Quotes About Opinion

Error in opinion has this peculiar advantage with it, that the foremost point of the contrary ground may at any time be reached by the sudden exertion of a thought; and it frequently happens in sentimental differences, that the striking circumstance, or some forcible reason quickly conceived, will effect in an instant what neither argument nor example could produce in an age.

U zult me toch willen nageven dat ik altijd sterk heb benadrukt dat elk mens het recht heeft op een eigen mening, hoezeer die mening ook van de mijne afwijkt. Hij die een ander dit recht ontzegt, maakt zichzelf tot slaaf van zijn huidige mening, omdat hij zichzelf dan het recht ontneemt deze te veranderen.

Most wise men, in their private sentiments, have ever treated hereditary right with contempt; yet

If during the review of a corporation's books, the accountant has reason to believe that the company may go bankrupt, he must issue a "qualified opinion" stating the potential of the company's demise. More on this concept later.

Nature hath given us us a particular emotion, to wit, that of ridicule, which seems intended for this very purpose of putting out of countenance what is absurd, either in opinion or practice. This weapon, when properly applied, cuts with as keen an edge as argument. Nature has furnished us with the first to expose absurdity; as with the last to refute error.

Some of the fathers were of opinion that every believer has his guardian angel. This subject needs no hot debate. It may suffice us to know the whole hierarchy of angels is employed for the good of the saints.

It is no discredit to Walt Whitman that he wrote Leaves of Grass, only that he did not burn it afterwards.

He was committing a terrible crime. He was destroying her good opinion of herself. Topper

You can't imagine the utter bottomlessness of my disinterest in your opinion.

You can't imagine the utter bottomlessness of my uninterest in your opinion.

To Jacob the act of critiquing art was essentially imprecise. That's why he didn't read reviews on anything he liked, be it a book, a movie, or a record. He believed that any work an artist puts forth which contains the truth as he or she sees it is worthy of consideration, and any commentary of the work beyond that is nothing more than pure individual opinion and should not be considered relevant to the work itself.

To Jacob, the act of critiquing art was essentially imprecise. That's why he didn't read reviews on anything he liked, be it a book, a movie, or a record. He believed that any work an artist puts forth which contains the truth as he or she sees it is worthy of consideration, and any commentary of the work beyond that is nothing more than pure individual opinion and should not be considered relevant to the work itself.

I wouldn't know a good script if it bit me in the face.

Serge nodded. 'And I respect your opinion because you smoke marijuana. You're chemically biased against violence and job applications.

I'm not the superstitious type, which is why I don't like superstitious people. They're bad luck.

Republic-tards!

The bulky caveman boot certainly has a modern heir: Uggs. I feel they are aptly named and don't belong in this millennium, but I realize I'm in the minority on that.

There's no question in my mind that I think I would have been a better president than Barack Obama has been.

There is no reason why I should call myself a democrat.

It's no secret that I think that MLS is a top five, top six league in the world but they're not the top league.

I turned from a fan favourite to a player they hated in no time.

I do not think the Nobel institution gives you a certificate that everything you say is always right.

Sometimes you look at the critics and say, 'Nobody else was telling me that, but you were.'

The British may not know much about music, but they certainly loves the noise it makes.