We know from the judgment and decision-making literature that once we have formed an opinion, that opinion is likely to stick and we're going to look selectively for evidence supporting our hypothesis.
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ELLIOT WEINSTEIN He is entitled to his opinion. We can only say that we have no concrete evidence that an attack is p...
CHRISTIAN SACHS Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when ...
SIR JOHN LUBBOCK Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when ...
JOHN LUBBOCK Man is more likely to believe an opinion that he wanted to hear … than a fact that he wishes was a...
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we wer...
JOHN STUART MILL We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and even if w...
JOHN STUART MILL We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and even if ...
JOHN STUART MILL The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have ...
EDITH SITWELL The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have ...
DAME EDITH SITWELL Prejudice is an opinion without judgment
VOLTAIRE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice.
MICHAEL CRICHTON Everyone is going to have an opinion and Dennis is a long way far removed from the team,
ADAM GILCHRIST We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers.
KURT COBAIN Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because...
SOREN KIERKEGAARD We have met again today with Blue Cross. We are making progress, in our opinion.
JEFF SIEGEL We will study the opinion and make a decision on how to proceed.
JEFFREY GAMSO We were aware of that opinion and thought it was being applied. That is certainly part of our invest...
RUSS MARLAN The Bible consistently and directly indicates that when we give generously, we're serving, honoring,...
CRAIG GROESCHEL Our opinion, and all of the experts that we have consulted with, and all of the analysis that we hav...
JACQUES GANSLER If you aren't going to factor in public opinion, then don't take it. Don't waste our time. You asked...
DIANE DUTHWEILER We found no evidence to support that hypothesis.
DEBORAH BARNES The truth is, if we have our own reasons for doing something - reasons that we endorse - we're m...
DAN PINK All what we think and know is an illusion. Nothing exists. Everything is an opinion.
ASH VAZ It is my opinion that everything must be based on a simple idea. And it is my opinion that this idea...
JOHN ARCHIBALD WHEELER Her problem is that people seem to have formed their opinions and they're not changing their opinion...
DAVID JOHNSON Everyone has an opinion and today the Internet allows everyone to express that opinion and it become...
MICHAEL MILKEN It's (Sideman's) opinion and the search committee's opinion that we are following proper procedure h...
ANNE BARTON The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.
BERTRAND RUSSELL The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.
UTTERLY RUSSELL All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w...
JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It...
COLSON WHITEHEAD What we know from the brain research is that kids and alcohol don't mix. It impacts their frontal lo...
DIANE RIIBE That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it.
EMINEM When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I'll l...
COLIN POWELL It does take great maturity to understand that the opinion we are arguing for is merely the hypothes...
MILAN KUNDERA The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd;...
BERTRAND RUSSELL Tough girls come from New York. Sweet girls, they're from Georgia. But us Kentucky girls, we have fi...
ASHLEY JUDD We were grateful that the NCPA recognized the reporting staff's work in our most important role, tha...
BILL MOSS We have taken account of all aspects, including scientific evidence, but it is clear that public opi...
CATHY MARET Sure, girls from New York, they are tough. And girls from Georgia, they are sweet. But those born an...
ASHLEY JUDD In science, address the few, in literature, the many. In science, the few must dictate opinion to th...
EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON Warren, isn't it fair to say that if we did have an opinion, we wouldn't tell him?
WARREN BUFFETT She is sugar, curiosity, and rain.
E. LOCKHART Obviously, this is a new issue and not something that was anticipated. We're going to have to wait a...
JASON KEADJIAN I don't know of anybody's political bias at CBS News. We try very hard to get any opinion that we ha...
LESLEY STAHL The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd;...
BERTRAND RUSSELL The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd;...
BERTRAND RUSSELL The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd;...
BERTRAND RUSSELL Our choice is between cynicism and hope. Hope is a decision you make. Hope means believing in spite ...
JIM WALLIS Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an...
LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD I'm not saying they're innocent or guilty, because I don't know. But many of us have formed an opini...
JOYCE FOREMAN Polls are inaccurate in my opinion, based upon anecdotal evidence, based upon people that I know.
