Quotes About Opinion

Christopher Hitchens

wrong. Religious opinion is wrong by definition. We can't avoid

It may be that... you recognize something of yourself in these instances... a disposition to resistance... against arbitrary authority or witless mass opinion

In my own not-all-that-humble opinion, duping the hicks is a degree or two worse than condescending to them.

The gramophone keeps reiterating a statement about life with which I do not agree.

I suppose you've decided I'm a dirty old man?

Which isn't, like, as bad as it sounds, because the general public kind of sucks ass.

Ack! Parables. I hate parables.

Methinks the lady doth protest too much, said Iago. Methinks the lady protests just the right amount, said Emilia. Methinks the lady is just getting fucking started protesting.

Joshua grinned: "I think we'll both do better than my cousin John and his 'hold them underwater until they agree with you' sermon.

All men are evil, that's what I was talking to my father about." "What did he say?" "Fuck 'em.

And the elves...the elves were elegant and efficient and polite to a fault, but once they made a decision, they would not or could not change their minds. Dealing with them had proven far more frustrating than Eragon had anticipated, and the more time he spent around them, the more he'd begun to agree with Orik's opinion of elves. They were best admired from a distance.

Listen!" Hannah pled. "Is there someone who could drive me to the Château of Etchebar?" A quick conference was held between the café owner and the mousse players. There was some argument and a considerable amount of clarification and restatement of positions. Then the proprietor delivered the consensus opinion. "No.

No one really likes Switzerland, except those who prefer cleanliness to life.

The general intellectual level of South Florida is somewhere just above functionally retarded.

Did you hear the nonsensical prattle spewing from her pie-hole?

If there are loud and angry people on only one side of a debate, it probably means the other side simply does not have a spokesperson.

It's so easy for people that aren't there to say, 'I wouldn't have done that,' " Francona says. "Well, you know what? You didn't earn the right to make that decision. He did.

Pero los periódicos ¿siguen las tendencias de la gente o las crean? —Ambas cosas, señorita Fresia. La gente al principio no sabe qué tendencia tiene, luego nosotros se lo decimos y entonces la gente se da cuenta de que la tiene.

a paradox would appear to be a maximum that looks false at first sight and, only after mature reflection, seems to express what the author believes to be true and, because of the hiatus between the expectations of popular opinion and its provocative form, also appears to be witty

A mídia social dá a legiões de idiotas o direito de falar quando antes eles só falavam num bar, depois de uma taça de vinho, sem fazer mal à comunidade... mas agora eles têm o mesmo direito de falar que um vencedor do Prêmio Nobel. É a invasão dos idiotas.

Desgraciadamente, «posmoderno» es un término que sirve para cualquier cosa. Tengo la impresión de que hoy se aplica a todo lo que le gusta a quien lo utiliza. Por

i saggi critici vengono letti e giudicati da altri critici e raramente dall'artista analizzato, che o non è abbonato alla rivista o è già morto da due secoli.

There are always two sides to a story.