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There is no doubt that Scott would tell you today that the job in Iraq has to be finished. Scott felt very strongly about what had to be done in Iraq and fully supported it. I used to pity anyone who had a different opinion about Iraq than my brother.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but if you believe in god, you're wrong.

Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational

What I've really learned is to be open to listen to other people's opinions and then question my own thoughts. And learn how to talk to people. The biggest gift from having one of these moments is that it gets people talking.

If you're not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.

In my opinion, the King's Gambit is busted. It loses by force.

Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.

Fear is the opposite of love, in my opinion.

The extra opinions and the extra praise is just a bonus, it's not the main thing. The main thing is how I feel about myself. And I feel really good about myself.

I'm constantly watching satirical news programs, and just - I never want to be in a situation where someone could yell out a topic and I will have absolutely no opinion on it whatsoever, or just not even know it exists.

Having had the good fortune to serve beside her on both courts, I can attest that her opinions are always thoroughly considered, always carefully crafted and almost always correct (which is to say we sometimes disagree). That much is apparent for all to see. What only her colleagues know is that her suggestions improve the opinions the rest of us write, and that she is a source of collegiality and good judgment in all our work.

We have in my opinion one of the finest race car drivers ever to kick off the season, and give us some leadership all of us need.

Organized religions in general, in my opinion, are dying forms,

Who cares if a movie star has an opinion unless the person is very well informed?

I'm not trying to say that people don't have the right opinion but I have to live my life. And I'm living it and I'm loving it.

I'm getting ready to change a lot of opinions about me.

We are talking about thousands of innocent lives being lost, about almost inevitable casualties among our own forces... and the alienation of moderate Muslim opinion across the world.

We're here to entertain, we're not here to change the opinion of the world; we're not here to teach (people), which is part of some of the other theaters' directives.

This process today made my opinion of the NCAA even more positive. This hearing today could not have been more fair. The panel members did their homework.

The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.

When you talk about the stimulus package, you can ask 1,000 different people and they - you will have 1,000 different opinions of what is the ideal stimulus package.

Opinion has a significance proportioned to the sources that sustain it.

Everybody's entitled to their own opinion.

The Public Chamber represents a wide range of public associations across the country. Many members of the Public Chamber are people who are well known and respected both in the country and abroad. There are all grounds for the Chamber to make its decisions, recommendations and initiatives fully reflect the opinion of the Russian public.

I have great confidence in you to do what you think best. State your opinion and always act with courage.

Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues it can begin to feel commonplace and eventually acceptable.

In my neighborhood, everyone had an opinion on the local cantor. You didn't go to a synagogue to listen to the rabbi's sermon. You went to listen to the cantor. It was like a concert.

Maturity: the confidence to have no opinions on many things.

It's an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it's very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.

He was uniformly of an opinion which, though not a popular one, he was ready to aver, that the right of governing was not property, but a trust.

What is true has never been a question to be decided by polls or popular opinion. Truth isn’t ‘democratic’—it’s something that God has written into the very fabric of nature.

We had been discussing with them, answering questions, but didn't know the attorney general would be issuing an opinion today.

We can no longer be fortress America. I think we, like other industries, have been slow in understanding the need to communicate what we're doing to the public and opinion makers.

We won't as a band, and we probably won't on the stage. But we will feel free to give our opinion in our personal lives. And we've always answered questions when people ask us, so we will not be afraid of that.

Without God and religion you don't have moral truth, you have moral opinion

First tell the truth, then give your opinion.

In my opinion, fundamentalist Christians are just as bad as fundamentalist Islam and, at the very core, neither religion is like that.

Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing.

I treat opinion polls with a pinch of sugar.

You'll never get anywhere unless you're independent of the good and bad opinion of others. Be fearless.

People have an opinion of Africa and it is not so good, but we have to let sport unite us all.

What I'd love to do would be to bring a person from the past to me. In that case I'd pick Jane Austen, because I'd like to know what really made her tick. It's my opinion that she was inhibited by her family and a desire to do the right thing. Away from all that, I believe she'd show new facets and enjoy the adventure.

