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In my opinion, Lenny Bruce was more of an influence on Zappa's satirical lyric's than anyone that I know of.

People think of us as an information distributor because that's how they relate to the Internet. But most of the time people already have pretty well established opinions.

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

If public opinion still endorses military action that's one thing, but if they wait maybe it will not. So it's not only impatience, but there are several other factors.

In my opinion, fun is what makes advertising successful.

I think we have a fascinating new and quite dominant input into politics - and it wont go away. From time to time, people articulate a view that we should ban opinion polls, but that's nonsense.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

It's insulting to ask a dramatist what his view of his play is. I have no opinion.

It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own.

I don't think the Constitution is studied almost anywhere, including law schools. In law schools, what they study is what the court said about the Constitution. They study the opinions. They don't study the Constitution itself.

Business leaders shape public opinion.

The course of business shapes public opinion.

Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.

I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball his opinions.

In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.

It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to keep it.

The World War broke out with such elemental violence, and with such resort to all means for leading or misleading public opinion, that no time was available for reflection and consideration.

Grandparents who want to be truly helpful will do well to keep their mouths shut and their opinions to themselves until these are requested.

While it's very hard to know exactly how to measure public opinion there, because there's no really good polling, the fact of the matter is that in all the polls I've seen the vast majority of the Iraqis prefer to be free and are pleased that the coalition freed them.

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.