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Opinion Quotes

"The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow."

"The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow."

John Ciardi, English Dramatist

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"Second, recent polls over there show that the majority of Iraqis want us to leave precipitously."

"Second, recent polls over there show that the majority of Iraqis want us to leave precipitously."

William Odom, American Soldier

Opinion, Majority, Want

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"It was not in our interest to enter Iraq in the first place."

"It was not in our interest to enter Iraq in the first place."

William Odom, American Soldier

Opinion, First, Interest, Iraq

45

"Everyone is entitled to our opinion."

"Everyone is entitled to our opinion."

Tre Cool, American Musician

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"I like America to some extent."

"I like America to some extent."

Michael Moore, American Activist

Opinion, America

44

"If you have any opinions at all or if you're even remotely verbal then they're going to call you fiery."

"If you have any opinions at all or if you're even remotely verbal then they're going to call you fiery."

Shirley Manson, Scottish Musician

Opinion, Opinions

44

"I think anyone who has an opinion, and voices it, will offend someone."

"I think anyone who has an opinion, and voices it, will offend someone."

Peter Steele, American Musician

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"In my opinion, Jackie is the greatest female athlete ever."

"In my opinion, Jackie is the greatest female athlete ever."

Marion Jones, American Athlete

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"The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds."

"The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds."

Frederick Robertson, English Clergyman

Opinion, Opinions

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"In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane."

"In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"Many a trace, and many a germ of this infantile disease, to which without a doubt, I also am a victim, has been chased away by your brochure, or will yet be eradicated by it."

"Many a trace, and many a germ of this infantile disease, to which without a doubt, I also am a victim, has been chased away by your brochure, or will yet be eradicated by it."

Herman Gorter, Dutch Poet

Opinion, Disease, Doubt, Will

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"I don't always want my opinion known. What little privacy I have left I'd like to maintain."

"I don't always want my opinion known. What little privacy I have left I'd like to maintain."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

Opinion, Privacy, Want

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"There are a lot of bad worship songs, in my opinion, but there are a lot of good ones, too."

"There are a lot of bad worship songs, in my opinion, but there are a lot of good ones, too."

Michael W. Smith, American Musician

Opinion, Songs, Worship

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"And the general opinion is we are much better on stage than in the studio."

"And the general opinion is we are much better on stage than in the studio."

Stewart Copeland, American Musician

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"It's not that I don't have opinions, rather that I'm paid not to think aloud."

"It's not that I don't have opinions, rather that I'm paid not to think aloud."

Yitzhak Navon, Israeli President

Opinion, Opinions

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"You're in a profession in which absolutely everybody is telling you their opinion, which is different. That's one of the reasons George Lucas never directed again."

"You're in a profession in which absolutely everybody is telling you their opinion, which is different. That's one of the reasons George Lucas never directed again."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

Opinion, Profession

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"We are of the opinion that an important and irreversible process is taking place among the white population. Just as with the blacks, the whites, too, are currently overcoming a psychological barrier."

"We are of the opinion that an important and irreversible process is taking place among the white population. Just as with the blacks, the whites, too, are currently overcoming a psychological barrier."

Joe Slovo, South African Politician

Opinion, Overcoming, Population, Southafrican

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"I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary."

"I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary."

Billy Joel, American Musician

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"Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality."

"Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality."

Malcolm Boyd, American Clergyman

Opinion, Reality

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"You can be young and still have views and opinions."

"You can be young and still have views and opinions."

Joanna Noelle Levesque, American Musician

Opinion, Opinions

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"In my opinion I do not think I am a better guitarist than Ace, I honestly think we're both different, and we both brought something unique to the musical."

"In my opinion I do not think I am a better guitarist than Ace, I honestly think we're both different, and we both brought something unique to the musical."

Vinnie Vincent, American Musician

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"You should be able to voice your opinion and respect the voice of the other side. You should be willing to educate yourself and know what it is you're dealing with."

"You should be able to voice your opinion and respect the voice of the other side. You should be willing to educate yourself and know what it is you're dealing with."

Steve Nash, Canadian Athlete

Opinion, Respect, Voice

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"However, the Medicare prescription drug benefit has changed, and if the nearly 3,000 seniors I have met through 12 town halls can represent a sample of opinion, many seniors do not yet understand the prescription drug program and do not plan to sign up for coverage."

"However, the Medicare prescription drug benefit has changed, and if the nearly 3,000 seniors I have met through 12 town halls can represent a sample of opinion, many seniors do not yet understand the prescription drug program and do not plan to sign up for coverage."

Mike Fitzpatrick, American Politician

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"As far as I know, I have no pride of opinion."

"As far as I know, I have no pride of opinion."

Albert J. Nock, American Philosopher

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"If I were still twenty years old, I would really move to America."

