the answer to that question. I've enjoyed being in government... if it would be useful for me to serve I would like to do that. [saying he would like to work for Gordon Brown despite his previous opinions of him!]
Charles ClarkePopular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth.
John Stuart MillPerformers who discourse strong political opinions often seem aghast that some people respond negatively to them: in the form of not attending their performances, or not buying their music, or opposing their speaking at other entertainment venues.
Lester DentI have the courage of my opinions, but I have not the temerity to give a political blank cheque to Lord Salisbury.
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