Opinion Quotes - Page 29

No really great man ever thought himself so.

The mind revolts against certain opinions, as the stomach rejects certain foods.

The Englishman respects your opinions, but he never thinks of your feelings.

Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion.

They learned to have a very high opinion of God and a very low opinion of His works—although they could tell you that this world had been made by God Himself. What they didn’t see was that it is beautiful, and that some of the greatest beauties are the briefest.

I believe if a private citizen is able to affect public opinion in a constructive way, he doesn't have to be an elected public servant to perform a public service.

What gets me is when celebrities aren't allowed to have an opinion on anything political. There's the whole 'Shut up and sing' thing.

The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will soon see, perhaps, that these appeals are not a compliment to his intelligence, but an imposition on his good nature and an insult to his sense of evidence.

Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments.

It is obvious that the newspaper produces the opinion of the readers.

The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world.

In the middle ages of Christianity opposition to the State opinions was hushed. The consequence was, Christianity became loaded with all the Romish follies. Nothing but free argument, raillery & even ridicule will preserve the purity of religion.

When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command a view of the whole ground.

They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no more than private opinion.

I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.

Most of all, differences of opinion are opportunities for learning.

The movie adaptations of stage musicals that I've seen, without exception, in my opinion don't work. A lot of people would disagree with me.

Opinions are like demo tapes. I don't want to hear yours

If thou continuous to take delight in idle argumentation thou mayest be qualified to combat with the sophists, but will never know how to live with men.

It is my opinion that human history can make no sense unless evil doings are recognized for what they are, and that they are bearable only if somehow they may be redeemed.

I'm not saying that anybody should like me. Give me a chance before you form that opinion.

I am not here concerned with intent, but with scientific standards, especially the ability to tell the difference between a fact, an opinion, a hypothesis, and a hole in the ground.

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

There is a technical term for someone who confuses the opinions of a character in a book with those of the author. That term is idiot.

Washington once advised his adopted grandson that where there is no occasion for expressing an opinion, it is best to be silent. For there is nothing more certain than that it is at all times more easy to make enemies than friends.