“That the Op-Ed page is very important in readers' and the nation's perception of the Times, the perception of its editorial positions, and of its implicit editorial positions as expressed by the publisher's choice of people who are given the freedom to write opinion columns.” PeopleWritingImportantChoicesGivenNationsOpinionPositionReaderPerceptionPagesPublishersColumnsEditorialsImplicit Author:Daniel Okrent
“When a company is able to establish a dominant market position, consumers lose meaningful choices. You might not like that Facebook shares your political opinions with Politico, but are you really going to delete all the photos, all the posts, all the connections - the presence you’ve spent years establishing on the world’s dominant social network?” WorldYearsMightAblePoliticalChoicesSocialLosesCompanyOpinionSharePositionConnectionsMeaningfulPostsConsumersDominantSocial NetworkPolitical Opinions Author:Al Franken
“To have a very strong opinion all the time is corrosive to a person's intellect. It becomes your default position.” PersonsStrongOpinionPositionIntellectVery StrongDefaultStrong Opinions Author:Denise Mina
“I think only a person who's studied WITH someone for many years is in a position to voice a true opinion about a particular teacher.” ThinkingYearsPersonsVoiceOpinionTeacherPositionParticularEnlightened Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is not easy to describe the present position of legal opinion on advertising and free speech. Only a poet can capture the essence of chaos.” EasyOpinionPositionPoetSpeechEssenceChaosAdvertisingCaptureFree Speech Author:Bill Vaughan
“I'm giving a lot of opinions, but I don't give any advice. I'm 31 and I'm not married and having kids. I'm five-foot-three. I weigh, like, 150 pounds and I'm not in this position to be telling people how to live.” PeopleGivingKidsThreeOpinionFiveFeetAdvicePositionMarriedPoundsHaving Kids Author:Mindy Kaling
“But an escape less self-depreciating was taken by Lord Westbury, who, it is said, rebuffed a barrister's reliance upon an earlier opinion of his Lordship: "I can only say that I am amazed that a man of my intelligence should have been guilty of giving such an opinion". If there are other ways of gracefully and good-naturedly surrendering former views to a better considered position, I invoke them all.” IfsMenWayGivingShouldHas BeensSaidI CanSelfViewsLordOpinionTakenPositionShould HaveGuiltyFormerAmazedRelianceShould Have BeenInvokeLordshipBarristers Author:Robert H. Jackson
“Emmitt Smith is in a position, in my opinion, where he should be the highest-paid running back in football. He's a guy who has gone out and led the league in rushing and been productive.” ShouldRunningGuyOpinionGonePositionFootballHighestPaidLeagueProductiveRushingRunning Back Author:Emmitt Smith
“The reasoning isn't crazy. It's technically correct. If you're being true to the idea that government must not take positions on religious questions, then the Ninth Circuit opinion is quite persuasive.” IfsIdeasGovernmentReligiousOpinionAtheismCrazyPositionPositive AtheismBeing TrueReasoningCircuitsPersuasive Author:Jack Balkin
“He doesn't need advice on how to play his position, but he needs advice on how to play team ball... If it's going to be my team, I'll voice my opinion. If he don't like it, he can opt out.” IfsNeedsPlayVoiceOpinionTeamAdvicePositionBasketballBallsLakers Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“As the networks evolve, so do my opinions toward them, and my divergent feelings bring out conflicting points of view. In advance, I apologize to those who expect a consistent position from me.” FeelingsViewsOpinionPositionPoint Of ViewEvolveConsistentApologizingDivergentI Apologize Author:Clifford Stoll
“Insofar as theology is an attempt to define and clarify intellectual positions, it is apt to lead to discussion, to differences of opinion, even to controversy, and hence to be divisive. And this has had a strong tendency to dampen serious discussion of theological issues in most groups, and hence to strengthen the general anti-intellectual bias.” StrongDifferencesChristianityOpinionIssuesGroupsPositionSeriousIntellectualTheologyTendenciesDiscussionBiasControversyTheologicalDifferences Of Opinion Author:Bill Vaughan
“I don't get the impression that most sources of media - like television and movies - are trying to get out a positive message, necessarily. My impression is they're trying to get a message out that promotes their personal opinion, position or belief and they're trying to do something that makes money. They want to turn a buck.” WantTryingTurnsBeliefOpinionMediaPositionTelevisionSourceMessagesImpressionMaking MoneyBucksPersonal OpinionsPositive Messages Author:Max Lucado
“This party will not take its position based on public opinion polls. We will not take a stand based on focus groups. We will not take a stand based on phone-in shows or householder surveys or any other vagaries of pubic opinion.” ShowsPartyOpinionFocusGroupsPositionPhonesPublic OpinionPollsSurveysOpinion PollsFocus Groups Author:Stephen Harper
