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A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion
A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion
As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to read more
As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion. Oftentimes, my own opinion will simply represent a con-sensus of what I heard in the discussion. I always remember the axiom: a leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.
Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, read more
One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny
Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.
Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.
It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!
It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!
If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight read more
If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him.
New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.
New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.
