Quotes About Opinions

Data can bear on policy issues, but many of our opinions about policy are grounded in premises about the nature of human life and human society that are beyond the reach of data.

The United States is an easy country to love because you can take it on faith that, at some point in every waking hour of the day, there is among your fellow citizens a vast exaltation of opinions that test the outer boundaries of the Crazoid.

And, as you know, opinions are like assholes---everybody has one.)

There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people... Religion, Politics, and The Great Pumpkin.

Voters did say 'repeal health care ' they did say 'reduce the size of government.' But not a single one of them from the tea party or anywhere said 'give tax breaks to the wealthiest.'

Accurate knowledge is the basis of correct opinions; the want of it makes the opinions of most people of little value.

The greatest enemy of liberty is fear. When people feel comfortable and well protected, they are naturally expansive and tolerant of one another's opinions and rights. When they feel threatened, their tolerance shrinks.

There was endless action - not just football, but sailboats, tennis and other things: movement. There was endless talk - the ambassador at the head of the table laying out the prevailing wisdom, but everyone else weighing in with their opinions and taking part.

Preoccupati più della tua coscienza che della reputazione. Perché la tua coscienza è quello che tu sei, la tua reputazione è ciò che gli altri pensano di te. E quello che gli altri pensano di te è problema loro

Lots of people say to me, 'I completely hate Busted'. That's completely cool with me. I understand why.

Along with the 97 percent of women who can see, I have never been a fan of redheaded men.

I would rather sit next to a transgender person and discuss why every single one I've met smells like a bar in the daytime than listen to people tell my why I want to have children and that I just don't know it yet. I do know, because I'm me and my feelings are the ones in my head. I don't want to have kids, and it's not a device to get attention or have conversations about it. I simply find children incredibly immature and, more often than not, dumb.

I know I'm not supposed to have any opinions about politics, because I'm famous.

We are all entitled to our opinions and religious beliefs, but we are not entitled to make shit up and then use the shit we made up to oppress other people.

That your friends have those opinions, however, does not mean that they don't love you or value you as a friend or otherwise think you are one of the best people they know.

High-class people have this concept called space, which means you cannot ask them questions or give them opinions about certain aspects of their life.

Just as people gather on the road to see a fistfight, India gathers at night to watch TV debates.

80 per cent of people who care about politics and national issues fall in the 'taking sides' category.

You just can't escape it. This country is full of people who want to make their noise and, worse, make you listen.

Don't keep searching for the truth, just let go of your opinions.

and one of the regulations indicates that they were always cautious in expressing opinions of one another or of those outside of the organization, and they were not critical of the lives or affairs of the people they were trying to reform or assist. They also adhered strictly to one of their laws: "Judge not—lest ye be judged also.

Let me tell you what really happened, the voice said. All those years you waited torpidly, like a sleepwalker, pulled and pushed about by others' opinions, by external pressure, by your illusions, by the official rules you internalized. You were misled by your own frustration and passivity, believing that what you were not allowed to have was what your heart was destined to embrace.

Popular and unpopular don't necessarily map to shit and shinola, of course.

I tend to not watch things that are current. And then if everybody swears it's amazing then I'll like watch the whole series in a weekend.