There's a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.
Noam Chomsky
Public opinion can be influential, the media can be influential.
The process of shaping opinion, attitudes, and perceptions was termed the 'engineering of consent' by one of the founders of the modern... →
Public opinion in Egypt is very antagonistic to the way the dictatorship, Mubarak dictatorship, interpreted relations with Israel. Very antagonistic.
Right after 9-11, as far as I know, one newspaper in the United States had the integrity to investigate opinion in the Muslim world: the 'Wall... →
We never waste space saying, 'On the one hand.' We just state an opinion in a Godlike voice.
Arthur Christiansen
I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to... →
Agatha Christie
There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.
Winston Churchill
The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow.
John Ciardi
Of course I have an opinion on many things but I don't micromanage.
Helen Clark