Opinions Quotes
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"When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch."
"You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant."
"How would your life be different if…You stopped allowing other people to dilute or poison your day with their words or opinions? Let today be the day…You stand strong in the truth of your beauty and journey through your day without attachment to the validation of others"
"Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste."
"Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in."
"Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions."(Essay to Leo Baeck, 1953)"
"Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry..."
"We judge others instantly by their clothes, their cars, their appearance, their race, their education, their social status. The list is endless. What gets me is that most people decide who another person is before they have even spoken to them. What's even worse is that these same people decide who someone else is, and don't even know who they are themselves."
"When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you."
"At first, they'll only dislike what you say, but the more correct you start sounding the more they'll dislike you."
"Everyone has a sense of humor. If you don't laugh at jokes, you probably laugh at opinions."
"People will always have opinions about your decision because they're not courageous enough to take action on their opinion."
"If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it."
"Most people think everybody feels about them much more violently than they actually do; they think other people's opinions of them swing through great arcs of approval or disapproval."
"The problem with today’s world is that everyone believes they have the right to express their opinion AND have others listen to it. The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense!"
"A person is wise if he listens to millions of advice and doesn't implement any of it."
"Each voice carries a portion of value, no matter how unpalatable or distasteful that voice may be: no one person, government, ideology, transnational, or religious institution can own and dominate the whole."
"I cannot encourage any fabrication even for the sake of making people feel good. If I were to fabricate consciously and knowingly, I would not only be ordaining myself their enemy, but also ordaining myself God's enemy."
"Faithfulness imparts God's reason for all circumstances. No matter what the world says, losing is no longer an option."
"In a general sense, I admit to valuing the worldviews of men under the age of 40 and women over the age of 30."
"What God says is best, indeed is best, though all men in the world are against it. Seeing, then, that God prefers his religion; seeing God prefers a tender conscience; seeing they that make themselves fools for the kingdom of heaven are wisest; and that the poor man that loveth Christ is richer than the greatest man in the world that hates him: Shame, depart, thou art an enemy to my salvation."
"Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves."
"The circumstances of the world are so variable that an irrevocable purpose or opinion is almost synonymous with a foolish one."
"Many of the successes of `fancy' mathematics are due to sociological and linguistic reasons. They are really high-school-algebra arguments in disguise. Once you strip the fancy verbiage off, what remains is a bare (and much prettier, in my eyes) argument in high-school mathematics, or at most, in Freshman linear-algebra and (formal!) Calculus. For example, I am (almost) sure that Wiles's proof would be expressible in simple language, and if not, there would be a much nicer proof that would."
"Mathematics is so useful because physical scientists and engineers have the good sense to largely ignore the "religious" fanaticism of professional mathematicians, and their insistence on so-called rigor, that in many cases is misplaced and hypocritical, since it is based on "axioms" that are completely fictional, i.e. those that involve the so-called infinity."
"People should not confuse opinions and rules with egocentric interests."
"What it means to be authentic:- to be more concerned with truth than opinions- to be sincere and not pretend- to be free from hypocrisy: "walk your talk"- to know who you are and to be that person- to not fear others seeing your vulnerabilities- being confident to walk away from situations where you can't be yourself- being awake to your own feelings- being free from others' opinions of you- accepting and loving yourself"
"It is easier to tell a person what life is not, rather than to tell them what it is. A child understands weeds that grow from lack of attention, in a garden. However, it is hard to explain the wild flowers that one gardener calls weeds, and another considers beautiful ground cover."
"Beware: open-mindedness will often say, 'Everything is permissible except a sharp opinion."
"It always seems as though the definition of love will remain debatable by an opinionated world."
"I never feel unsafe except for when the majority is on my side."
"It's not objective. It's subjective.” Katya hooks her bra behind her back. “It's just what you think, not the truth."
"Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in."
"Too often, opinion is a lens polished by the grit of bias. And as I stare through my own lens, I might ask how much polish can the grit of bias actually create?"
"It’s true that many overly negative people actually fear letting go of their negativity, and it’s because it has become a part of their identity. If this is the case, make it a smoother transition by releasing and replacing one negative opinion at a time. It certainly is an identity shift, but it’s one that brings greater fulfillment and life satisfaction."
"Choose your counsel, company and companions wisely: beware seeking wise words of advice from a fool or expecting informed opinions or decisions from the ignorant."
"Sometimes it's not always straightforward, but it's not always confusing either. You just have to respect a person's decisions without disrespecting them."
"Don't build your dreams on the opinions of men but on the promises of God"
"It seemed to me an odd view to take - rather as if one should protest that one didn't LIKE the idea of dying or being born. I preferred the notion of finding out first how it would be, and then doing what one could about the parts of it one disliked most."
"The average adult has had sex innumerable times more than they have formed an opinion of their own."
"Don't always use prudence for precaution, sometimes use it for progress."
"There is nothing worse then being surrounded by a bunch of people telling you to do what is right, when they can't define that definition, without a lot of hatred and judgment behind it."
"It's okay to disagree with the thoughts or opinions expressed by other people. That doesn't give you the right to deny any sense they might make. Nor does it give you a right to accuse someone of poorly expressing their beliefs just because you don't like what they are saying. Learn to recognize good writing when you read it, even if it means overcoming your pride and opening your mind beyond what is comfortable."
"Let them howl. Let the wolves pant. You have evolved. You were not fashioned to run in a pack, or to be defined by the opinions of those who wish to limit your creativity. Let them howl. Let the wolves pant."
"Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.", 1953)"
"People who just float around in life without any direction will tell you that your dreams are not possible. Their knowledge is the perfect mirror of their results. Logic makes perfect sense."
"The only sort of pride that may serve a man well on that rarest occasion is his hatred of being wrong. It keeps his mouth shut, his ears open, and his research extensive. And yet this is also the deadliest because when he is in fact proven wrong, he absolutely refuses to acknowledge it. It then keeps his mouth open, his ears shut, and his research inexistent."
"As humans, we unconsciously embrace the group’s beliefs and behaviors without questioning them or surrender to their opinions."
Dragos Bratasanu, Ph.D., Engineering Success: The True Meaning of Leadership and Team Building
"Don't let societies perceptions and opinions define who you are as a person. Where is it written that you cannot be great at more than one thing?"
"Pursue your goal. Opinions be damned."
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