#opinio

The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will soon see, perhaps, that these appeals are not a compliment to his intelligence, but an imposition on his good nature and an insult to his sense of evidence. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#beset #citizen #compliment #evidence #good

Those who are of the opinion that money will do everything may reasonably be expected to do everything for money. ↗

— Edward F. Halifax

#expected #may #money #opinion #reasonably

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity. ↗

— Robert Hall

#confide #equally #friend #once #opinion

People's sex habits are as well known in Hollywood as their political opinions, and much less criticized. ↗

— Ben Hecht

#habits #hollywood #known #less #much

How do I tell people who I am? Not being a writer, the only way is to sing songs that reflect my opinions. ↗

— Cass Elliot

#being #how #i #i am #only

Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#certain #could #effectively #eloquent #great

I respect the president. He and I have a difference of opinion on how to help the country we both love. But the question each of us wants the voters to answer is who will be the better president, not who is the better American. ↗

— Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#answer #better #both #country #difference

In my opinion, Jesus is God's attempt to reach man. But while I believe Jesus is the way to God, it makes no sense to hate people who disagree. ↗

— Jerry B. Jenkins

#believe #disagree #god #hate #i

I don't see myself as beautiful, because I can see a lot of flaws. People have really odd opinions. They tell me I'm skinny, as if that's supposed to make me happy. ↗

— Angelina Jolie

#because #flaws #happy #i #i can

We're generally overconfident in our opinions and our impressions and judgments. ↗

— Daniel Kahneman

#impressions #judgments #opinions #our #overconfident