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Opinion Quotes

Where truth ends and opinion begins.

These opinion quotes contrast absolute truth with opinion filtered through mood and disposition, and note how much law depends on public opinion behind it. See our Good quotes for more.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

Agatha Christie

We always reference kids but very rarely ask their opinion. Our inexperience might be what gives us the ability to teach our elders something, due to the fact that we are not jaded or cynical.

Quotes by Adora Svitak

The time you are happy to sit on the bench, is the time you should retire in my opinion.

Quotes by Adebayo Akinfenwa

The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of opinion and detail, is the one that must rule all observation.

Quotes by Adam Smith

Best Quotes

I think speed climbing is kind of an artificial discipline. Climbers compete on the same holds and train on the same holds, which doesn't have much in common with the climbing philosophy in my opinion.

Quotes by Adam Ondra

Czech people are quite hard to get to know, in my opinion.

Quotes by Adam Ondra

My goal as a comedian is to sway people's opinion. It's not my only goal and it's not the only way I measure myself.

Quotes by Adam Conover

It's tempting to engage in anti-gun polemics and hope that popular opinion will dramatically shift, but it is also likely a mistake. The smarter course for those who want stronger federal gun-control laws anytime soon is legislative stewardship and compromise.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.

Abraham Lincoln

Good Quotes

My mother came to see me in a play when I was a student, and afterwards, I asked her what she thought. She said, 'Honest opinion? No.'

Quotes by Abi Morgan

The beauty of our country is that when it was founded that they took some time to lay out civil liberties in the first 10 Amendments - the Bill of Rights. I'm a firm believer in those civil liberties and...

Quotes by Aaron Rodgers

I think that, as athletes, sometimes we have the opportunities to make an impact. When it's authentic, I think there's room to share your opinion in an appropriate way.

Quotes by Aaron Rodgers

I never let nothing ever get to me. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

Quotes by Aaron Donald

Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.

Quotes by A. R. Ammons

Like Quotes

I know how easy it is for some minds to glide along with the current of popular opinion, where influence, respectability, and all those motives which tend to seduce the human heart are brought to bear.

Quotes by Benjamin F. Wade

There was an opinion expressed in the newspapers that, after 20 years, maybe the Israel Philharmonic should consider asking me to leave. I thought they might have a point, so I asked my orchestra. They told me overwhelmingly that they...

Quotes by Zubin Mehta

I have a high opinion of Andy Dalton. Going back to 2010, I think I watched every single snap he played at TCU his senior year when I was at Texas A&M.

Quotes by Zac Taylor

My opinion is I can get open against anybody.

Quotes by Zach Ertz

Politicians around the world are very different, but they all have one thing in common: The first thing they respond to is public opinion.

Quotes by Yair Lapid

Me Quotes

Facts cannot be replaced by opinion.

Quotes by Yair Lapid

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the difference between truth and opinion, according to these quotes?
One quote puts it memorably: "Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator." The underlying truth doesn't change, but each person's opinion of it is colored by their own mood, background, and point of view. For more lines like this, see our Good quotes.
Why does one quote link law to public opinion?
Because rules on paper only carry weight if people stand behind them: "Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion." It argues that a law needs genuine, living public support to actually mean anything. Explore more strong lines in our Best quotes collection.
Is there a quote about making space for a range of opinions?
Yes - one speaks of a responsibility "to ensure that all alumni know their voices are heard and valued, and to surface the range of opinion they represent." It's about actively representing many viewpoints rather than just one. You might also Like quotes on similar themes of being heard.
What's the story behind the orchestra quote?
It's a personal anecdote: after reading "an opinion expressed in the newspapers that, after 20 years, maybe the Israel Philharmonic should consider asking me to leave," the speaker decided to ask the orchestra itself for its view instead of assuming the newspaper was right. See our Me quotes for more first-person reflections.
Are these quotes more about personal opinion or public opinion?
A mix of both - some describe personal, individual views (like how truth is filtered through "the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator"), while others focus on opinion as a public, collective force, like the quote on law needing "a warm, living public opinion" behind it.

A couple of lines also touch on knowing when to step back and listen, echoing our Like and Me quotes.