We have seen enough criminality on the part of government. It is hypocritical to make this allegation against me. They have narrowed the public sphere of influence.
I do feel a certain love from the British public.
I hate publicists and publicity. But I love the people.
Books and harlots have their quarrels in public.
Sometimes I think you don't really believe the things you say; you just like the sound of yourself having opinions.
Bad dogs, she believed, were like most bad children: created by those around them. But then, that was a personal opinion.
Well, it all comes to this, there's no use trying to live in other people's opinions. The only thing to do is to live in our own.
The most fruitful and natural exercise for our minds is, in my opinion, conversation.
Insecure people have a special sensitivity for anything that finally confirms their own low opinion of themselves.
Science [is] that wonderfully convenient personification of the opinions, at a certain date, of Professors X, Y, and Z....
Don't waste your energy trying to change opinions ... Do your thing, and don't care if they like it.
At an age when most youngsters are preparing for their GCSEs, I was suddenly a jet-setter, briefly the toast of Hollywood and London's West End. My immature wishes and naive opinions were treated with respect.
In every age there has been a stream of popular opinion that has carried all before it, and given a family character, as it were, to the century.
There are a lot of female artists my age around at the moment, but they're all American and blonde and blue-eyed and smiley. I'm totally the opposite of that. I want to show a bit more attitude and I have an opinion.
A woman tells her doctor, 'I've got a bad back.' The doctor says, 'It's old age.' The woman says, 'I want a second opinion.' The doctor says: 'Okay - you're ugly as well.'
From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's duty to do all that lay in his power to leave his country as good as he had found it.
The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.
All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
Everyone goes to the same exhibitions and the same parties, stays in the same handful of hotels, eats at the same no-star restaurants, and has almost the same opinions. I adore the art world, but this is copycat behavior in a sphere that prides itsel...
I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.
Opinions are like kittens," he commented. "People are always giving them away.
