Quotes About Opinion

It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.

So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discretion: loud opinion forces us to do so; but in privacy and silence let us compensate ourselves for that cruel chastity we are obliged to display in public.

Today's headlines and history's judgment are rarely the same.

I don't subscribe to this view that the far-right is somehow in control of the Conservative party from top to toe.

I can't control the criticism. It's something you certainly don't appreciate, but by the same token, everybody is entitled to their opinion.

People have no tolerance. They think all bugs are bad. It's the American way. If you don't like something, kill it.

Tolerance of true diversity on university campuses - diversity of opinion and belief - has been eroding for decades while alumni and trustees looked the other way.

Those that preach tolerance have become absolutely prescriptive in what's allowed to be thought.

This is not Tolstoy. I don't want to know what critics and professors think of what I'm writing. It might hurt my feelings.

The fastest way to revise a piece of work is to send it, late at night, to someone whose opinion you fear. Then rewrite it, praying you'll finish in time to send a new version by morning.

I keep three kinds of books: those I want to read, those I want to reread, and those I want to reopen just to confirm how bad they are.

Respect for another man's opinion is worthy. It is the realization that any opinion is valuable, for it is the sign of a rational being.

When did ignorance become a point of view?

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true. —FRANCIS BACON

Reducing morality to matters of opinion or feeling is at the heart of Hume's project. The reason his theory is important is that it is widely followed today. Morality is becoming increasingly subjective and is losing its propositional nature as people in our culture insist that judgments of right and wrong are merely individual subjective feelings or opinion.

As a rule, if you insist on speaking your mind, you will inevitably find yourself somewhere where everyone hates you.

Lame visions have no integrity: they don't offer a plan, and they don't express an opinion.

It's the mistakes you make before you even say a word that matter more. These include the mistakes of not having an interesting opinion, of not thinking clearly about your points, and of not planning ways to make those points relevant to your audience. Those are the ones that make the difference. If you can figure out how to get those right, not much else will matter.

What Roop says is correct. That thermometer hasn't worked in years." Sanger paused, looking around for Hansom before continuing. Not seeing the goatfish, he proceeded confidently, "Actually, I daresay my own studies have found the instrument to be so imprecise that it is my professional opinion that the temperature is just as likely to be going down as to be going up!

If you want to write a negative review, don't tickle me gently with your aesthetic displeasure about my work. Unleash the goddamn Kraken.

Surely you realize," said Patience, "that cats are no great respecters of human opinion.

I don't get it,' said Locke, gently tugging at the scruff of Regal's neck. 'I never even liked cats all that much.' 'Surely you realize,' said Patience, 'that cats are no great respecters of human opinion.

While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, saying, "What do you think about the Christ?" (Matt. 22:41–42)

I share the opinion of those of broader vision, who see in the signs of the time hope of humanity for peace.