#opinion

Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality. ↗

— Malcolm Boyd

#entrenched #in my opinion #opinion #out #reality

Beware: open-mindedness will often say, 'Everything is permissible except a sharp opinion. ↗

— Criss Jami

#beliefs #beware #brainwashed #conviction #freedom-of-speech

We all have the right of freedom of speech under the First Amendment. We all don't have to agree with one another on our opinions. Everyone in my circle, that I run around with, we all feel the same about God, country, integrity and character. ↗

— Luke Scott

#agree #amendment #another #around #character

The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#divine #fear #floods #flow #hesitate

Kehidupan lebih nyata daripada pendapat siapapun tentang kenyataan. ↗

— Pramoedya Ananta Toer

#opinion #reality #wisdom #life

Atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he wished, to drop the Earth and creep away; but this opinion was all that he was permitted. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#away #creep #drop #earth #liberty

To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That is a freedom. The freedom to criticize ideas, any ideas - even if they are sincerely held beliefs - is one of the fundamental freedoms of society. A law which attempts to say you can criticize and ridicule ideas as long as they are not religious ideas is a very peculiar law indeed. ↗

— Rowan Atkinson

#beliefs #criticism #criticize #freedom #freedom-of-speech

Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#opinion #time #nature

If you want me to treat your ideas with more respect, get some better ideas. ↗

— John Scalzi

#respect

The formal scientific definition of theory is quite different from the everyday meaning of the word. It refers to a comprehensive explanation of some aspect of nature that is supported by a vast body of evidence. ↗

— National Academy of Sciences

#facts #opinions #science #theories #nature