John Major Quotes

I am not a person of opinions because I feel the counter arguments too strongly.

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

I'm too much of a Libra. I too often see the other person's point of view and capitulate, even though I have strong political convictions. It's just my liability. Maybe I'm too empathetic. That's the actor in me.

If you have empathy for both sides, then that's the same as having no empathy at all.

When you're trying to please both sides of the fence at the same time you really can't do that.

The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing at all.

At the moment, I'm certainly not thinking 'never again', but neither am I thinking 'I can't wait to play that part again'. I'm somewhere in between.

I'm still working out my opinions - it's always a question mark. I leave loads of space open, and people don't like that.

No man is able to make progress when he is wavering between opposite things.

The other guys are selling certainty. Not me. I'm on the corner with doubt.

Between yea and nay, how much difference is there?

I think that certainty is a closed door, It's the end of the conversation. Doubt is an open door.

That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary.

I'm part of the mushball middle. I consider 'confused' the majority position because, thankfully, most people would rather be uncertain some of the time than 100% positive all the time - even when they're wrong.

I decided to get to know my opponents and their arguments.

It's very difficult to decide. And I'm very open to proposals.

I may have had a prejudice against agnosticism as a body of thought: sort of a fence-sitting theory, where you can't make up your mind one way or another.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

Because a truly skeptical position would be a very uncertain one.

I can give you a definite perhaps.

What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for doubt.

I'm very honest - brutally honest. I always look at things from their point of view as well as mine. And I know when to walk away.

Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.

I don't know whether I like it, but it is what I meant.

A liberal is someone who is so open-minded that he won’t even take his own side in an argument.