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.
Dame Edith Sitwell'When I want your opinion, I'll give it to you!'
AnonymousIf you like the story then don't hold back in telling me about it, and if you don't then please keep your opinions to yourself!
Erle GardnerI believe that artists should never relinquish all production control, which, in my opinion, is entering dangerous territory.
Veruca SaltPublic opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to be the average man
William Ralph IngeOpinion polls are not worth the paper they are written on, in my view, through the conference season. They don't settle down again until November.
Norman TebbitThe absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.
CiceroIf mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more justified in silencing the one than the one - if he had the power - would be justified in silencing mankind.
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 DentThis is the future of rock-and- roll, this band, and then they're everywhere. [on record companies manipulating public opinion]
Emma AndersonThe 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 McMahonPeople talk about escapism as though it's something nasty but escapism is wonderful in my opinion.
Margaret ForsterWe 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 MillMen are never so good or so bad as their opinions
Sir James MackintoshThe man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions.
John DawkinsNone are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.
Katherine MansfieldIf 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 ButlerEvery 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 ByronOpinions are made to be changed - or how is truth to be got at?
Lord ByronIn 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.
TocquevilleA constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinion and uncommon abilities.
Walter BagehotWorks 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 ForsterA painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.
Edmond De GoncourtI 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 YeatsI'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 GreenWhere there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinions in good men is but knowledge in the making.
John MiltonThe 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 MadariagaOne cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.
Douglas MacarthurA 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 GyllenhaalThe 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 WellsOf course liberty is not licence. Liberty in my view is conforming to majority opinion.
Hugh ScanlonI would say that it's quadruple what I've had when I've won major championships in the past. I've gotten faxes and phone calls from all over the world. It's been overwhelming. It's really changed my opinion of humanity.
Greg NormanA wise politician will never grudge a genuflexion or a rapture if it is expected of him by prevalent opinion.
Frederick Scott OliverStay at home in your mind. Don't recite other people's opinions. I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
Ralph Waldo EmersonMy opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed.
William JonesAnd don't consult anyone's opinions but your own (Satires)
PersiusWe cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
Chuang TzuPopular opinion is the greatest lie in the world
Thomas CarlyleI have heard many arguments which influenced my opinion, but never one which influenced any vote (Attributed)
Sir James FergusonIn my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity.
Harry S TrumanOn 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 CroweIf you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheEverything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
Marcus AureliusPopular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth.
John Stuart MillEverywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them
Flannery O'ConnorComedy is something that's very personal and people have strong opinions about.
Matt LucasThere are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
HippocratesIf my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds
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