#opinio

Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion. ↗

— William Godwin

#artillery #civil #civil liberty #consequence #follows

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#doubts #i #me #must #my own

Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

#duty #faith #imposes #opinion #painting

It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up for years. It is also very good for publicity, and it is the kind of recognition that maybe will help financially, also. ↗

— Dexter Gordon

#been #building #certainly #financially #good

The signs that the world is spinning out of kilter are increasingly difficult to misinterpret. The question is how to convince enough people to join a critical mass of urgent opinion, in the U.S. and the rest of the world. ↗

— Al Gore

#critical #critical mass #difficult #enough #enough people

The best opinion now is, that there are multitudinous forms which are not sufficiently differentiated to be distinctively either plant or animal, while, as respects ordinary plants and animals, the difficulty of laying down a definition has become far greater than ever before. ↗

— Asa Gray

#become #before #best #definition #differentiated

It is often more important to act than to understand... there are times... when two conflicting opinions, though one happens to be right, are more perilous than one opinion which is wrong. ↗

— John Grierson

#conflicting #happens #important #more #often

I like stubborn players. At least they have an opinion. If they are right or wrong, this doesn't matter for me. ↗

— Ruud Gullit

#least #like #matter #me #opinion

We Dutch, we like to have an opinion, a strong opinion. We think we know everything better. ↗

— Ruud Gullit

#dutch #everything #know #like #opinion

A big part of being an actress specifically is feeling entitled to your artistic opinion, feeling that it means something, and being able to stand by it. ↗

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

#actress #artistic #being #big #entitled