Opinion Quotes

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

I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.

I'm happy to have my own opinion and air it when I think it's necessary.

However, the Medicare prescription drug benefit has changed, and if the nearly 3,000 seniors I have met through 12 town halls can represent a sample of opinion, many seniors do not yet understand the prescription drug program and do not plan to sign up for coverage.

What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another.

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

My original opinion still stands. I don't think he should have put it out.

The best opinion now is, that there are multitudinous forms which are not sufficiently differentiated to be distinctively either plant or animal, while, as respects ordinary plants and animals, the difficulty of laying down a definition has become far greater than ever before.

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

My opinion is that he's a swindler and you're a sucker.

This war is being played in the realm of public opinion and has dire consequences for our soldiers in Iraq, the future of our country, and freedom around the world.

Caught up in life, you see it badly. You suffer from it or enjoy it too much. The artist, in my opinion, is a monstrosity, something outside of nature.

This and many others only confirmed me in the opinion, planted when I saw the sale of Martha Ann, and growing steadily thereafter, that slavery was an accursed business, and that the sooner my people were relieved of it, the better.

My opinion is the greatest reward that any government could get is the approval of the people. If the people are happy and the people are at peace and the government has done something for them, that's the greatest reward I think any government could hope for.

We're in such a volatile climate right now politically. I think they didn't want Assassins to not succeed due to popular opinion and politics, versus on its own merits. I can respect that.

There's so many differences of opinion in the papers.

I run an academy in Spain for young footballers who are released by their clubs and who, in my opinion, deserve a second chance. It is a rewarding job for me, but one that also reveals many of the faults in the English game.

Well if you were asking my personal opinion on that I think the answer can only be yes but it was missed. Much as I know I'm responsible for a lot of things, I can't wear any responsibility for that.

I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves.

I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone.

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

Elton John's opinion turned the label's opinion around, all in a day.

The American people should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power over public opinion in fewer and fewer hands.

I stopped making movies because I don't like taking my clothes off. Maybe it's realism, but in my opinion, it's utter filth.

Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.

No one will expect the British Government or the Government of India to give way to threats of violence, disorder and chaos; and, indeed, representatives of large sections of Indian opinion have expressly warned us that we must not do so.

There are a lot of bad worship songs, in my opinion, but there are a lot of good ones, too.

Public opinion shapes our destinies and guides the progress of human affairs.

I have heard Mr. Romney's speech's many times on television and the radio and I have even read his book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness and I must say that out of all the gentleman running for the presidency Mr. Romney is, in my opinion, the best one to fit the bill.

In my opinion, New York City police officers are brave.