“The loss of candor is grievous, and in my opinion it may yet prove to be mortal, because if we cannot discuss our problems in plain speech that describes reality, it is unlikely that we will be able to solve them.” IfsMayProblemRealityTruthAbleLossOpinionProveSpeechSolveMortalsUnlikelyCandor Author:Alexander Haig
“... I feel certain that his tale is true. Feeling that certainty, I befriend him. As long as that certainty shall last, I will befriend him. And if any consideration could shake me in this resolve, I should be so ashamed of myself for my meanness, that no man's good opinion - no, nor no woman's - so gained, could compensate me for the loss of my own.” IfsMenFeelsShouldLongFeelingsLastsCertainMy OwnLossOpinionWords Of WisdomTalesCertaintyAshamedShakesConsiderationResolveMeannessTrue Feelings Book:The Complete Works of Charles Dickens: Edwin Drood and Miscellaneous Source: The Complete Works of Charles Dickens: Edwin Drood and Miscellaneous
“It appears that there are enormous differences of opinion as to the probability of a failure with loss of vehicle and of human life. The estimates range from roughly 1 in 100 to 1 in 100,000. The higher figures come from the working engineers, and the very low figures from management.” HumansDifferencesLossOpinionFiguresHigherLowsManagementSafetyEnormousRangeHuman LifeAviationVehicleEngineersProbabilityDifferences Of Opinion Book:What Do You Care What Other People Think? Source: What Do You Care What Other People Think?
“The greatest disaster of all was after all the difficulties and loss of life and expenditures, President [Barak] Obama walked away, in 2011, and it is a disaster. And now we've got half of Iraq under the ISIS control and terrorists, and Iran has moved in because we weren't there, and they've taken more influence. Just a few thousand troops, in my opinion, would have avoided that.” PresidentLossHalfOpinionTakenInfluenceThousandDifficultyMovedIraqDisasterTerroristIranTroopsAvoidedIsisExpendituresBarak Obama Author:Jeff Sessions
“If the quality of professional materials continues to erode or even dries up, then many of us silver photographers would have to follow the digital tidal wave. It certainly wouldn't be the end of the world, but in my opinion, having no silver material available would be a huge loss to photography.” IfsWorldEndsWould BeLossQualityOpinionMaterialsHugePhotographyPhotographerWaveAvailableDigitalSilverEnd Of The WorldErodeTidal Waves Author:Michael Kenna
“Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.” NeedsLostLossOpinionConcern Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld