Opinion Quotes
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You either like something, or you don't; you won't change your opinion because somebody explains why you should like it.
David Alpay -
The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
Epictetus
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People will politicize religion; we see it in every faith, in every religion. We see it with Pat Robertson, in my opinion, and we see it with the Taliban.
Keith Ellison -
Like millions of parents, I chose to send my children to a religious school that shares my belief system, which is central to my life. I objected to changes in the school that, in my opinion, did not reflect that belief system.
Paloma Ayana Stoecker -
Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.
Francis Bacon -
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
Sallust -
I only gave out my opinion that same sex marriage is against the law of God.
Manny Pacquiao -
The energy transition demands a clear vision of the steps that need to be taken and a stable, meaningful regulatory framework. It appears important to us to awaken public opinion to the fact that this transition will necessarily come at a cost and will, at least in the short term, involve a price increase.
Christophe de Margerie
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We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers.
Kurt Cobain Nirvana -
It's possible to spend every waking hour here on the ninth floor and not get out of the office. And this isn't the real world in here. And contrary to public opinion, I'm not incredibly poll-driven. They are an ongoing indicator of how we are going, but I take the feedback I get on the street as being the most important.
John Key -
It's my personal opinion, and I firmly believe, that it's important that I keep sports and politics separate.
Jeff Fisher -
There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.
Barack Obama -
In America, public opinion is the leader.
Frances Perkins -
Oscar: In a society where dissenting viewpoints are suppressed, those viewpoints are potent and dangerous... Where dissent is tolerated, it rapidly becomes quaint and is viewed as un-sophisticated; people merely amuse themselves with the expression of contrary opinion. (p. 41)
Dave Sim
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I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.
M. Stanton Evans -
In my opinion, theater shouldn't give advice to citizens.
Vaclav Havel -
"Endow scientific research and we shall know the truth, when and where it is possible to ascertain it;" but the counterblast is at hand: "To endow research is merely to encourage the research for endowment; the true man of science will not be held back by poverty, and if science is of use to us, it will pay for itself." Such are but a few samples of the conflict of opinion which we find raging around us.
Karl Pearson -
In my opinion, education is the finest gift an individual can give a young person.
Donald Bren -
I know what I can do so it doesn't bother me what other people think or their opinion on the situation.
Usain Bolt -
Before the Civil War, the Negro was certainly as efficient a workman as the raw immigrant from Ireland or Germany. But, whereas the Irishmen found economic opportunity wide and daily growing wider, the Negro found public opinion determined to 'keep him in his place.'
W. E. B. Du Bois
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My opinion can be completely different after a show.
Karl Lagerfeld -
Before I had my own restaurant, I was never top dog in the kitchen. I've always had a low opinion of myself as a cook.
David Chang -
The left has lost touch with popular opinion, thereby making it possible for the right to present itself as the party of common sense.
Christopher Lasch -
That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion of the moment.
Doris Kearns Goodwin