HERMAN CAIN And, if we have any evidence that the wisdom which formed the plan is in the man, we have the very s...
THOMAS REID NAEP is like going to the doctor for a second opinion. There's some encouraging news in this, but we...
CHARLES SMITH Nurses look for environments to work where they're valued and respected and they look for an environ...
DIANA RUSSELL The fewer facts you have in support of an opinion, the stronger your emotional attachment to that o...
ANONYMOUS We'll have to look at it. It's too early to have an opinion.
LUC DESPINS We respond once we have had a call. We will usually dispatch officers to the scene and look for any ...
BRUCE MARTIN The average adult has had sex innumerable times more than they have formed an opinion of their own.
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA We'll wait for an opinion from the attorney general before we make any decisions.
MICAH RASMUSSEN Sure, girls from New York, they are tough. And girls from Georgia, they are sweet. But those born an...
ASHLEY JUDD We are going to mint new astronauts from all communities. We want to influence public policy and opi...
DYLAN TAYLOR Poverty cannot deprive us of many consolations. It cannot rob us of the affection we have for each o...
ANN RADCLIFFE I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.
SIR THOMAS BEECHAM I don't know what people are talking about. They should not confuse a difference of opinion that we ...
DAVES GUZHA Ultimately, from both sides' standpoint, it's a tactical maneuver in order to get a shot at what the...
LEIGH DREWRY The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the...
MICHAEL HARRIS Convinced that we're living the whole time that we're dying.
We decide to go out walking the wh...
TEGAN QUIN And I have to say, for the record, my favorite line from 'Without A Clue' is after Michael C...
JAMES RODAY Since it is an opinion poll and you're entitled to your opinion, there certainly is a possibility fo...
BOB BURDA The fewer clear facts you have in support of an opinion, the stronger your emotional attachment to t...
ANONYMOUS The problem with today’s world is that everyone believes they have the right to express their opin...
BRIAN COX A majority opinion does not represent the ultimate decision because such a view is not unanimous and...
DUOP CHAK WUOL It's an absolute blessing that this would happen to us. In my opinion, this is the last negative thi...
DON COLLINS One of the bigger mistakes of our time, I suppose, was preaching the demonization of all judgment wi...
CRISS JAMI You have to listen to the people who have a negative opinion as well as those who have positive opin...
CARLOS GHOSN See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be
E. LOCKHART You have to have an environment where your opinion is OK. Green Bay is learning how to be diverse. W...
DARRYL BUCK Once we get our goals going, then we start to get rolling. We know that Jacksonville has come back f...
BARKSDALE THOMPSON In fact, that's one of the reasons that the team, most likely, was let go last June, is that we had ...
GRETCHEN WEHMHOFF The Supreme Court ultimately will rule on COPA, and we look forward to the day when we can receive t...
JAMES GREENWOOD Congress has taken her opinion -- and they know it's simply opinion -- and dressed it up as fact, an...
BRUCE HILER Everyone has a right to an opinion. I can arrive in England and express my opinion. If criticism wer...
JOSE MOURINHO Do not fear to be excentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
BERTRAND RUSSELL Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
BERTRAND RUSSELL Government, is the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, ...
MACKENZIE KING I think that if we don't embrace these new conclusions we're doing a disservice to younger women. My...
ANDREW HYLAND This was a great win for our team. We really fought the whole way and made the decision that we were...
PAM TANNER Destiny consist in the moments that we experienced, and not in the choices we have to do.
DANIEL MELGAçO We know that kids with quality early learning opportunities are more likely to graduate from high sc...
BILL RICHARDSON Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our...
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, ...
MACKENZIE KING We continually say things to support an opinion, which we have given, that in reality we don't a...
FRANCES BURNEY Our thoughts and opinions forever evolve, We whole heartedly believed in something once, But today o...
RACHEL-ERIKA HENDERSON Whenever we hear an opinion and believe it, we make an agreement, and it becomes part of our belief ...
MIGUEL RUIZ We are far from perfect but willing to be different.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgement when...
JOHN LUBBOCK