#opinio

When Kenny first came to me, I think he was thinking of making a nice little folk record, but in my opinion, folk music had come to an end and I felt he needed to go to the next step, the next generation. ↗

— Jim Messina

#come #end #felt #first #folk

Ask everyone whether they're an actor or a doctor or a teacher or whatever is entitled to his or her opinion. But unfortunately, because actors are in the public eye, whether we want it or not, sometimes our opinions carry more weight or influence than they deserve. ↗

— Debra Messing

#ask #because #carry #deserve #doctor

It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#find #i #less #lust #many

Yeah, I think of what I do as a work of journalism. It's more like the op-ed page, though. These are my opinions. My point of view. The opinions are mine and I let you make up your own mind. ↗

— Michael Moore

#i do #i think #journalism #like #make

When I turned 59, I looked at that as the first day of my 60th year, so I've been 60 for the last 365 days, in my opinion. So I've been thinking all this year, I'm 60 - this is the time when I need to get some stuff done. ↗

— Walter Mosley

#been #day #days #done #first

I've heard people say, 'I love how the characters never say what they're really thinking, and I love how things are so open-ended and you just never know what's going to happen.' Do you know what I mean? So it's an opinion, you know? I've heard very few, if any criticisms of the show, and I think that it obviously is working, whatever we're doing. ↗

— Elizabeth Moss

#characters #criticisms #do you know #doing #few

The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#confirms #course #democracies #different #handicap

I don't want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#actual #because #decision #express #i

If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion is against fighting. ↗

— Horatio Nelson

#certain #consults #fight #fighting #hands

I put less stock in others' opinions than my own. No one else's opinions could derail me. ↗

— Judd Nelson

#derail #else #i #less #me