Quotes About Perspective

My grandmother is very liberal, but... she still has her opinions.

Opinion is dominating, which is absolutely ridiculous - there wouldn't be anything for people to have opinions about if there weren't people out there gathering facts on the ground.

My father would never have said about any of his children you shouldn't express your opinions. But it's the way in which you express them. And for me to do - to speak at demonstrations and be as strident as I was now I see wasn't right. And it - there was a better way to do it. I could have written articles.

I've always hated Zagat. If I'm going to listen to someone else's opinions on restaurants, I don't care if I agree or not. I just want to know who they are.

I used to have so many opinions before I learned the facts.

What I want is a clash of ideas, not opinions.

At some point, you have to be willing to accept other people's opinions. I think that's helpful.

I learned a lot from Cherry Jones, from the questions she asked and the opinions she had.

Without a dog, no one will listen to your opinions for more than a few minutes without interrupting to tell you their opinions, which you won't find nearly as interesting.

I think one of the main reasons I write is to do better than ranting. The ranting is the opinion, and the writing is not the opinion. I always say that people's opinions are the worst things about them. The words demand a dignity.

We just have to get over the fact that, yes, people are not going to be the same. They're not going to look the same, they're not going to have the same opinions because we're all unique.

What I've learned over the years... judges are conscientious... not like lawyers, who give opinions.

We all have opinions to what our parents really are, whether they agree or not. I'm sure they would feel the same the other way around.

There's a thing about opinions... They are formulated over time. They tend to change with time, and you are going to change your mind many times.

I know, it sounds generic and is a cliche, but coming from a middle class family in Kanpur, it was always the neighbourhood opinions which mattered.

No matter how certain I am about some culture or some group of people, my opinions are only as accurate as the amount of time I've spent with them.

It's so easy for folks to normalize their opinions, to engage in a groupthink that is damaging.

People are entitled to their own opinions and what they believe in, but it's very hard when it's something that logically does not make sense; but talking about it is always good.

When I was very young, I didn't talk a lot. If an adult was speaking, I was listening. I think it was the moment I turned 18 when I was like, 'I'm an adult now and have opinions and things to say, so now it's time for people to listen to me.'

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.

If a political opponent has different approaches than mine, that doesn't make them a bad person. It means they have different backgrounds, experiences, and ideas.

I don't see why I should be happy scoring a goal against an opponent on a much lower level than we are.

I can honestly say that every time I go on court, I see the opponent in a competitive way, but not a rival.