Opinion Quotes - Page 35

• Opinions are like kittens," he commented. "People are always giving them away.

  Elizabeth Bear

  People, Giving, Kitten

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• I do not believe that the solution to our problem is simply to elect the right people. The important thing is to establish a political climate of opinion which will make it politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing. Unless it is politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing, the right people will not do the right thing either, or it they try, they will shortly be out of office.

  Milton Friedman

  Believe, Office, People

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• Our Press and our schools cultivate Chauvinism, militarism, dogmatism, conformism and ignorance. The arbitrary power of the Government is unlimited, and unexampled in history; freedom of the Press, of opinion and of movement are as thoroughly exterminated as though the proclamation of the Rights of Man had never been. We have built up the most gigantic police apparatus, with informers made a national institution, and the most refined scientific system of political and mental torture. We whip the groaning masses of the country towards a theoretical future happiness, which only we can.

  Arthur Koestler

  Country, School, Ignorance

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• Both our opinions are rooted in our experience," I said. "Both of them are true, it's just that we've had different experiences.

  Robert B. Parker

  Different Experiences, Said, Rooted

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• There are some who say that sitting at home reading is the equivalent of travel, because the experiences described in the book are more or less the same as the experiences one might have on a voyages, and there are those who say that there is no substitute for venturing out into the world. My own opinion is that it is best to travel extensively but to read the entire time, hardly glancing up to look out of the window of the airplane, train, or hired camel.

  Daniel Handler

  Book, Reading, Home

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• There are more important things than finding the murderer. And justice is a fine word, but it is sometimes difficult to say exactly what one means by it. In my opinion, the important thing is to clear the innocent. - Hercule Poirot

  Agatha Christie

  Mean, Justice, Important

  Agatha Christie (1974). “Murder on board: including The mystery of the Blue Train, What Mrs. McGillicuddy saw! [and] Death in the air”, Dodd Mead

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• We’ll continue our discussion later. Right now I intend to escort Miss Peyton to her room.” “That is not a wise idea, in my opinion,” the earl said. “I’m glad I didn’t ask for it, then,” Simon returned pleasantly

  Lisa Kleypas

  Wise, Ideas, Missing

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• In all Gabriel’s life he could not remember his brother giving even the prettiest of Shadowhunter girls a second glance. Yet he looked at this scarred mundane servant as if she were the sun rising. It was inexplicable, but it was also undeniable. He could see the horror on his brother’s face as Sophie’s good opinion of him shattered before his eyes.

  Cassandra Clare

  Girl, Brother, Eye

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• The Russians are bent on world dominance, and they are rapidly acquiring the means to become the most powerful imperial nation the world has seen. The men in the Soviet Politburo do not have to worry about the ebb and flow of public opinion. They put guns before butter, while we put just about everything before guns.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Powerful, Mean, Gun

  Margaret Thatcher (1997). “The collected speeches of Margaret Thatcher”, HarperCollins

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• I was watching a collection of vintage '80s cereal commercials when I paused to wonder why cereal manufacturers no longer included toy prizes inside every box. It was a tragedy, in my opinion. Another sign that civilization was going straight down the tubes.

  Ernest Cline

  Cereal, Vintage, Civilization

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• Then my father's features hardened. "You can't expect my blessings on this disastrous mistake." The words were directed at me, but Vlad responded. "I wouldn't insult you by asking. We both know you disapprove and we both know I don't care. Leila's opinion is the only one that matters, and she said yes.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Father, Mistake, Blessing

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• No one has ever asked an actor, 'You're playing a strong-minded man.' We assume that men are strong-minded, or have opinions. But a strong-minded woman is a different animal.

  Meryl Streep

  Strong, Animal, Men

  "The many Meryls". "60 minutes" with Morley Safer, www.cbsnews.com. January 23, 2012.

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• Modern business must have its finger continuously on the public pulse. It must understand the changes in the public mind and be prepared to interpret itself fairly and eloquently to changing opinion.

