#opinio

We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been about popularity. ↗

#been #leadership #live #never #obsessed

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 submission to an unnecessary tyranny. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#avoid #beyond #goes #insofar #keep

I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#any #believe #doubt #entertain #even

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

#compose #desires #government #ignore #iraqi

Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#defend #opinion #otherwise #rational #way

Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#centre #certain #certain time #distance #finds

To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter from them. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#first #impression #judge #letter #opinion

If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#first #him #know #letter #opinion

Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another. ↗

— John Selden

#idolatry #man #opinion #own #thought

Under no circumstances would it be right for me to go with MGM. Irene shares my opinion. ↗