We've never had an opinion on whether Livestock should or shouldn't be here. If they do have Livestock, they obviously have to have security there. That's where we come in.

We made a huge breakthrough today..., ... This is the appropriate time for all the Muslim and Arab countries to reconsider their relations with Israel. We think it will be a very positive signal to Israeli and Palestinian public opinion that there are some fruits from this withdrawal from Gaza.

Cats definitely have their own opinions.

We're completely comfortable with what our roles are right now. Mike's heavily involved in the offense, but he values my opinion and Sonny's opinion. I'm comfortable with what we're doing.

Men seldom take the opinion of their equal, or of a man like themselves, upon trust.

This so-called tolerance, which, in my opinion, is nothing but a huge indifference.

Luis Gonzalez has the respect of everybody in baseball, and his opinion is very valued. He's always been a character guy that we respect a lot. We felt that he brings everything we want on this team.

Make sure you have a different opinion and people will talk about you

Loving, vital, caring and diverse, with differences of opinion that are often strong. We continue to have a vital strong, worshiping, faith-based community.

Look, we had a difference of opinion about what happened, and we were both emotional. If she said she hit me on the temple with her fingers, that's fine. It doesn't matter.

Leaks are the bread and butter of politicians. There's a long and steady tradition of leaking information by politicians and their operatives to sway public opinion or otherwise inform the public about what may or may not happen.

Many of us noticed this accumulation of anger and frustration. In our public opinion polls it was very clear that there is a decline in the level of support to the peace process...

So far three probe reports were received and we are waiting for another one. After getting that report, we will take opinion from the legal experts and move forward with a compensation claim package.

Solidarity is of the opinion that New Holland is committing a grave error in doing away with so many jobs and in moving the manufacturing plant to Johannesburg.

She's gone out of her way to nurse an image that's more than just an antagonist of Fidel Castro. To her credit, she's been very effective and holds a valued opinion on a diverse range of topics.

Simon has no control over this. Just because he has gotten tough judges from the boys, doesn't mean anything. Their opinion doesn't matter. The callers' does.

Since declining over the past week, it is our opinion that the shares of each microprocessor supplier sufficiently discount potentially slower PC sell-through as well as the potential for aggressive pricing this winter. We continue to receive confirmation of strong notebook PC and server demand, even if desktops are less clear.

She did not question his advice nor did she realize she could seek an opinion from us.

Since it is an opinion poll and you're entitled to your opinion, there certainly is a possibility for an unusual vote.

Since Ripken stopped playing baseball, parents are always asking for his opinion on issues. We want the column to be more interactive than anything. We are trying to re-brand him from a baseball player to a youth sports expert.

She is in my opinion the best possible choice we could have for this position.

Mugabe has pushed his luck too far in terms of fighting the world. There's no way a country can live as an island and the fact that he's been defying both national and international opinion has had an effect on the general feelings within ZANU-PF,

May there be no difference of opinion or discord in a nation. May the intellect and thoughts of people create harmony.

Men should friendly confer together, and offer one another their gifts and knowledge in love, and try things one with another, and hold that which is best, and not so stand in their own opinion as if they could not err.

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

One of the things, one of the things that really got to me was the thing in Houston where you had the government, the mayor actually, trying to get the sermons of ministers. When the government tries to invade the church to enforce its own opinion on marriage, that's when it's time to resist.

Of all the Presidents I've served or observed, George W. Bush is the least receptive to the opinion of others. He has no interest in what others think and he doesn't listen to the advice of experts or professionals.

One wonders whether the government showed up with a court order or an opinion letter from the attorney general. The Bells should at the very least inquire about the law that governs their situation. I hope a conversation ensued after the government made the request.

More and more strategists are of the opinion that the Fed may be completely through.

Moreover, only a strong and united scientific opinion imposing the intrinsic value of scientific progress on society at large can elicit the support of scientific inquiry by the general public.

More important than the Milner Group's ability to influence opinion in the Dominions was its ability to influence decisions in London.

