“There is never any fair and thorough discussion of heretical opinions... The greatest harm done is to those who are not heretics, and whose whole mental development is cramped and their reason cowed, by the fear of heresy.” ReasonDoneWholeOpinionDevelopmentSpeechFairsHarmOppressionDiscussionHeresyThoroughHereticFree Thought Book:On Liberty Source: On Liberty
“Let us confess a truth, humiliating to human pride; - a very small part only of the opinions of the coolest philosopher are the result of fair reasoning; the rest are formed by his education, his temperament, by the age in which he lives, by trains of thought directed to a particular track through some accidental association - in short, by prejudice.” HumansAgeResultsOpinionParticularPrideFairsPrejudiceTrainTrackPhilosopherReasoningLive ByAssociationTemperamentHumiliatingSmall PartsTrain Of Thought Book:Anna Letitia Barbauld: Selected Poetry and Prose Source: Anna Letitia Barbauld: Selected Poetry and Prose
“For public opinion does not admit that lofty rapturous laughter is worthy to stand beside lofty lyrical emotion and that there isall the difference in the world between it and the antics of a clown at a fair.” WorldDoeDifferencesEmotionOpinionLaughterFairsWorthyClownPublic OpinionLoftyLyricalAntics Author:Nikolai Gogol
“Don't talk to me about appealing to the public. I am done with the public, for the present anyway. The public reads the headlines and that is all. The story itself is fair and shows the facts. That would be all right if the public read the facts. But it does not. It reads the headlines and listens to the demagogues and that's the stuff public opinion is made of.” IfsDoeMadeDoneFactsStoriesShowsWould BeStuffOpinionFairsPublic OpinionHeadlinesTalk To MeDon't Talk To Me Author:J. P. Morgan
“And to be fair, most documentaries are half an hour too long, anyway. Let's not kid ourselves. Most movies are an hour too long. I will say that the internet has changed everything in terms of distribution and because of iTunes and other outlets like that, length is no longer something you really think about, in my opinion. It's irrelevant.” ThinkingLongKidsTermHoursHalfOpinionChangedInternetFairsLengthDocumentariesIrrelevantDistributionOutletsItunes Author:Nicolas Winding Refn