Quotes About Opinions

Children are the most honest critics. They will say "You're funny", but also "You're pathetic - go away."

A lot of people who claim they're political comedians are just comedians who have opinions. But they stop being funny the minute they give their opinions.

The biggest critics of my books are the people who never read them.

It's funny when people debate about music, because they get so passionate about what they enjoy.

Sexual intercourse is a grossly overrated pastime; the position is undignified, the pleasure momentary and the consequences damnable.

Without the New York Times, there is no blog community. They'd have nothing to blog about.

I do jokes about what's funny, and both sides are funny.

There are people who know Hillary Clinton who tell wonderful stories about her, how likable she is, how funny she is; 99 percent of American people don't - have never seen that side of her.

Two Drink Mike enjoys dancing and knows a magic trick. Whereas, No Drink Mike enjoys biographies, and has serious opinions on wildlife. And Five Drink Mike... dances with wildlife.

I get a lot of responses to my movies. Some people say, 'Oh, I thought it was really funny - I hope that's okay!' And my answer always is 'Yes. It's totally okay.'

I have always been very fond of them (drama critics) . . . I think it is so frightfully clever of them to go night after night to the theatre and know so little about it.

I'm a member of the working press; you'd think I'd know better than to listen to journalists.

Ain't it funny what people say? Ain't it funny what people write?

Comedy is a very personal thing, and some people will find it funny, some people wont.

Not everybody agrees on what's funny, obviously.

You know the one thing that's wrong with this country? Everyone gets a chance to have their fair say.

Everyone has a sense of humor. If you don't laugh at jokes, you probably laugh at opinions.

They say the crazies come out at night. I say the crazies come out during election year: Elections have the power to turn once seemingly normal people into certified loonies.

But opinions, judgments, memories, dreaming about the future—ninety percent of the thoughts spinning around in our heads have no essential reality.

Poor is the man whose future depends on the opinions and permission of others. Remember this, if you are afraid of criticism, you will die doing nothing!

It is as certain that many opinions, now general, will be rejected by future ages, as it is that many, once general, are rejected by the present.

Usually if nobody hates a piece, nobody loves it, either; and a magazine which sets itself the goal of provoking thought is not doing its job if everybody agrees with what it does.

The minute I start being afraid of what people might say is the minute I become useless to God.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?