#pinions

Opinions are to the vast apparatus of social existence what oil is to machines: one does not go up to a turbine and pour machine oil over it; one applies a little to hidden spindles and joints that one has to know. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

#applies #does #existence #go #hidden

Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

#judgments #matter #only #opinions #private

Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one but they think each others stink. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#opinions

Poetry asks people to have values, form opinions, care about some other part of experience besides making money and being successful on the job. ↗

— Toi Derricotte

#asks #being #besides #care #experience

The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. ↗

— William Blake

#breeds #his #like #man #mind

I don't listen to people's opinions. I have people around me who I can trust, but most of all I listen to myself. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#i #i can #listen #me #most

The Internet is a big place where a lot of people can voice their opinions, and my mother chooses to pick fights with random people from all over the world who don't have the nicest things to say about me. ↗

— Chris Evans

#big #chooses #fights #internet #lot

I've worked with a lot of first-time directors who kind of look to me for ideas and opinions and stuff, and I'm a team player. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#first-time #i #ideas #kind #look

I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#always #i #my own #opinions #own

The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#avoid #each #formulae #letting #make