Quotes About Opinions

The courage of one's opinions is always a form of calculating cowardice in the eyes of the "other side.

If thinking men would have the courage to think for themselves, and to speak what they think, it would be found they do not differ in religious opinions as much as is supposed.

Point me to 50 people online who think I'm super sexy. I'll point you to 50 more who say he's old and looks like my dad.

We would not let ourselves be burned to death for our opinions: we are not sure enough of them for that.

The people are not always well-informed, but is better that they have misconceptions that make them restless than that they be lethargic-for lethargy in the people means death for republics.

You can't please everyone and trying to do so is the kiss of death.

In a word, neither death, nor exile, nor pain, nor anything of this kind is the real cause of our doing or not doing any action, but our inward opinions and principles.

Poor Georgia O'Keeffe. Death didn't soften the opinions of the art world toward her paintings.

We say that we are rulers of this country, but we do not make a rule of law. We say that we command these people, but we do not lead them to peace or prosperity. We,their own lords, quarrel among ourselves, and bring death to their door, as if our opinions and thoughts and dreams are worth far more than their safety and health and children.

We say that we are the rulers of this country, but we do not make a rule of law. We say that we command these people, but we do not lead them to peace or prosperity. We, their own lords, quarrel among ourselves and bring death to their door, as if our opinions and thoughts and dreams are worth far more than their safety and health and children.

We say that we are the rulers of this country, but we do not make a rule of law. We say that we command these people, but we do not lead them to peace or prosperity. We, their own lords, quarrel among ourselves and bring death to their door, as if our opinions and thoughts and dreams are worth far

One day you'll discover that the opinions of worthless people are worthless

Ich kenne keinen sicheren Weg zum Erfolg, nur einen zum sicheren Misserfolg-es jedem recht machen zu wollen.

True opinions are a fine thing and do all sorts of good so long as they stay in their place; but they will not stay long. They run away from a man's mind, so they are not worth much until you tether them by working out the reason. Once they are tied down, they become knowledge, and are stable.

Then as for those who gaze upon many beautiful things but don't see the beautiful itself, and aren't even capable of following someone else who leads them to it, and upon many just things but not the just itself, and all the things like that, we'll claim that they accept the seeming of everything but discern nothing of what they have opinions about.

E não é que é só no corpo, mas também na alma os modos, os costumes, as opiniões, desejos, prazeres, aflições, temores, cada um desses afetos jamais permanece o mesmo em cada um de nós, mas uns nascem, outros morrem.

Never trust what you see on Goodreads.

When the mind's eye is fixed on objects illuminated by truth and reality, it understands and knows them, and its possession of intelligence is evident; but when it is fixed on the twilight world of change and decay, it can only form opinions, its vision is confused and its opinions shifting, and it seems to lack intelligence.

quien durante tanto tiempo se ha ocupado de estos asuntos pueda exponerlas opiniones de los demás, pero no las suyas. -¿Pues qué? -dije yo-. ¿Te parece bien que hable uno de las cosas que no sabe como si las supiese?

ha habido razón para decir que hay ciertas opiniones que debemos respetar y otras que debemos despreciar

Las opiniones buenas no son las de los sabios, y las malas las de los necios?

Most people regarded Psychology as a science. Some called it a soft science, but those making such a distinction grew fewer by the year.

Self-identified intellectuals were among the most dangerous people on the planet.

It was unnerving to have allies who struck you as goofy; it made your own opinions seem suspect.