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Quotes About Opinion

At Cambridge I took minor (John major) part in a Virginia Woolf centenary conference. As I hadn't read any VW since school (possibly college) days, I felt bound to reread at least all the novels. It's super to wake up now in the morning and realise I don't have to read a Virginia Woolf novel today. I am prepared to admire some of the stuff but do not like either it or her
~ Iris Murdoch
Only a fool despises tomato ketchup.)
~ Iris Murdoch
that fucker defines cuntishness.
~ Irvine Welsh
She's quite a nice looking lassie or she wid be if she didnae look shite.
~ Irvine Welsh
Možeš da kažeš šta ti je volja, sve dok ne osporavaš moju re?.
~ Irving Stone
There are always individuals who pit their minds against the general modes of thought and who are arrogant enough to feel that they alone are right and that the many are wrong.
~ Isaac Asimov
Voy gülümsedi. İşte bu fena. Ne zaman birisi belirli bir alanda tam bilgi sahibi olmad???n? belirterek konuya girse, arkas?ndan o konuda çok aç?k bir biçimde fikrini belirtecek demektir.
~ Isaac Asimov
Of course, the reader might argue that I was as stubborn in my viewpoint as they were in theirs. Yes, indeed, but I was right and they were wrong and that made the difference.
~ Isaac Asimov
Century or another. Usually, the dangerous beliefs are those which concentrate particularly in the ruling classes of an era; the classes that have most contact with us and, at the same time, carry the important weight of what is called public opinion." Finge paused as though he expected Harlan to offer some comment or ask some question. Harlan did neither. Finge continued. "Ever since the Reality Change 433–486, Serial Number
~ Isaac Asimov
When one begins by expressing lack of competence in a given field, it usually implies that a flat opinion in that field will follow almost immediately
~ Isaac Asimov
It is the essence of a good title, in my opinion, that it means more after you have completed the story than before you started it. If that is not true, then either the title or the story, or both, is trivial.
~ Isaac Asimov
Es un error —comenzó— suponer que la opinión pública quiere que se proteja el medioambiente o que les salven la vida y que, por tanto, se mostrarían muy agradecidos ante cualquier idealista que luche por conseguir esos objetivos. Lo que el público quiere es bienestar individual.
~ Isaac Asimov
Teresa said that until men gave birth and put up with husbands, as women do, they should not have an opinion - let alone decide on - abortion and divorce. She didn't believe that men had the right to an opinion, much less to pass laws on the female body, since they'd never know the exhaustion of gestation, the pain of labor, and the eternal bondage of motherhood.
~ Isabel Allende
The elderly are the most entertaining people in the world," she eventually told Irina. "They have lived a lot, say whatever they like, and couldn't care less about other people's opinion. You'll never get bored here. Our residents are well educated, and if they're in good health they keep on learning and experimenting. This community stimulates them and they can avoid the worst scourge of old age: loneliness." Irina
~ Isabel Allende
The elderly are the most entertaining people in the world, she eventually told Irina. They have loved a lot, say whatever they like, and couldn't care less about other people's opinion.
~ Isabel Allende
Consideraba el matrimonio como un pésimo negocio para las mujeres, en cambio lo recomendaba sin reservas a su descendencia masculina.
~ Isabel Allende
The elderly are the most entertaining people in the world, she eventually told Irina. They have lived a lot, say whatever they like, and couldn't care less about other people's opinion.
~ Isabel Allende
The subjects that have replaced politics among Chileans are money, which there is never enough of, and soccer, which is a kind of consolation. The lowliest illiterate knows the names of all the players throughout our history, and has his own opinion of each.
~ Isabel Allende
pero su tío Jaime opinaba que la gente no lee lo que no le interesa, y si le interesa es que ya tiene madurez para hacerlo.
~ Isabel Allende
Public opinion wouldn't stand for it," Gómez replied. "This is a democracy. It's not a dictatorship and it never will be." "We always think things like that only happen elsewhere," said Miguel, "until they happen to us too.
~ Isabel Allende
You are an exceptional man, and it's not just my senility speaking, half the country would agree with me, and the other half doesn't count.
~ Isabel Allende
Si esprimeva con un tono di tale superiorità che mi tornò in mente l'opinione del maestro Juan Ribero, secondo il quale la vanagloria è prerogativa degli ignoranti; il saggio è umile perché sa di sapere poco.
~ Isabel Allende
Teresa said that until men gave birth and put up with husbands, as women do, they should not have an opinion about—let alone decide on—abortion and divorce. She didn't believe that men had the right to an opinion, much less to pass laws on the female body, since they'd never know the exhaustion of gestation, the pain of labor, and the eternal bondage of motherhood.
~ Isabel Allende
There is a tradition that sees journalism as the dark side of literature, with book writing at its zenith. I don't agree. I think that all written work constitutes literature, even graffiti.
~ Eduardo Galeano