Quotes About Opinion

But decades of research on public opinion have led to the conclusion that self-interest is a weak predictor of policy preferences.

skilled arguers Ã¢â'¬Â¦ are not after the truth but after arguments supporting their views."50

The political scientist Don Kinder summarizes the findings like this: "In matters of public opinion, citizens seem to be asking themselves not 'What's in it for me?' but rather 'What's in it for my group?' "36 Political opinions function as "badges of social membership."37

Accountability increases exploratory thought only when three conditions apply: (1) decision makers learn before forming any opinion that they will be accountable to an audience, (2) the audience's views are unknown, and (3) they believe the audience is well informed and interested in accuracy.

The political scientist Don Kinder summarizes the findings like this: "In matters of public opinion, citizens seem to be asking themselves not 'What's in it for me?' but rather 'What's in it for my group?

Liberals and conservatives actually move further apart when they read about research on whether the death penalty deters crime, or when they rate the quality of arguments made by candidates in a presidential debate, or when they evaluate arguments about affirmative action or gun control.39

Listen, I'm going to tell you this because no one else will, Franklin. Spider-Man sucks.

Wide-cut slacks gave her a sunken appearance from behind, calling to mind an old remark of Moffett's. Legs for days but ass for the next five minutes.

I was sad Jon Ronson, who wrote in the Guardian and has made a TV show for Channel 4, took against me.

In a conflict of opinion between Einstein and a fool, one wishes for Einstein to prevail. And in a conflict between Einstein and thousand fools or a million, one wishes all the more for Einstein to prevail.

Two phenomena are often confused: righteousness and self-righteousness. Outwardly they appear similar but between them is all the difference in the world. The righteous see the good in people, the self-righteous see the bad. The righteous have a high opinion of others, the self-righteous a high opinion of themselves. The righteous leave us feeling enlarged, the self-righteous leave us feeling diminished. The righteous lift us up, the self-righteous put us down.

There's no being wrong in seeing something in art, only being disagreed with.

This is every cook's opinion - no savory dish without an onion, but lest your kissing should be spoiled your onions must be fully boiled.

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.

That was excellently observed', say I, when I read a passage in an author, where his opinion agrees with mine. When we differ, there I pronounce him to be mistaken.

I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.

I have a weird thing with giraffes, I don't like their neck

Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think.

Il est notoire que les hommes les plus remarquables sont aussi les plus modestes, les moins soucieux de l'opinion qu'on a d'eux.

Es bien sabido que los hombres más notables son también los más modestos, los menos preocupados por la opinión que uno tiene de ellos.

Todo el mundo aconseja, no por bondad y desprendimiento, sino porque el consejo lleva implícita la inferioridad del aconsejado.

Como dice Julián Marías, el ser humano necesita una «jerarquía de verdades» que cree el subsuelo en el que se asientan las ideas, creencias y opiniones fundadas en la autoridad, las «opiniones contrastadas» que vamos recibiendo y esa sabiduría especial y honda que constituye la experiencia de la vida.

Pero mientras vivás acobardada por la opinión ajena nunca serás libre de verdad. Solo se puede ser feliz de espaldas al mundo.

Se em suas idéias baseadas na opinião, você apressadamente afirmar como verdadeiro tudo o que aguarda confirmação e o que não espera confirmação, não escapará ao erro, pois estará mantendo total ambiguidade sempre que se tratar de julgar entre a opinião certa e a errada.