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The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit.

The world will step aside for nearly anyone who has the courage of his of her opinions.

It is only in the case of the Priestly Code that opinions differ widely; for it tries hard to imitate the costume of the Mosaic period, and, with whatever success, to disguise its own.

The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet with an old man whose opinions are not ossified.

The more opinions you have, the less you see.

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.

By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Bill Mitchell said he really liked it. But when he asked the other four their opinions, we all took one look at ourselves in our raggedy long winter coats and cracked up. We knew we weren't likely to tempt anyone or anything, but what the hell, it was as good a name as any.

I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have. I receive the opinions of my day. I do not conceive them. But I receive them into a vivid mind.

Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in.

My opinions and principles are subjects of just criticism. I put myself before the public voluntarily.

No matter what it is, if you get 10 people in the business talking about something, you get 10 different opinions, but you know, they're amazingly well informed.

There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man or woman of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea.

It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.

All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.

The hired preachers of all sects, creeds, and religions, never do, and never can, teach any thing but what is in conformity with the opinions of those who pay them.

Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against.

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.