“The first opinion that occurs to us when we are suddenly asked about something is usually not our own but only the current one pertaining to our class, position, or parentage; our own opinions seldom swim on the surface.” FirstsOpinionClassPositionCurrentsSurfaceSwimSwimming Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“He who is usually self-sufficient becomes exceptionally vain and keenly alive to fame and praise when he is physically ill. The more he loses himself the more he has to endeavor to regain his position by means of the opinion of others.” MeanSelfLosesOpinionAlivePositionFamePraiseIllIllnessVanityVainSufficientEndeavorSelf Sufficient Book:Writings of Nietzsche: Volume III Source: Writings of Nietzsche: Volume III
“There is nothing that strengthens the ego more than being right. Being right is identification with a mental position - a perspective, an opinion, a judgement, a story. For you to be right, of course, you need someone else to be wrong, as so the ego loves to make wrong in order to be right.” NeedsStoriesOrderCoursesOpinionPositionPerspectiveEgoJudgementIdentification Book:A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose Source: A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
“Steinberg occupies a position that is very dear to those of us who've held it over the years: sports columnist at The Post. If all he wants to do is be popular--and I think Dan is better than that--then the readers of The Washington Post sports section won't be very well served. Telling readers how great they are as sports fans was never one of my priorities. The only thing worse than people who can't stand to hear an unpopular or unflattering opinion is those that are too afraid to state one.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantYearsWellsStatesSportsOpinionFansPositionReaderDearPrioritiesPostsSectionsColumnistsSports Fan Author:Michael Wilbon
“I have no respect for the right-to-life position. But when you legislate personal belief, you're in violation of freedom of religion. The Catholic Church may espouse its opinion on abortion to the members of its congregation. But they are in violation of separation of church and state when they try to proselytize their abortion politics on people who are not Catholics.” PeopleTryingMayStatesBeliefChurchOpinionPositionMembersCatholicSeparationAbortionViolationChurch And StateCatholic ChurchSeparation Of Church And StateCongregationNo RespectFreedom Of ReligionRight To LifePersonal Beliefs Author:John Irving
“One group of scholars or persons, most of them politically motivated, say the Holocaust occurred. Then there is the group of scholars who represent the opposite position and have therefore been imprisoned for the most part. Hence, an impartial group has to come together to investigate and to render an opinion on this very important subject, because the clarification of this issue will contribute to the solution of global problems.” PersonsImportantProblemTogetherOpinionIssuesGroupsSubjectsPositionSolutionsOppositesMotivatedHolocaustScholarClarification Author:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
“I have what I call an iron prescription that helps me keep sane when I naturally drift toward preferring one ideology over another and that is: I say that I'm not entitled to have an opinion on this subject unless I can state the arguments against my position better than the people who support it. I think only when I've reached that state am I qualified to speak. This business of not drifting into extreme ideology is a very, very important thing in life” PeopleThinkingI CanImportantStatesHelpingSpeakOpinionSupportSubjectsPositionArgumentImportant ThingsExtremesIdeologyHelp MeIronSaneThings In LifeEntitledQualifiedPrescriptionsDrifting Author:Charlie Munger
“What on earth have a man's name, degree, academic position, and of all things, opinions, to do with whether a thing is true?” MenEarthNamesOpinionPositionDegreesAll ThingsAcademic Author:Hugh Nibley
“I have a very high opinion of Steve King and his ability, so I would encourage him to consider any position for higher office.” AbilityOpinionPositionKingsHigherOffice Author:Michele Bachmann
“Mean-spirited mediocrities, especially those with a smattering of learning, are the most likely to be opinionated. Only strong minds know how to correct their opinions and abandon a bad position.” KnowsMindMeanStrongOpinionKnow HowLearningPositionAbandonMediocritySpiritedOpinionatedMean SpiritedStrong Mind Author:Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable
“There have been so many examples of highly qualified judges of enormous integrity who lost their positions because they were in fact disabled from speaking out to defend a controversial opinion.” Has BeensFactsLostOpinionExamplePositionJudgingIntegrityEnormousQualifiedDisabledControversialSpeaking Out Author:Deborah Rhode