Opinions Quotes
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As people get their opinions so largely from the newspapers they read... But the Press is not free, the newspapers are owned by rich men.
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I am approached with the most opposite opinions and advice, and that by religious men, who are equally certain that they represent the Divine will. ... I hope it will not be irreverent for me to say that if it is probable that God would reveal his will to others, on a point so connected with my duty, it might be supposed he would reveal it directly to me... These are not, however, the days of miracles ... I must study the plain physical facts of the case, ascertain what is possible, and learn what appears to be wise and right.
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You expect me to account for opinions which you choose to call mine, but which I have never acknowledged.
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Having a puppet is a way of having opposing opinions - I say a thing; he says the other.
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People are much more fascinated by your interests than they are by your opinions.
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I believe you can have discipline without fear. I believe that you can have a cohesive and inclusive band where students and parents feel welcome to express their concerns or opinions.
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Such is my veneration for every religion that reveals the attributes of the Deity, or a future state of rewards and punishments, that I had rather see the opinions of Confucius or Mahomed inculcated upon our youth than see them grow up wholly devoid of a system of religious principles.
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Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.
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At my time of life opinions are tolerably fixed. It is not likely that I should now see or hear anything to change them.
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Cats definitely have their own opinions.
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Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
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If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good.
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Thank God we are not to be judged by the opinions of our fellows, but by the work that we do.
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Most boys or youths who have had much knowledge drilled into them, have their mental capacities not strengthened, but overlaid by it. They are crammed with mere facts, and with the opinions and phrases of other people, and these are accepted as a substitute for the power to form opinions of their own. And thus, the sons of eminent fathers, who have spared no pains in their education, so often grow up mere parroters of what they have learnt, incapable of using their minds except in the furrows traced for them.
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It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts; which may be entirely wrong. We can only make them right by discussion.
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The human soul is hospitable, and will entertain conflicting sentiments and contradictory opinions with much impartiality.
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People who don't know me have opinions about me. That's the part that's very hurtful. Because how do you form an opinion about somebody if you've never met them or spent any time with them? So it's all based upon hearsay or things that they've read.
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The great charm in argument is really finding one's own opinions, not other people's.
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History is a voice forever sounding across the centuries the laws of right and wrong. Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.
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Opinions are the cheapest commodities on earth. Everyone has a flock of opinions ready to be wished upon anyone who will accept them. If you are influenced by "opinions" when you reach DECISIONS, you will not succeed in any undertaking.
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For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them.
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It’s like what some Episcopalians say about themselves today: get four in a room and you’ll find five opinions.
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If you ask anyone on any street corner in the world what the Soviet Union looks like, they would probably have very strong opinions. And they probably would be wrong.
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You have two choices in life - you can dissolve into the main stream or you can be distinct. To be distinct, you must be different. To be different you must strive to be what no one else but you can be. Don’t be so concerned with the opinions of others; those who follow the quiet, creative voice from within are both fortunate and correct.
