Quotes About Opinion

Maybe he should phone it all in to Andy Rooney.

An opinion is not to be respected simply because somebody holds it. More or less any obnoxious viewpoint one can think up is probably held by somebody somewhere. There are right-wing Afrikaners who believe that Nelson Mandela was evil.

It may well be that a liking for bananas is a merely private matter, though this is in fact questionable.

There are eight levels of wizardry on the Disc; after sixteen years Rincewind has failed to achieve even level one. In fact it is considered opinion of some of his tutors that he is incapable even of achieving level zero, which most normal people are born at; to put it another way, it has been suggested that when Rincewind dies the average occult ability of the human race will actually go up by a fraction.

I mean, it's one thing saying you've got the best god, but sayin' it's the only real one is a bit of a cheek, in my opinion. I know where I can find at least two any day of the week. And they say everyone starts out bad and only gets good by believin' in Om, which is frankly damn nonsense.

To be frank, I find religion rather offensive.

In the same way that the really rich can never be mad (they're eccentric), so they can also never be rude (they're outspoken and forthright).

How do you know he's dead? I realize that I may regret asking that question." "He's got a broken neck from falling off a roof and I reckon he fell off because he got a steel crossbow dart in his brain." "Ah. That sounds like dead, if you want my medical opinion.

He waited patiently until the uproar had died away. It was amazing, he thought, how people would argue against figures on no better basis than 'they must be wrong'.

You want a special truth. *You* want the truth to be a truth that *you* like. You want it to be a pretty little truth that fits what you already believe!

Most of all, differences of opinion are opportunities for learning.

Something as deeply personal as faith should not be subjected to another person's contempt.

Gideon ist besser als Botho.

The purpose of those who argue for cultural diversity is to impose ideological uniformity.

There is nothing that an intellectual less likes to change than his mind, or a politician his policy.

I was a fan of Jon Jones. I thought he was great.

Jonathan Franzen seems like the grumpiest guy, and he doesn't seem to like much of anything, so I really don't care what he has to say.

People like Ian McEwan and Jonathan Franzen completely bore me.

Joseph Zawinul and Toots Thielmans, in my opinion, are the only Europeans who can play rhythm-and-blues.

I have always been of the opinion that the right kind of journalism is a critical part of our democracy.

I wouldn't say all journalism is activism, but I would say most journalism is activism.

I don't think much of the journalism that I see.

I was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic.

Every music journalist I've ever met has been stunningly beautiful.