Quotes About Opinion

The true work of the critic is not to make his hearer believe him, but agree with him

Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his.

The nationalist leaders know that international opinion is forged solely by the Western press. When a Western journalist interviews us, however, it is seldom done to render us service.

Orderly markets, like horse races, exist on differences of opinion.

Advise me, but do not force your opinion on me. I shall decide at my peril and risk; that is enough and for the law to interfere would be tyranny.

The essential matter of history is not what happened but what people thought or said about it.

To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.

La beauté est dans les yeux du spectateur.

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

I live in America. I have the right to write whatever I want. And it's equaled by another right just as powerful: the right not to read it. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

I consider myself to be a man of principle. But, what man does not? Even the cutthroat, I have noticed, considers his actions "moral" after a fashion. Perhaps another person, reading of my life, would name me a religious tyrant. He could call me arrogant. What is to make that man's opinion any less valid than my own? I guess it all comes down to one fact: In the end, I'm the one with the armies.

Hmmm. Someone has a high opinion of himself. Comes with being royalty, I suppose. Like funny hats and a fondness for beheadings.

Nedd," she said, "stupid is stupid." "No it's not. You're talking to an expert.

cooking was an art—and art was subjective. One man could love an ice sculpture while another thought it boring. It was the same with food and drink. It did not make the food broken, or the person broken, to not be liked.

Me considero un hombre de principios. Pero ¿qué hombre no se considera tal? Incluso el asesino, según he advertido, interpreta sus acciones como «morales». Tal vez otra persona, al leer mi vida, me considere un tirano religioso. Puede llamarme arrogante. ¿Qué hace que la opinión de ese hombre sea menos válida que la mía propia? Supongo que todo se reduce a una sola cosa: al final, soy yo quien tiene los ejércitos de su parte.

Of course," Blushweaver said. "I positively love people who do as they should. 'Should' being defined as whatever I think is best.

So?" Kaladin asked her. "What do you think?" "I think you're going to look extremely silly using it. I can't wait.

would name me a religious tyrant. He could call me arrogant. What is to make that man's opinion any less valid

You can't ever do anything brave if you're wearing the straitjacket of 'What will people think?!

The looming threat of blowback should we voice an opinion or idea that challenges our bunker maters keeps us anxious. When all that binds us is what we believe rather than who we are, changing our mind or challenging the collective ideology is risky.

Shame is the birthplace of perfectionism. Perfectionism is not striving to be our best or working toward excellence. Healthy striving is internally driven. Perfectionism is externally driven by a simple but potentially all-consuming question: What will people think?

It's easy to attack and criticize someone while he or she is risk- taking—voicing an unpopular opinion or sharing a new creation with the world or trying something new that he or she hasn't quite mastered. Cruelty is cheap, easy, and rampant. It's also chicken-shit. Especially when you attack and criticize anonymously—like technology allows so many people to do these days.