Opinion Quotes

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human. (Plutarch)
Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all. View quote
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on. View quote
Carl Sandburg
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. View quote
Marcus Aurelius
Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect. View quote
Herbert Spencer
I make it a point never to argue with people for whose opinion I have no respect. View quote
Edward Gibbon
Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts. View quote
Bernard Baruch
Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. View quote
Ambrose Bierce
Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted. View quote
William Cobbett
The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves. (Edith Sitwell)
Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior. View quote
Mary McCarthy
A process which led from the amœba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress - though whether the amœba would agree with this opinion is not known. View quote
Bertrand Russell
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. View quote
Bertrand Russell
I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble. View quote
Agatha Christie
Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct. View quote
Jane Austen
The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice. View quote
Arthur Schopenhauer
Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator. View quote
Wendell Phillips
What we call public opinion is generally public sentiment. View quote
Benjamin Disraeli
If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion is against fighting. View quote
Horatio Nelson
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. (Quentin Crisp)
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion. View quote
Democritus
Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. View quote
Flannery O’Connor
Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable. View quote
Daniel Webster
I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. View quote
Thomas Jefferson