More than patching the gaps and loopholes of the Department of Justice settlement, this proposed set of remedies goes beyond that to really accurately reflect the spirit and letter of the Court of Appeals opinion and the law of this case,

My honest opinion is he can play at the higher level, and it's been surprising to me that he hasn't had more looks than he did. It's unfortunate, I think. He's a qualifier (academically). He's big enough. He's certainly strong enough, and I honestly think he proved himself.

Now we're going to find out the resilience of this White House. There's no question this is the single most difficult moment in public opinion that this White House has faced in office.

Obviously, the funds will be looking to speculate and make some money out of this. But I am still of the opinion that the spike might be somewhat short-lived.

Obviously, Buck's opinion is going to be heard, ... I think that's the case with all managers or at least it should be. But there will be a lot of people involved in all the decisions we make.

Revenues and net income for the quarter were negatively impacted primarily by lower motor home deliveries as a result of lower consumer confidence, which in our opinion is due mainly to the increase in fuel prices.

People will continue to have a negative opinion of police in this city. That goes back to some of the sins the department has been guilty of over the past 10 to 15 years.

Nixon had already resigned and the held opinion (in Hollywood) was 'No one cares. No one wants to hear about this. And I said, 'No, it's not about Nixon. It's about something else. It's about investigative journalism and hard work.

Ninety percent of the revenue generated in Australian cricket is off the back of the players. To even consider reducing investment in elite cricket makes absolutely no sense and in our opinion would have a direct effect on the success of the Australian team, and in turn the money available to actually redirect to community cricket.

On the basis of the investigative work we have done to date ... in my opinion the Provisional IRA were responsible for this crime,

I would have expected a much more inclusive process. If they are relying on inviting companies to participate in the process, how much diversity of opinion are they likely to achieve?

I worked with her for 15 years. In my opinion she is the best volleyball official in this part of the state. I know I can attribute my progress as a volleyball official because of working with officials like Kelly.

If they want to criticize us for having only one opinion on an issue instead of two or three, we'll take it.

If this initial opinion is confirmed, Fifa will have to change its rules.

I have had to learn to stop talking and start listening. Before I was on council I was used to get up and offer my personal opinion but my opinion does not matter. I also enjoy working with the people on council. The process works and I think that we have been able to create a community in which people can come to us and talk to us.

I have encouraged him to (speak out). My opinion is he has some facts to get straightened out. I don't know if he will or not.

I don't hate on any artist actually, not on boy bands, on nothing, it's just music and if you enjoy it then enjoy it. I just have my own opinion of what I like and so should everybody else. I don't try and make everybody else believe in my opinion, everybody's born differently you know, God created us all different.

I don't have an opinion of what they're doing. The practice of encouraging trade associations or private-sector firms with regard to their hiring practices is not something this office directs or is interested in directing.

I don't have a very high opinion of men, without doubt it is because I am one. Men and women live on two planets. I find it even bizarre that we can coexist.

I didn't give a legal opinion on any of the funds in question,

I don't dispute that we probably could have - quote, unquote - played the game. But for us, it went beyond playing the game. It involved the transportation of university employees and student-athletes in what in our opinion was not a safe environment.

I don't dispute that we probably could have - quote, unquote - played the game, ... But for us, it went beyond playing the game. It involved the transportation of university employees and student-athletes in what in our opinion was not a safe environment.

I'd like to take all the credit in the world, but he's a self-made player. I've never been around anybody (who) works as hard as him. He watched as much film, if not more, than I did. I wanted his opinion because he was such a student of the game.

I don't know what team plays better on the road than home. In my opinion in any league it's tough to accomplish wins on the road. We've got to go back to the drawing board. We've got another road game (at Missouri) and we'll try to win it.

I don't care if you're a guy named Tom and drink eight six-packs a day, you're still going to have an opinion of someone who walks into a room wearing a bad outfit. Anything that you can see a before and an after, if you can watch the process in between, that's something that's going to be of interest to anyone.

I do not view this as a negative opinion from a corporate governance standpoint. It should not make those who ignore their responsibilities happy nor should it discourage those who seek greater levels of oversight of directors,

I am going to Australia next week to have a specialist's opinion on the two injured knees and if they advise an operation then I will go through it and hopefully get fit for the England tour.