So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their judgment tells them it is unwise and their conscience that it is wrong.

A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.

The reason I don't tweet as much as I used to, is because I'm sick of all the useless opinions and hate that I get daily. Goodbye Twitter.

“In the United States the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.”

“I'm confidently of opinion that we are competent to transact the business which had been entrusted to our care; that we are equal' to every exigence which might occur; and therefore, I had not seen the necessity of foreign aid! [responding to Benjamin Franklin's suggestion to start each day of Congressional session with prayer "to the Creator of the universe, and the Governour of all nations, beseeching Him to preside in our council, enlighten our minds with a portion of heavenly wisdom, influence our hearts with a love of truth and justice, and crown our labours with-complete and abundant success"]”

“Opinion, whether well or ill founded, is the governing principle of human affairs.”

“To judge from the conduct of the opposite parties, we shall be led to conclude that they will mutually hope to evince the justness of their opinions, and to increase the number of their converts by the loudness of their declamations and the bitterness of their invectives.”

“To judge from the conduct of the opposite parties, we shall be led to conclude that they will mutually hope to evince the justness of their opinions, and to increase the number of their converts by the loudness of their declamations and the bitterness of their invectives. An enlightened zeal for the energy and efficiency of government will be stigmatized as the offspring of a temper fond of despotic power and hostile to the principles of liberty. An over-scrupulous jealousy of danger to the rights of the people, which is more commonly the fault of the head than of the heart, will be represented as mere pretense and artifice, the stale bait for popularity at the expense of the public good.”

“Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions.”

“To approve of another man’s opinions is to adopt those opinions, and to adopt them is to approve of them.”

“Be independent of the good opinion of other people.”

Businesses owned by responsible and organized merchants shall eventually surpass those owned by wealthy rulers.

“No one is allowed to live here unless they first lose their tempers and then get permission from me to take a house”

“Writing for children is an art in itself, and a most interesting one.”

“There's a rainbow around every corner is a well known saying and is supposed to make negative people positive.”

"I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future."

"Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss of death."

"I say something, and then it usually happens. Maybe not on schedule, but it usually happens."

"I don't think it's a good idea to plan to sell a company."

"There's a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering."

"I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better."

Beauty isn't between a size zero and a size eight, it is not a number at all. It is not physical.

"Some people say I will never return home"

"I was a girl in a land where rifles are fired in celebration of a son, while daughters are hidden away"