Opinion Leader Quotes

When I look at public opinion, I'm not far out of the mainstream. I'm in it, in many respects. In some respects, public opinion goes beyond anything I've ever said.

Now that I'm a political pundit, I have the ability to influence people.

I never wanted to be a public intellectual or a talking head.

Greeley does the thinking for the whole West at $2 per year for his paper.

Every reform was once a private opinion.

I don't really consider myself a teacher. I think - like, I have opinions like everyone else, and I just share my opinions.

To whatever degree you have as a celebrity or notoriety, there are people who see you as an opinion leader.

The person with the most certainty in a given situation will influence the other.

You've got to be a thermostat rather than a thermometer. A thermostat shapes the climate of opinion; a thermometer just reflects it.

The Law of the Few... says that one critical factor in epidemics is the nature of the messenger.

I see myself as an arbiter of taste.

When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about.

To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them dictate what is cool and what is not.

If you are identified with certain opinions and an ability to express them, and if you can build yourself an audience, a partisan fan base - measured through social media - then you are an official opinionator, monetizable through books, television contracts and the speaking circuit.

I would like to walk in a room and people know who I am and be like, "Oh, I respect his opinion."

I like Michael Moore, but I think of him more as a rabble-rouser.

I was never a ringleader, but I was willing, when asked questions, to give my opinion. And when you say things quite bluntly, it's very easy for people to hang their hats on that.

Even a nod from a person who is esteemed is of more force than a thousand arguments or studied sentences from others.