Quotes About Opinion

I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.

The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.

Cuteness can not be measured and is therefore only based on opinion. If someone calls you cute, then that means they find a cute characteristic in you that you may not necessarily see in yourself. (Unless they say it as an insult).

the most notable aspect of a positive judgment is not that it is positive but that it is a judgment.

But I trust I shall not give offence if I say that the number of my countrymen and countrywomen who lay stress on the artistic manner, whether in verse or prose, in which an opinion is expressed, compared with the number of those who value poetry or prose chiefly because it expresses the opinions they value and the sentiments they cherish, is very small.

Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think.

No one should let himself fall slave to his own opinion.

It is a confession of the weakness of our own faith in the righteousness of our cause when we attempt to suppress by law those who do not agree with us." Alfred E. Smith, governor of New York after WWI

People have said to me 'I hope you won't let happen in Washington what is happening in Kansas.'

You don't change minds in Washington with sweet reason. You do it to the white light of public opinion.

Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.

I think the editorial page of the Washington Post is the best in the country. I think the editorials - considering it's a liberal town, liberal constituency and from the liberal tradition - I think it's the best editorial page around. It's quite balanced.

I love the op-ed pages of the 'L.A. Times,' the 'Washington Post' and the 'New York Times.' There's just no substitute for the people who are thinking and writing on those pages.

President Donald Trump has now sued the New York Times, the Washington Post, and CNN over opinion pieces that they've published - and really, he should stop.

I don't think for one second anyone believes the 'Washington Post' and 'New York Times' are anything but aggressively against Trump.

We never waste space saying, 'On the one hand.' We just state an opinion in a Godlike voice.

I really detest brunch. I think it's a waste of a good day. Detest is a little too severe, but I would say I'm not a brunch person.

I have been around football a long time and know a lot about it, so if I have an opinion and don't voice it, then it is a bit of a waste.

I hate politics. I like to write about it, but to get involved in it, to try and make a lot of ignorant people do what you want them to do, waste of time. Go and write a book. It's more important and it'll last longer.

We had a few non-fiction books at home, but my dad was of the opinion that fiction was a complete and utter waste of time because it wasn't real - so what was the point of reading it?

In my own case, my folks didn't actually object to comics, as many parents did, but they pretty much felt the things were a waste of time.

If you don't like my movies, don't watch them.

I don't think Pulp Fiction is hard to watch at all.

Just like anyone else, I watch a lot of reality TV yet will turn my nose up at some of it, e.g., ABC's 'Splash,' because I think I'm above it.