Quotes About Opinion

Rakim is a great rapper, but, you know, he's not a battle rapper.

I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping.

I hate English kids rapping - complete crap.

An essay is a thing of the imagination. If there is information in an essay, it is by-the-by, and if there is an opinion, one need not trust it for the long run. A genuine essay rarely has an educational, polemical, or sociopolitical use; it is the movement of a free mind at play.

You know the old adage that the customer's always right? Well, I kind of think that the opposite is true. The customer is rarely right.

I don't see that many plays, and for me, musicals are rarely pleasing.

It rarely adds anything to say, 'In my opinion' - not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope.

I'm a politician, and as you know, politicians are rarely very funny.

I'm a believer in the polls, by the way. Rarely do you see a poll that's very far off.

I don't like to rate myself; others can do that.

It's not my job to rate myself and judge myself. That's up to someone else.

It is not for me but for the people to rate the central government.

I rate the EPL a bit higher than the Bundesliga.

Critics never rate any blockbuster well.

I always rated Luis Ortiz as one of the best heavyweights.

Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing.

The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.

The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.

I respect the view of a rating agency, but I do not make a budget for the rating agency. I make a budget for the people of India.

Bill Clinton left office with a more than 60% approval rating.

Like most people, I've always felt using words like 'best' when applied to art is a fun way for critics to stay busy at the end of the year, and I guess a good way to help get ratings for awards shows, which is fine.

Facing fewer subscriptions, ratings drops, et al., media is catching on: people don't want endless editorializing. They want the facts, Jack. If you're going to be op/ed, at least be up front about it.

What MSNBC is, what cable news prime time has become in the shows that get the ratings, is the oped page of the newspaper.

I actually don't mind rats at all. I kind of think they're quite cute, but that's just me.