Alanis Morissette Quotes

I really am opinionated, but not for long. I have found myself coming off of what I think of something because the guy I'm talking to makes better sense than I am. I have so many points of view, I can't keep track of 'em, because I talk to too many people... I'm not so opinionated that I won't budge.

I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them.

I've been doing everything I can to reach out and understand why people voted against me. They were trying to send a message. I have to be more sensitive in the way I express myself, and I have to be more thoughtful in the positions I take.

I encourage people to find and use the power of their voices just as much when I do not agree with those voices as when I do agree with them.

My mother always taught us that if people don't agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if you've listened to them carefully and you still think that you're right, then you must have the courage of your convictions.

What we say is an opinion it's the best that we can reach, if anybody can bring a better opinion we will accept it.

Sometimes, we feel like we don't want to offend people, but there are times that we need to express ourselves without fear that somebody is going to shut us down simply because we have differing opinions. That's how we grow.

I am always open to new ideas, but you can't always be right.

That's really my goal, is just to be a kind person who knows how to speak their mind and get their points across.

I have strong views, and I can't imagine not ever being honest about those views.

I have strong opinions, and I am not afraid to share them.

It's too hard to present an opinion on something that's not true to who you are. It's much easier to base opinions and debates off of fact and your true heart on things. To me that just comes quite naturally, and it's also about being open to what the debate is about and hearing the other side.

You can tell if someone is about social intercourse or just about browbeating somebody with their opinion. It's no fun arguing with a closed-minded person.

I'm cursed with empathy. I'm also by nature way too opinionated.

There's only one thing worse than a man who doesn't have strong likes and dislikes, and that's a man who has strong likes and dislikes without the courage to voice them.

I definitely have my opinions that I'm very vocal about and I'm not afraid to put them out there.

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

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

If I'm in a political argument, I think I can, with reasonable accuracy and without boasting, put the other person's side of the case at least as well as they could. One has to be able to say that in any well-conducted argument.

He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.

When I feel strongly about something, I'm not so quiet.

Obviously a primary liberal conviction is that we should be tolerant of other peoples' convictions. But if we believe in something, we had better find ways to say so convincingly.

Being intellectually hospitable is a virtue that I bring into the interview space.

Poets have to be sensitive to their audience, but it does not mean that they censor themselves. I realise my audience is diverse. Some will read with empathy and curiosity while others will take offense.