Quotes About Opinion

I know what I like when I see it, but no way have I ever become interested in learning about it.

The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.

Just because they disagree, doesn't mean you ain't right.

Plato's distinction between lovers of opinion and philosophers is a distinction between those who embrace present particulars just as they self-evidently are and those who instead recognize absent universals as what makes particulars into what they are. The implicit link between philosophy and emancipation is clear here. Emancipation is nothing if not the refusal to rest content with what is merely present.

Comedy is so subjective. You could be in a room with 400 people laughing at a joke and you could just not think it's funny. You're just sitting there like, 'Am I in the twilight zone? Why is everyone laughing?' It's such a personal thing. People have such a personal visceral response to comedy.

You know, if I started worrying about what the critics think, I'd never make another comedy. You couldn't pick a less funny group than critics - you couldn't find a more bitter group of people!

You can never overestimate the intelligence of the American public.

When you write it doesn't occur to you that somebody could think different from what you do.

It would be hard to make a movie worse than the first 'Ocean's Eleven,' the 1960 Lewis Milestone film.

People have come to me for my opinion since 'October Baby.' But, hey, look, I'm an actor who is very fortunate to be in a movie that's making wonderful noise, and hopefully helping parents and children to be a little closer. Leave me alone. I'm not talking about politics. I'm just trying to have a conversation with my own kids.

How odd that the proponents of free expression think 'free' only applies to them.

I'm of the opinion that it flies in the face of reason not to believe. The odds are too great against you to not believe that there is some sort of extraterrestrial life out there.

I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.

If you're not going to offend somebody you don't need the First Amendment.

Some people were offended by a show about cougars.

There is no right to not be offended, nor should there be.

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive.

I wrote an article for Revolver and it was very offensive.

I do think the audiences have a right to judge what they feel is offensive and not.

Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me.

As an artist, I try and be controversial, and I have been a bit offensive at times. I have a view on the burka, and I'm sure a few of the Muslim girls and their families would have a view of me on stage in next to nothing!

When you ask a bunch of people to see a film, and then invite them to comment on it and tell them it's a work-in-progress, they feel bound to offer an opinion.

If I am offered good roles, I will definitely be back in Malayalam, anytime.