Opinion Quotes - Page 19

• On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn't be entitled to our political opinions.

  Barbra Streisand

  Thinking, Political Opinions, People

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• The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.

  Jonathan Swift

  Wise, Time, Age

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• In my opinion, the only way to conquer stage fright is to get up on stage and play. Every time you play another show, it gets better and better.

  Taylor Swift

  Play, Get Better, Way

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• To obtain a man's opinion of you, make him mad.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

  Crazy, Men, Mad

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• When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about.

  Taylor Swift

  Years, Singers, My Favorite

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• Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others.

  Jeremy Taylor

  Men, Anticipation, Conscience

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

  Margaret Thatcher

  Change, Leadership, Men

  Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

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• Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Soulmate, Literature, Innocence

  Henry David Thoreau (1995). “Walden, Or, Life in the Woods”, p.203, Courier Corporation

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• Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  People, Belief, Oblivion

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• The critical opinions of a writer should always be taken with a large grain of salt. For the most part, they are manifestations of his debate with himself as to what he should do next and what he should avoid.

  W. H. Auden

  Taken, Criticism, Salt

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• I keep lot of my opinions to myself.

  Lee Trevino

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• In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity.

  Harry S. Truman

  Men, Eight, Years

  Harry S. Truman, Robert H. Ferrell (1997). “Off the Record: The Private Papers of Harry S. Truman”, p.177, University of Missouri Press

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• I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicted.

  Alan Turing

  Believe, Thinking, Machines

  "Computing Machinery and Intelligence". Mind - A Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy, Volume 59, No. 236, p. 442, 1950.

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• He had an opinion of himself, I think, that was too high for his own good. Or maybe it was the reverse. Maybe it was a low opinion that he kept trying to erase.

  Tim O'Brien

  Thinking, Trying, Lows

  Tim O'Brien (2009). “The Things They Carried”, p.82, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• In my life, I've never really listened to when people start forming opinions on how you should be doing things.

  Sam Taylor-Wood

  People, Should, Forming Opinions

  "Why Is Sam Taylor-Wood Smiling?" by Elisa Lipsky-Karasz, www.harpersbazaar.com. March 23, 2010.

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• Oh, Jeeves,' I said; 'about that check suit.' Yes, sir?' Is it really a frost?' A trifle too bizarre, sir, in my opinion.' But lots of fellows have asked me who my tailor is.' Doubtless in order to avoid him, sir.' He's supposed to be one of the best men in London.' I am saying nothing against his moral character, sir.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Character, Men, Order

  P. G. Wodehouse (2004). “Introducing Jeeves: Six Classic Stories”, p.65, Courier Corporation

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• I find that the history books that we teach our kids with are not fully truthful, in my opinion.

  Jesse Ventura

  Book, Kids, Truthful

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• I don't have to muzzle myself when I'm a civilian. When you're a governor, you kind of have to do it, because you represent the whole state. You have to leave your personal opinions to yourself a lot. I learned that.

  Jesse Ventura

  Personal Opinions, Muzzle, Kind

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• Sometimes it can be bad to have too much family. Everybody gets involved in your problems, giving their opinion, gossiping, and making drama. But when bad things happen, they will be there to support you.

  Sofia Vergara

  Drama, Support You, Giving

  "Sofia Vergara's Secrets: The Esquire Cover Story" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. March 19, 2012.

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• The 1990 'Goodwill Games' can be another indication that the television world is not divided between commercial and cable. If the viewer thinks highly of our efforts... they will have a higher opinion of cable television and TBS.

  Tony Verna

  Thinking, Games, Effort

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• Let us labor for an inward stillness-- An inward stillness and an inward healing. That perfect silence where the lips and heart Are still, and we no longer entertain Our own imperfect thoughts and vain opinions, But God alone speaks to us and we wait In singleness of heart that we may know His will, and in the silence of our spirits, That we may do His will and do that only

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Healing, Heart, Perfect

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.1264, Jazzybee Verlag

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• I take it, sir, that you do not approve of our new society." "Approval, sir, in my opinion, demands the attainment of perfection. And in that sense, you rather overrate the charms of your society. I'faith, for one thing, it does seem monstrous ill-dressed for any society, even a new one.

  Baroness Orczy

  Perfection, Doe, Demand

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• What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions as though they were facts, and the treating of facts as though they were opinions.

  Gore Vidal

  Book, Literature, Facts

  "Life Lessons of Wisdom & Motivation - Volume IV: Insightful, Enlightened and Inspirational quotations and proverbs" by M. I. Sek, Providential Press, (p. 37), February 2014.

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• Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments.

  Charles Dudley Warner

  Strong, Public Opinion, Legislature

  Charles Dudley Warner (2006). “My Summer in a Garden: Easyread Large Edition”, p.108, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.

  James D. Watson

  Success, Mother, Truth

  James D. Watson (2011). “The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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