Quotes About Opinion

He is one of those peple who would be enormously improved by death

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.

It may be that the voice of the people is the voice of God 51 times out of 100. But the remaining 49 times, it is the voice of the devil, or worse, the voice of a fool. Theodore Roosevelt

It's only cows who never change their opinion.

Boobs are overrated, if you ask me.

Fuck, if only 'aesthetic idiom' didn't sound so damn poncy.

fear of poverty. Scholars have said that nurturing this fear is tantamount to harboring a negative opinion about God, the Exalted, who has revealed, "Satan threatens you with poverty, and he commands you to immorality. But God promises you His forgiveness and bounty" (QUR'AN , 2:268).

Suspicion in the heart that affects one's thoughts and opinion of another person is considered backbiting of the heart (gh?bat al-qalb). This

Manipulations of opinion, insofar as they are inspired by well-defined interests, have limited goals; their effect, however, if they happen to touch upon an issue of authentic concern, is no longer subject to their control and may easily produce consequences they never foresaw or intended.

It was her considered opinion that by sending his men to collect her like a cow he wished purchased, her husband was showing her very little in the way of care and concern. Eva supposed this meant she could expect to be considered of little more value at MacAdie than she had been at Caxton. Had it been so much to hope that she might have gained a husband who valued her at least a little? It seemed Connall MacAdie wasn't likely to. "M'lady?

What this country needs is more free speech worth listening to.

You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.

As an addict who will read anything, I obeyed, but I am not saved, and return to tell you neither what to read nor how to read it, only what I have read and think worthy of rereading, which may be the only pragmatic test for the canonical.

No greater mistake can be made than to assume that newspapers are correct indices of public opinion.

Public sentiment is everything, said Lincoln. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

So subtle is the atmosphere of opinion that it will make itself felt without words.

Augustine, sometimes I think you are not far from the kingdom," said Miss Ophelia, laying down her knitting, and looking anxiously at her cousin. "Thank you for your good opinion; but it's up and down with me,—up to heaven's gate in theory, down in earth's dust in practice.

Wealth and opinion were practically worshipped before Washington opened his eyes on the sun which was to light him to his deeds; and the worship of Opinion is, at this day, the established religion of the United States.

I accrued anger from people's low opinion of me and my work, and for the work I might be capable of.

I know I would be happier if the Court didn't plunge back and forth from left to right, just by the addition of a new Justice.

I don't want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.

If we don't get gun-control laws in this country, we are full of beans. To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States is pathetic. And I agree with Mayor Michael Bloomberg: It's time to put up or shut up about gun control for both parties.

I remember reminding myself that beauty is an opinion, not a fact. And it has always made me feel better.

Obstinate silence implies either a mean opinion of ourselves, or a contempt for our company; and it is the more provoking, as others do not know to which of these causes to attribute it?whether humility or pride.