Motivational Quotes

Opinions

He who has an opinion of his own, but depends upon the opinion and taste of others, is a slave.

- Klopstock

Best Quotes about Opinions

Opinions are formed in a process of open discussion and public debate, and where no opportunity for the forming of opinions exists, there may be moods --moods of the masses and moods of individuals, the latter no less fickle and unreliable than the former --but no opinion.

Arendt, Hannah

I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption.

Needham, Richard J.

It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living.

Russell, Bertrand

Hardly a man in the world has an opinion upon morals, politics or religion which he got otherwise than through his associations and sympathies. Broadly speaking, there are none but corn-pone opinions. And broadly speaking, Corn-Pone stands for Self-Approval. Self-approval is acquired mainly from the approval of other people. The result is Conformity.

Twain, Mark

Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth.

Charles A. Dana

Men are disturbed not by things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen.

Epictetus

It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.

Duhamel, George

The foolish and the dead never change their opinions.

Lowell, James Russell

When I want your opinion I'll give it to you.

Peter, Laurence J.

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No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge. The same man will, indeed, often see and judge the same things differently on different occasions: early convictions must give way to more mature ones. Nevertheless, may not the opinions that a man holds and expresses withstand all trials, if he only remains true to himself and others?

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Don't be swayed just because they say it's public opinion. Remember, public opinion is simple what everybody else thinks.

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I agree with no one's opinion. I have some of my own.

Turgenev, Ivan

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In my opinion a mathematician need not preoccupy himself with philosophy -- An opinion, moreover, which has been expressed by many philosophers.

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Sane and intelligent human beings are like all other human beings, and carefully and cautiously and diligently conceal their private real opinions from the world and give out fictitious ones in their stead for general consumption.

Mark Twain

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I have remarked very clearly that I am often of one opinion when I am lying down and of another when I am standing up...

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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People will in a great degree, and not without reason, form their opinion of you by that they have of your friends, as, says the

Proverb, Spanish

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Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.

Virginia Woolf

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Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinions in good men is but knowledge in the making.

John Milton

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My play was a complete success. The audience was a failure.

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Do not seek the truth, only cease to cherish your opinions.

Saying, Zen

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Man is a gregarious animal and much more so in his mind than in his body. A golden rule; judge men not by their opinions but by what their opinions have made of them.

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.

Thatcher, Margaret

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A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding.

Mcluhan, Marshall

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The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing --to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts. Not a select party.

Keats, John

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I have opinions of my own -- strong opinions -- but I don't always agree with them.

George Bush

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Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts.

Halifax, Edward F.

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Don't judge a man by his opinions, but what his opinions have made of him.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.

Keynes, John Maynard

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A mass of men equals a mass of opinions.

Webster, Daniel

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One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.

Hopper, Admiral Grace

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To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.

Jefferson, Thomas

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We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.

Chuang Tzu

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It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.

Rostand, Jean

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We credit scarcely any persons with good sense except those who are of our opinion.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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There never was in the world two opinions alike, no more than two hairs or two grains. The most universal quality is diversity.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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We would not let ourselves be burned to death for our opinions: we are not sure enough of them for that. But perhaps for the right to have our opinions and to change them.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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A public opinion poll is no substitute for thought.

Buffett, Warren

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A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.

Rogers, Will

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Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Plato

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

Phillips, Wendell

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It's not that I don't have opinions, rather that I'm paid not to think aloud.

Navon, Yitzhak

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Opinions that are well rooted should grow and change like a healthy tree.

Batcheller, Irving

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Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to the average person.

Inge, Dean William R.

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It is much easier to break the rules when one s surrounded by strangers. One does not know any of them, so one cannot really care for their opinion.

Monica Fairview

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What you think of me is none of my business.

Cole-Whittaker, Terry

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The average man's opinions are generally of more value to himself than to anyone else.

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Opinions, like showers, are generated in high places, but they invariably descend into lower ones, and ultimately flow down to the people as rain unto the sea.

Colton, Charles Caleb

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There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.

Churchill, Winston

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If God thought about you as much as you think about Him, where would you be?