You are not entitled to your opinion.



“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.” -Harlan Ellison

“Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry...” -Thomas Jefferson

“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.” -Isaac Asimov

“Nothing is more conductive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all.” -Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

“If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance.” -Thomas à Kempis


... originally posted August, 2014

9 comments:

  1. Oh...thanks. I love these quotations. Got to save them, especially Ellison's and Asimov's.

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  2. These quotes are great food for thought, Bob. For me, quotes by Asimov & Thomas a Kempis give me pause for personal reflection. Thanks for posting these quotes.

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  3. These are great.....hope the protester read you blog....

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