Quotes About Opinions

to have beliefs different from ours.

Now, I was, as they said, become godly; now I was become a right honest man. But, oh! when I understood that these were their words and opinions of me, it pleased me mighty well. For though, as yet, I was nothing but a poor painted Hypocrite, yet I loved to be talked of as one that was truly godly. I was proud of my Godliness, and, indeed, I did all I did, ether to be seen of, or to be well spoken of, by Man.

At present there are among Christians modern Stoics who think it is wrong to groan and to weep and even to grieve in loneliness. Such wild opinions generally come forth from men who are more dreamers than practical men, and who, therefore, cannot produce anything else but fantasies.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.

where there are books, there will always be haters of books alongside the lovers of them.

T)here is no right not to be offended." (p. 237)

Politics disabuses a person of the notion that you can please everybody. It is an inescapable fact that people will always have different opinions, and some people are going to disagree. Sooner or later, a person constructs his or her own "platform" and stands on it, regardless of what others think, say, or do. It is also true that some people delight in another person's demise.

When the voice and the vision on the inside is more profound, and more clear and loud than all opinions on the outside, you've begun to master your life

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.

At my time of life opinions are tolerably fixed. It is not likely that I should now see or hear anything to change them.

As for opinions, if they're not pleasant they'd better be kept to yourself. I learned that early in life and forget it every day.

I'VE LEARNED THAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THINK ABOUT YOU. THE BEST YOU CAN DO IN LIFE IS NOT PISS YOURSELF OFF.

I really don't care what movie stars have to say about life.

In my entire life I have only met four "perfect" people... and I disliked them all.

What other people think of me is not really my major concern in life. What other people think of what I write is another matter.

Learn to distinguish what you can and can't control. Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, desires and the things that repel us. They are directly subject to our influence.

Donald Trump really is who he is, and I think, for example, he'll probably tweet his entire life - and that's a fact. I just hope people get over it.

I've lived in a bubble my whole life. I never thought someone with those kind of views, who came across to me so ignorant every time he speaks, could ever be elected.

If you've done what you intended and if nobody tampered with it, then it's yours. And if people don't like it, then they just don't agree with you on that subject matter, and that's life.

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate.

The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society.

Opinions are initials to shape and create the examples. But the world can never be changed by examples that lie in lies.

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.