"If I were still twenty years old, I would really move to America."

Theo Van Gogh, Dutch Director

Opinion, America, Old, Years

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"You're allowed to rip-off another score so close that it's ridiculous. In my opinion it's ridiculous, how closely one can just rip-off a score that happened a year or two earlier."

"You're allowed to rip-off another score so close that it's ridiculous. In my opinion it's ridiculous, how closely one can just rip-off a score that happened a year or two earlier."

Danny Elfman, American Musician

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"Mr. Ware has no right to discharge any of his laborers on account of their political opinion."

"Mr. Ware has no right to discharge any of his laborers on account of their political opinion."

Charles E. Merrill, American Businessman

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"Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."

"Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

Opinion, America, December, States, United

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"Often pagans, with their eyes wide open, do not see very clearly."

"Often pagans, with their eyes wide open, do not see very clearly."

Georges Rouault, French Artist

Opinion, Eyes, Open

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"I wanted this to have as wide an audience as possible. I didn't want to get an X rating, because in my opinion once that happens you X-out everyone else."

"I wanted this to have as wide an audience as possible. I didn't want to get an X rating, because in my opinion once that happens you X-out everyone else."

Dana Plato, American Actress

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"The immediate, highest priority need, in my humble opinion, is that we build quickly the interim structures that can channel water away from population and businesses in the New Orleans area."

"The immediate, highest priority need, in my humble opinion, is that we build quickly the interim structures that can channel water away from population and businesses in the New Orleans area."

Billy Tauzin, American Politician

Opinion, Population, Water

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"It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion."

"It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion."

Dean Inge, English Author

Opinion, Quarrel, Reality, Sheep

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"I don't like zombie movies, they're just plain silly."

"I don't like zombie movies, they're just plain silly."

Wayne Gerard Trotman, British Author

Opinion, Humor, Entertainment, Simplicity

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"It is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it."

"It is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it."

William Lamb Melbourne, British Politician

Opinion, First, Popular

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"A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding."

"A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding."

Marshall McLuhan, Canadian Sociologist

Opinion, Luxury, Understanding

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"Well if you were asking my personal opinion on that I think the answer can only be yes but it was missed. Much as I know I'm responsible for a lot of things, I can't wear any responsibility for that."

"Well if you were asking my personal opinion on that I think the answer can only be yes but it was missed. Much as I know I'm responsible for a lot of things, I can't wear any responsibility for that."

John Anderson, American Politician

Opinion, Responsibility

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"Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world."

"Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world."

Arnold Bennett, English Novelist

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"I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it."

"I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it."

Thomas Beecham, English Composer

Opinion, Poor, World

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"We never waste space saying, "On the one hand." We just state an opinion in a Godlike voice."

"We never waste space saying, "On the one hand." We just state an opinion in a Godlike voice."

Arthur Christiansen, Canadian Journalist

Opinion, Saying, Space, State

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"My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular, is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it."

"My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular, is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it."

Lord Melbourne, British Statesman

Opinion, Doctrine, Doubt, First, Popular

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"Everyone should have their own opinion and be able to voice it. No matter what it is. Of course, that does not mean your opinion is always right. But, you're certainly entitled to your opinion."

"Everyone should have their own opinion and be able to voice it. No matter what it is. Of course, that does not mean your opinion is always right. But, you're certainly entitled to your opinion."

Tim McGraw, American Musician

Opinion, Right, Voice

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"No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have, and I think he's a dirty little beast."

"No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have, and I think he's a dirty little beast."

William Gilbert, British Composer

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"His modesty amounts to deformity."

"His modesty amounts to deformity."

Margot Asquith, English Author

Opinion, Modesty

34

"My original opinion still stands. I don't think he should have put it out."

"My original opinion still stands. I don't think he should have put it out."

Lonnie Donegan, Scottish Musician

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"We continually say things to support an opinion, which we have given, that in reality we don't above half mean."

"We continually say things to support an opinion, which we have given, that in reality we don't above half mean."

Frances Burney, British Novelist

Opinion, Reality, Support

32

"Considering the company I keep in this place, that is hardly surprising."

"Considering the company I keep in this place, that is hardly surprising."

Robert Menzies, Australian Statesman

Opinion, Company

32

"For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion."

"For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Opinion, Public, Publicopinion

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"I've always avoided expressing an opinion about where I think the republican movement should go - if it should go anywhere at all."

"I've always avoided expressing an opinion about where I think the republican movement should go - if it should go anywhere at all."

Guy Green, Australian Politician

Opinion, Republican

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"It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" - not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope."

"It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" - not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope."

Paul Goodman, American Writer

Opinion, Modesty

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"Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them."

"Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them."

Kate O'Brien, Irish Novelist

Opinion, University, Writers

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