  Edward Bernays

  Mind, Pulse, Modern Business

  Edward L. Bernays (1930). “Propaganda”

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• Everything just feels so empty without her. She was more a parent to me than my birth parents were. She took me in, fed, dressed me, but most importantly, she treated me with respect. She taught me that my abilities were nothing to be ashamed of, nothing I should try so hard to deny. She convinced me that what I had was a gift-not a curse- and that I shouldn't let other people's narrow minds and fears determine how I love, what I do, or how I perceive myself in the world. She actually made me believe that in no way, shape, or form did their uninformed opinions make me a freak.

  Alyson Noel

  Believe, People, Parent

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• She's always polite and kind, but her words lack the kind of curiosity and excitement you'd normally expect. Her true feelings- assuming such things exist- remain hidden away. Except for when a practical sort of decision has to be made, she never gives her personal opinion about anything. She seldom talks about herself, instead letting others talk, nodding warmly as she listens. But most people start to feel vaguely uneasy when talking with her, as if they suspect they're wasting her time, trampling on her private, graceful, dignified world. And that impression is, for the most part, correct.

  Haruki Murakami

  Personal Opinions, Talking, People

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• ...if you can think of meetings you've attended, you can probably recall a time - plenty of times - when the opinion of the most dynamic or talkative person prevailed to the detriment of all.

  Susan Cain

  Thinking, Persons, Meetings

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.50, Broadway Books

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• You've been quiet these past days," Trevanion said. "Are you going to tell me what the...exchange of words was about?" "Who said there was an exchange of words?" Finnikin asked with irritation. "When a woman says 'I hope you fall under your horse' and 'catch your death, then see if I grieve you,'" Perri said, "then there's been an exchange of words." Finnikin glared at him. "In my humble opinion.

  Melina Marchetta

  Horse, Fall, Humble

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• Idiot - A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. The Idiot's activity is not confined to any special field of thought or action, but "pervades and regulates the whole." He has the last word in everything; his decision is unappealable. He sets the fashions and opinion of taste, dictates the limitations of speech and circumscribes conduct with a dead-line.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Fashion, Powerful, Decision

  Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.150, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Differences, Principles, Politics

  Thomas Jefferson, Richard Holland Johnston, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”

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• I'm more than ever of the opinion that a decent human existence is possible today only on the fringes of society, where one then runs the risk of starving or being stoned to death. In these circumstances, a sense of humor is a great help.

  Hannah Arendt

  Running, Risk, Today

  Hannah Arendt (2000). “The Portable Hannah Arendt”, Penguin Group USA

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• No one can control his own opinion or his own belief. My belief was forced upon me by my surroundings. I am the product of all circumstances that have in any way touched me.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Way, Belief, Surroundings

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1909). “Interviews”

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• Are you smarter than a pig, Locke?” “On occasion,” said Locke. “There are contrary opinions.

  Scott Lynch

  Pigs, Said, Smarter

  Scott Lynch (2015). “The Gentleman Bastard Series 3-Book Bundle: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, The Republic of Thieves”, p.1698, Del Rey

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• My father has a way of persuading people without charm that has always confused me. He states his opinions as if they’re facts, and somehow his complete lack of doubt makes you believe him. That quality frightens me now, because I know what he told me: that I was broken, that I was worthless, that I was nothing. How many of those things did he make me believe?

  Veronica Roth

  Confused, Father, Believe

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• It's saying no. That's your first hint that something's alive. It says no. That's how you know a baby is starting to turn into a person. They run around saying no all day, throwing their aliveness at everything to see what it'll stick to. You can't say no if you don't have desires and opinions and wants of your own. You wouldn't even want to. No is the heart of thinking.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Running, Baby, Heart

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• In order to avoid contention, never contradict anyone, except in case of sin or some danger to a neighbor; and when necessary to contradict others, and to oppose your opinion to theirs, do it with so much mildness and tact, as not to appear to do violence to their mind, for nothing is ever gained by taking up things with excessive warmth and hastiness.

  Louis IX of France

  Anger, Order, Mind

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