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.
The fact - not theory - that evolution has occurred and the Darwinian theory as to how it occurred have become so confused in popular opinion that the distinction must be stressed.
Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
While everyone has a right to his or her opinion, the people who are informed have more of a right.
The World War broke out with such elemental violence, and with such resort to all means for leading or misleading public opinion, that no time was available for reflection and consideration.
I hate the iPhone. I love the BlackBerry - BlackBerry wins in my opinion. The iPhone is a toy.
No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.
None of us whether Men or Women but have so good an Opinion of our own Conduct as to believe we are fit, if not to direct others, at least to govern our selves.
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.
A team championship doesn't happen because three people score 10s, it happens because all the guys score well. In my opinion, everyone deserved 10s, we're all 10s on this team.
Comedy is hard. Any idiot can have an opinion.
The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to a hasty opinion rather than undergo it.
The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.
I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone.
I have a strong sense of myself. That gives me a sense of security, you know? If I define myself by things that are always changing, like the public's opinion, or what I'm wearing, or what job I'm doing, there's no stability in that.
In my opinion, Lenny Bruce was more of an influence on Zappa's satirical lyric's than anyone that I know of.
I only gave out my opinion that same sex marriage is against the law of God.
I feel no need and have no desire to give any attention to other people's opinion of me.
I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.
Sinatra, in my opinion, is possibly the greatest male singer of all time.
My personal opinion is that I'm in the media too much. I'm not a politician, I'm a businessman. I would like to be without any extra visibility.
'2016' is based on an experiment: what if you let Obama do it himself? That experiment is necessarily limited because I'm not factoring in a Republican House, a Supreme Court or the tug of public opinion.
You know, it's really strange now with the Internet, with everyone having an unsolicited, anonymous opinion.
If you're an English actor and turn up in America, they don't have an opinion about where you sit. They have no idea what auditions to send you to, so they send you to everything.
Moreover, only a strong and united scientific opinion imposing the intrinsic value of scientific progress on society at large can elicit the support of scientific inquiry by the general public.
The world is governed by opinion.
If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But to say it's too complex is to insult the intelligence of the so-called young.
I had the best example set by my parents for what a couple can - and, in my opinion, should - be.
Sam Nunn might bring us Georgia and maybe even another Southern state but, in my opinion, at an unacceptable cost to our principles and to the concept of change that has stirred millions to rise and work for Barack Obama. Sam Nunn would be a disaster as a running mate and a total anathema to millions of Americans.
Everybody is different. Some people like to share more. I just wouldn't want to spoil someone's opinion of me by them knowing me as a person instead of an artist.
In my opinion, Jesus is God's attempt to reach man. But while I believe Jesus is the way to God, it makes no sense to hate people who disagree.
In my opinion, theater shouldn't give advice to citizens.
Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.
I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?
I liked Kennedy. So far, he is the only American president who could talk with me and with whom I could talk. I know Johnson, but I have not yet a clear opinion of him.
