Good Opinion Quotes
A good opinion is earned, not chased.
These quotes weigh the value of holding a good opinion in others' eyes against the risk of caring too much what people think. One line even praises artists who ignore reception entirely, a tension also explored in Believe quotes about self-conviction.
Jazz music and, more specifically, jazz musicians, are my artistic heroes. I want to be the Thelonious Monk of acting. He had no concern for how well he was received. He played whatever he wanted whenever he wanted. He just...
The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world.
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There is a solid satisfaction in one's having and being conscious that he merits the good opinion of men of true discernment and real worth. But to have a name among the weak and the wicked is shame and reproach.
I should have forfeited my own self-respect, and perhaps the good opinion of my countrymen, if I had failed to resent such an injury by calling the offender in question to a personal account.
Alcohol Quotes
Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts.
While I value the good opinion of my fellow citizens as highly as anyone, I may be permitted to say that I am governed by higher considerations than either the favor or the fear of man. I am impelled to...
All of the qualities that you need to be a good opinion columnist tend to be qualities that aren't valued in women.
What I have always wanted for myself is much more primitive. It is probably nothing more than the affection of the people with whom I am in contact, and their good opinion of me.
Art Quotes
Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.
