Opinion Quotes

Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.

My conviction of the necessity of further legislative provisions for the safe-keeping and disbursement of the public moneys and my opinion in regard to the measures best adapted to the accomplishment of those objects have been already submitted to you.

But as my brother was doing his research for a book about my father, it became his opinion that the most influential anti-semitism my father encountered when he was growing up was from Jews, because his relatives were German Jews, and doctors.

If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.

What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.

To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter from them.

People see that I have my own voice, my own opinion, my own likes. The album really reflects that.

I don't want to be influenced by outside opinion.

The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority.

If I wanted your opinion, I'd slap it outta ya.

Muhammad could take a very good punch. He was slick, he could move, he could hit, make you miss, good hand speed and combinations and one of the greatest fighters of all time in my opinion.

You don't change minds in Washington with sweet reason. You do it to the white light of public opinion.

The U.S. will ignore the opinion of the Iraqi people and it will compose the new government according to its own desires.

If you're an English actor and turn up in America, they don't have an opinion about where you sit. They have no idea what auditions to send you to, so they send you to everything.

The act of writing... is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think that's the same experience the reader has when they pick up one of my books.

Also, there are authors and publicists using the Internet to manipulate opinion, both positively for a work and negatively against the competition. I don't do this and can't stomach it, honestly.

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.

My sentiments for the American cause, from the Stamp Act downward, have never changed... I am still of opinion that it is the cause of liberty and of human nature.

As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it.

The Bahraini people are eager to obtain facts to enable them to shape a comprehensive national opinion without division among its people. We confirm to all journalists and media personnel in the kingdom of Bahrain that their freedom is preserved and their rights are safeguarded.

Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

In my opinion we are at the limit now, and 17 races is really too much. With all the testing that we do now, it means we're always on the bike and it's quite difficult.

Women are in a position now to voice their opinion... women are getting empowered. The more power they get, the more voice they get to shift certain things around. Now I have a daughter, I understand. When I didn't have a daughter, I didn't understand.