#opinions

The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions. ↗

— John Dawkins

#elevated #fond #lofty #man #opinions

The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. ↗

— William Blake

#breeds #his #like #man #mind

I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#always #i #my own #opinions #own

It was determined, as shown in the report of the Commission, which I can read to you, but I know you are familiar with the report. It states there was disagreement on this issue, particularly as the subject was debated, that there were different opinions about it. ↗

— John Sherman Cooper

#commission #debated #determined #different #different opinions

For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them. ↗

— Nicolaus Copernicus

#disregard #enamoured #i #i am #may

We are going to have to discuss with and seek the opinions of other countries. We don't wish to offend anyone, least of all a country we hold in such deep regard as the United Kingdom. ↗

— Rafael Correa

#countries #country #deep #discuss #going

To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say, write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic, but fundamental, right. Without it, human beings are reduced to automatons. ↗

— Ma Jian

#basic #become #beings #expression #freedom

My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary to what they believe a regime's strength rests not its suppression of a plurality of opinions and ideas, but in its capacity and willingness to encourage them. ↗

— Ma Jian

#capacity #chinese #chinese government #come #contrary

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

— Daniel Kahneman

#impressions #judgments #opinions #our #overconfident

You're not there to spread any particular- if you're Bob Marley you're there to spread a message, but very few people can do that effectively without shoving opinions down someone's throat. ↗

— Jon Fishman

#bob #bob marley #down #effectively #few