Free thought means fearless thought. It is not deterred by legal penalties, nor by spiritual consequences. Dissent from the Bible does not… — George Holyoake Copy Share Image
Majority decisions tend to be made without engaging the systematic thought and critical thinking skills of the individuals in the group. Given… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right.… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
The observations and encounters of a solitary, taciturn man are vaguer and at the same times more intense than those of a… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
Virtually all political discourse in the days of my youth was devoted to the ferreting out of hypocrisy... Because they were hypocrites,… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Why would anybody be intimidated by mere words? I mean, neither I nor any other athiest that I know ever threatens violence.… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Career is the stringing together of opportunities and jobs. Mix in public opinion and past regrets. Add a dash of future panic… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I never like the question about letter grades, but I think Trump is failing. I think that every day there's another set… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Tonally, there was no discussion; I just don’t know any other way to do it. I don’t want to make people feel… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
... you must hasten to oppose pernicious pride of mind, before it penetrates into the marrow of your bones. Resist it, curb… — Lorenzo Scupoli Copy Share Image
Forks often arise from differences of opinion in the direction of a project. And tokens are increasingly a mechanism for voting on… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
You can t, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty. And… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
I look upon cancer in the same way that I look upon heart disease, arthritis, high blood pressure, or even obesity, for… — Julian Whitaker Copy Share Image
One of the most productive things that we ever do in our lives is to think. To be able to think is… — Sterling W Sill Copy Share Image
If by the liberty of the press were understood merely the liberty of discussing the propriety of public measures and political opinions,… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The task of the political philosopher can only be to influence public opinion, not to organize people for action. He will do… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
When I was a kid I really didn't have my own opinions and then sort of transformed into this angel which is… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
In my opinion, the actors I admire the most are also character actors - the Dustin Hoffmans and the Robert De Niros.… — William Sadler Copy Share Image
Peggy Noonan is not as good a columnist as my colleague Kathleen Parker, in my opinion, but they share something related to… — Gene Weingarten Copy Share Image
It is not the fault of the slaveholder that he is cruel, so much as it is the fault of the system… — Solomon Northup Copy Share Image
It's funny how a random person can come up to us with their opinion on a subject and we just pass it… — Adar Burks Copy Share Image
I have never conceived that having been in public life required me to belie my sentiments, or to conceal them. Opinion and… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Playing is much, much harder than composing in my opinion, becoming a player. If you want to be a player for all… — John Powell Copy Share Image
I see a lot of actors that are doing things to please their coaches, their teachers in the past. They say 'No'… — Terry Crews Copy Share Image
I got comments about being too small, too short, there haven't been any Asian players and who am I to go out… — Michael Chang Copy Share Image
This is God's standards [against same-sex marriage and abortions]. And just because public opinion may have changed or somebody takes a poll… — Franklin Graham Copy Share Image
Today Lord I am going to do my best with Your help and for Your glory. I realize that there are many… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
We have no participation in Being, because all human nature is ever midway between being born and dying, giving off only a… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
10 things a girl probably doesn't know about a guy : 1. Guys are more emotional then they think, if they loved… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One person reads the book, and cannot help telling a friend. That is vastly superior to any kind of advertisement, or clever… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Anyone who has the habit of speaking before God's majesty as if he were speaking to a slave, careless about how he… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
But the best, in my opinion, was the home life in the little flat--the ardent, voluble chats after the day's study; the… — O. Henry Copy Share Image
I do think some games are works of art, although their medium is visual rather than verbal. Both games and novels allow… — Allegra Goodman Copy Share Image
No one asks how or what I am doing. They could not care less. We’re all looking glasses, we girls, existing only… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I seldom get self-righteous, and even when I am being impolite (almost always on purpose - there's an art to insulting people,… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of men change also; and as government is for the living,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
If critics and competitors can't match your results, they will often denigrate the way you achieve them. Fast, intuitive types are called… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
At the evident risk of seeming ridiculous, I want to begin by saying that I have tried for much of my life… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The point in the report is that you shouldn't say to somebody just because they're Jewish, you must have an opinion on… — Jeremy Corbyn Copy Share Image
Maybe one thing that has happened is that the claims of non-partisanship of the mainstream media have been a little bit exploded.… — William Kristol Copy Share Image