(1915 quotes found)
“You get fifteen Democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions”
Patrick Leahy
“The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.”
William Blake
“Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.”
E. B. White
“Everything united in her; good understanding, correct opinions, knowledge of the world and a warm heart”
Jane Austen
“The essence of the Liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held: instead of being held dogmatically, they are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment.”
Bertrand Russell
“A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.”
Warren Buffett
“There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.”
Oscar Wilde
“In the United States the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own”
Alexis de Tocqueville
“Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.”
Benjamin Disraeli
“The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed, in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a wide-spread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible”
