Quotes About Opinions

The true Enlightenment thinker, the true rationalist, never wants to talk anyone into anything. No, he does not even want to convince; all the time he is aware that he may be wrong. Above all, he values the intellectual independence of others too highly to want to convince them in important matters. He would much rather invite contradiction, preferably in the form of rational and disciplined criticism. He seeks not to convince but to arouse — to challenge others to form free opinions.

There is an almost universal tendency, perhaps an inborn tendency, to suspect the good faith of a man who holds opinions that differ from our own opinions.

A right includes the freedom to use it in ways others find distressing or even wrong.

Oh, stuff the critics. I don't care. Too many people are snooty about classical. Look, I wasn't brought up in a home where we listened to classical music. It was a singing teacher that thought it would be best for my voice. Then I moved into crossover. And if that makes the music accessible to more people, then great.

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all.

opinions are strong, as ladies' opinions generally are,

how there are never crystallized in them any subjective being-convictions formed by their own logical deliberations—as in general is proper to three-brained beings—but instead, only those convictions are crystallized that depend exclusively upon the opinions of others.

Men's opinions are based on the size of their bank balance. To have or not to have, as Shakespeare would say.' 'Before

Who are these people who think a book comes with a guarantee that they will like it?

A.J. apologizes but he is not sorry. Who are these people who think a book comes with a guarantee that they will like it?

In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.

Independence doesn't - doesn't equate to moderates. Millions of independents are pro-life. Millions of independents believe marriage is between a man and a woman.

I read Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Reader's Digest... I read some responsible journalism, and from that, I form my own opinions. I also happen to be intelligent, and I question everything.

Unanimity testifies to thoughtlessness, because in politics there are always arguments on both sides... political judgement should not be reflexive but deliberative.

We are now part of this giant machine where every second we have to take out a device and contribute our thoughts and opinions.

The amazing thing now is that most of those so-called critics who were telling me to find my own voice seem to have lost theirs.

The trick is not caring what EVERYBODY thinks of you and just caring about what the RIGHT people think of you.

I am, always have been, a fool who rushes in, a blurter-out of awkward truths, a speaker-up at parties who, the morning after, filled with guilt, vows that never again, no matter what, but who, faced at the very next encounter with someone whose opinions strike me as unfair, rushes in again, blurting out, breaking all vows.

Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?

Anybody is qualified, according to everybody, for giving opinions upon poetry. It is not so in chemistry and mathematics. Nor is it so, I believe, in whist and the polka. But then these are more serious things.

You think you're so cool." "As a matter of fact, you have absolutely no idea what I think," Dolores said. "But if you'll allow me to rephrase that comment in the form of a question, the answer is that in fact I do not think I am 'so cool' in the least. For all I know, I may be cool, or perhaps I may be irretrievably nerdy. But that's for other, wiser, trendier minds to decide.

Parenting: Nobody really wants the job, but everybody thinks they can do better.

You see, sir, politics have changed since before the war. Before the war the reds were seditious and the blacks and the whites were loyal, but now the reds have won the war and so they're loyal and the blacks and the whites are seditious, and now we've got to stamp out their political opinions, although we've still got to respect them, too, because that's democracy.

Si esas personas mantienen la calma es porque están seguros de que los datos de los científicos han sido manipulados por fuerzas oscuras, y en todo caso son tan exagerados que hay que resistir valientemente las opiniones de aquellos que se llaman "catastrofistas" y aprender, como dicen, "a conservar la cordura" viviendo como antes, sin preocuparse demasiado.