Quotes About Opinion

Americans mostly now believe the climate is changing. They believe that humans are causing it, and they believe that it is a risk. But in surveys, Americans are not willing to pay higher energy prices to tackle the problem.

People too often - because it's an easy, lazy tag - dwell on my style of football.

I don't like people who take drugs... customs men for example.

Companies should take advantage of social media's power to connect, but honor the continued role of media in shaping opinion.

We tell the public which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat.

I feel really privileged that I've been able to be an activist and a musician for over 20 years now, and I've always been able to say whatever I want. I think that's something we Americans really take for granted, but it's a big deal, and it's not something most people in the world are able to do.

I think Russell Brand's books should be criticised for being rubbish - but it is true that there's a professional class of opinion-former who has a financial interest in their job not being taken away.

It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to keep it.

It's easier to aim to please and say what others want to hear than to form an opinion and fight for it, even if it means taking a risk or losing your job.

A female friend who caught me watching Fashion TV reckons its audience is largely made up of slobbering men who are just taking a break from the appalling Men & Motors channel. I don't agree.

All disc jockeys are without talent. Noel Edmonds - I can't stand Noel Edmonds.

I don't hate Rod Stewart. I think he's an incredible talent, funny, darling. Just didn't make a good boyfriend.

I don't have any focus groups on talent and programming. If I need five people in a mall to be paid $40 to tell me how to do my job, I shouldn't do my job.

Balotelli is not my role model. I like him as a player very much, and he is very talented. He could have been at the very top, but my style does not have anything with him.

There are a lot of actors that are insanely talented, so I don't say who my favorite is anymore.

I do like Marylin Manson, actually. I think, he's very talented and he did make some great music.

While I can hold my own with great talents and have an opinion in the face of big personalities, I'm just a regular guy. I've accepted my position in life: that I'm never going to be that cool. And I'm okay with that.

I don't like to talk about my work. People should see my work and form their opinion based on that, not because of something I said.

We've reached a point where people are actually afraid to talk about what they want to say, because somebody might be offended. We've got to get over this sensitivity and it keeps people from saying what they really believe.

Talk radio has almost ruined the sports fan.

I mean it's - it is hard to find a voice on talk radio that is not a conservative voice.

Conservatives don't want to read good, smart books. They mostly want to read Fox and talk radio hosts writing about presidents.

I don't think what you hear on talk radio is representative of America.

With the exception of the New York Times, Fox news, and Lou Dobbs of CNN, and talk radio, the rest of the mainstream media has basically been silenced like a bunch of dumb monkeys.