Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all.
Georg LichtenbergNone are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon I believe that artists should never relinquish all production control, which, in my opinion, is entering dangerous territory.
Veruca SaltErrors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Thomas JeffersonThe conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society.
Edward BernaysIf 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 ButlerWe 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 CrichtonI 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 SitwellI am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least interest to a serious and studious mood - sex and the dead.
W B YeatsEvery day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life - and if Virtue is not its own reward I don't know any other stipend annexed to it.
Lord ByronA 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 GyllenhaalThere never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
Ulysses S GrantConscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others.
Bishop Jeremy TaylorIt takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.
William Ralph IngeEverything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
Marcus AureliusDo not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
Bertrand RussellAnd there never was an apple, in Adam's opinion, that wasn't worth the trouble you got into for eating it.
Neil GaimanThe world is governed by opinion.
Thomas HobbesOf course liberty is not licence. Liberty in my view is conforming to majority opinion.
Hugh ScanlonThere are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
HippocratesThe difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.
Andre MauroisIt's taboo for me to date wrestlers [on her father's opinion of her dating wrestlers]
Stephanie McMahonIt were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.
PlutarchA painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.
Edmond De GoncourtWorks 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 ForsterThere is only one opinion poll that I am interested in and that is the one that will take place on election day.
Michael HowardMy opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.
Malcolm MuggeridgeThe 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 CoelhoThe two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
EpictetusThe theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of opinion and detail, is the one that must rule all observation.
Adam SmithWe had a referee who in my opinion wasn't up to the required standard and that isn't bleating about the referee [lost the game then, Steve?]
Steve CotterillThe 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 WellsStay at home in your mind. Don't recite other people's opinions. I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
Alan BrienEvery man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.
William HazlittI think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.
Bertrand RussellIt does not matter if you think I'm clever or otherwise, my opinions are still the same and equally valid.
Thomas HarrisonComedy is something that's very personal and people have strong opinions about.
Matt LucasDon't judge a man by his opinions, but what his opinions have made of him.
Georg LichtenbergYes 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 ClarkeIt is interesting to note that everyone has a different take on the world, a different opinion, and given the same inputs have completely different outputs.
Penelope FitzgeraldIt 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 WoolfAlcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts
Finley Dunne'Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.' (On Jayne Mansfield)
Bette DavisPopular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth.
John Stuart MillWith this type of thing there are always different opinions and mine is that it is impossible to blame either one of us. [on a crash with Heidfeld]
Michael SchumacherWe 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 MillGreat things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
Jack KerouacA constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinion and uncommon abilities.
Walter BagehotA baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.
Carl Sandburg
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