One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary... →
Bertrand Russell
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress though whether the amoeba would agree with this... →
The U.S. will ignore the opinion of the Iraqi people and it will compose the new government according to its own desires.
Muqtada al Sadr
Have a definite opinion.
William Safire
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
Sallust
I don't hold myself dictated to by what everyone is saying, by the tabloids or popular opinion. I don't like bourgeois values. I say you find... →
James Salter
Contrary to popular opinion, things don't go stale particularly fast in the art world.
Jerry Saltz
Yes, 85 percent of the art you see isn't any good. But everyone has a different opinion about which 85 percent is bad. That in turn creates... →