Opinion Quotes - Page 46

Everything is as good or bad as our opinion makes it.

Be assertive, but don't forget to look around. I realized there are other opinions that can be more useful to me than just sticking to my guns.

We've seen in terms of the reaction to some proposals in the Budget already how resistant that public opinion is to, first of all, a public comprehension of the new paradigm in which we have to operate; and secondly, to the rationale for the decisions that we're taking and the reason for those decisions to be implemented and followed through.

I know the constitution in Oregon was passed in 1859. Free expression of opinion.

Public opinion is always more tyrannical towards those who obviously fear it than towards those who feel indifferent to it.

Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing.

In my opinion, moderation is a vastly overrated virtue, particularly when applied to work

Description is hard. Remember that all description is an opinion about the world. Find a place to stand.

I would encourage young women to find a person, give it your all, and leave it all on the field. The one thing I have found is that, if you are sitting at a table, most women will want to only give their opinion only when it's almost fact in their mind - whereas dudes will pontificate a lot more. And I will tell you, I've started pontificating a lot more, which is very satisfying. Women should not be afraid to speak.

You seem so clear about who you are. So certain that you are just right as you are, that for all your intelligence and maybe in spite of it, you never seem to need a second opinion.

Men seldom take the opinion of their equal, or of a man like themselves, upon trust.

Hitherto my observations have only aimed at a vindication of the provision in question, on the ground of theoretic propriety . . . . But there remains to be mentioned a positive advantage . . . I allude to the circumstance of uniformity in the time of elections for the House of Representatives. It is more than possible, that this uniformity may be found by experience to be of great importance to the public welfare; both as a security against the perpetuation of the same spirit in the body; and as a cure for the diseases of faction.

Normally, small talk is enough for me to form an opinion of someone. I make quick judgments, often completely wrong, and then stick by them rigidly.

As long as you gave it your best shot, even if in the opinion of others 'you failed,' you didn't fail.

Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much.

If a man wishes to ensure the bad opinion of others, his best course probably is to be honest about himself.

The morals of men are more governed by their pursuits than by their opinions. A type of virtue is first formed by circumstances, and men afterwards make it the model upon which their theories are framed.

We listen to those whom we know to be of the same opinion as ourselves, and we call them wise for being of it; but we avoid such as differ from us.

Prime Minister [Shinzō Abe] and I have spoken a lot, and we said all the right things, in my opinion, about creating an atmosphere of trust and friendship between our nations and peoples.

Nothing shakes my opinion of a book. Nothing -- nothing. Only perhaps if it's the book of a young person -- or of a friend -- no, even so, I think myself infallible.

But it is just when opinions universally prevail and we have added lip service to their authority that we become sometimes most keenly conscious that we do not believe a word that we are saying.

Our most noted satirists are true columnists and their opinions can be worth more than any well-documented exposé.

I have a right to voice my opinion, but you know - when you can't really make choices, it really don't matter.

When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about.

public opinion, the sum of private opinions, does matter, can matter often for good.