Opinion 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 TebbitThis is the future of rock-and- roll, this band, and then they're everywhere. [on record companies manipulating public opinion]
Emma AndersonThe world is governed by opinion.
Thomas HobbesI have heard many arguments which influenced my opinion, but never one which influenced my vote.
Sir James FergussonThe 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 CoelhoOn 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 CroweWe 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 TzuYes 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 MillIt does not matter if you think I'm clever or otherwise, my opinions are still the same and equally valid.
Thomas HarrisonIf 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 GardnerThe conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society.
Edward BernaysMark has been a big part of my success in the last 10 months and we had a great run together, but we've had a difference of opinion regarding some aspects of my game. [on sacking Mark Petchey as coach]
Andrew MurrayIt is most important that we should keep in this country a certain leisured class. I am of the opinion of the ancient Jewish book which says 'there is no wisdom without leisure.'
W B Yeats'When I want your opinion, I'll give it to you!'
AnonymousPeople talk about escapism as though it's something nasty but escapism is wonderful in my opinion.
Margaret ForsterIn my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity.
Harry S TrumanA baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.
Carl SandburgIt 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 WoolfMy opinion changes rapidly - one minute I can think it is very good and the next time I look at it, I see all the flaws and weaknesses therein.
Charles GounodCentral Africans are free to express their opinions without fear of imprisonment.
Francois BozizeI agree, she has a good backhand, but that's it. Not a good serve. She plays well, obviously. From my opinion, it's nothing special. (On Sesil Karatancheva)
Magui SernaIt 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 IngeThere is only one opinion poll that I am interested in and that is the one that will take place on election day.
Michael HowardGreat things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
Jack KerouacI have the courage of my opinions, but I have not the temerity to give a political blank cheque to Lord Salisbury.
George JoachimOne 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 MacarthurBetween friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.
W H AudenThe greatest thing to be achieved in advertising, in my opinion, is believability, and nothing is more believable than the product itself.
Leo BurnettI have heard many arguments which influenced my opinion, but never one which influenced any vote (Attributed)
Sir James FergusonPrejudice is opinion without judgement.
VoltaireIf 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 MillThe 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 SitwellErrors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Thomas JeffersonIt 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 FitzgeraldThose who differ most from the opinions of their fellow men are the most confident of the truth of their own
Sir James MackintoshPerformers 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 DentNo one can have a higher opinion of him than I have, and I think he's a dirty little beast.
W S GilbertDon't judge a man by his opinions, but what his opinions have made of him.
Georg LichtenbergStay at home in your mind. Don't recite other people's opinions. I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
Alan BrienThe absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.
CiceroAlcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts
Finley DunneToo often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
John F KennedyThere is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as much right to opinion as Fermi
Luis Walter AlvarezThere are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
HippocratesLies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.
Francis BaconOpinions are made to be changed - or how is truth to be got at?
Lord ByronA wise politician will never grudge a genuflexion or a rapture if it is expected of him by prevalent opinion.
Frederick Scott OliverDo not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
Bertrand RussellMy opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed.
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