Opinion Quotes - Page 21

• Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.

  Herbert Spencer

  Feelings, Intuition, Determined

  'Social Statics' (1850) pt. 4, ch. 30, 8

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• Martyrdom is evidence only of a man's honesty - it is no evidence that he is not mistaken. Men have suffered martyrdom for all sorts of opinions in politics and in religion; yet they could not therefore have all been in the right; although they could give no stronger evidence that they believed themselves in the right.

  Lysander Spooner

  Honesty, Men, Giving

  Lysander SPOONER (1836). “The Deist's Reply to the Alleged Supernatural Evidences of Christianity, Etc”, p.6

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• Now it is clear, that if the government can exclude, on account either of their opinions or feelings, any persons thus drawn by lot, the trial is no longer a trial by 'the country,' but only by a portion of the country.

  Lysander Spooner

  Country, Government, Feelings

  Lysander Spooner (1971). “The Collected Works of Lysander Spooner: Legal writings”

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• I certainly respect other people's opinions, but I would not vote for a woman to be the pastor of a church.

  Charles Stanley

  People, Church, Vote

  Interview with Michael Foust, www.bpnews.net. October 24, 2003.

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• There have been no sects in the Christian world, however absurd, which have not endeavoured to support their opinions by arguments drawn from Scripture.

  Laurence Sterne

  Christian, Support, World

  Laurence Sterne (1860). “The Works of Laurence Sterne: Containing The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, Sermons, Letters, Etc”, p.705

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• Freedom rings where opinions clash.

  Adlai E. Stevenson

  Freedom, Clash, Rings

  Quoted by Ted Weiss during a Congressional hearing, November 13, 1985.

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• I've seldom minded other people's opinions, but the other side of that coin is that I've seldom been interested by them, um their opinions about me I mean.

  Tom Stoppard

  Mean, People, Coins

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• Sinatra, in my opinion, is possibly the greatest male singer of all time.

  George Strait

  Singers, Males, All Time

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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