Unpopular Beliefs Quotes

Opinions are like assholes. Everybody's got one and they all stink.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

The mere summoning of a witness and compelling him to testify against his will, about his beliefs, expressions or associations, is a measure of governmental interference. And when those forced revelations concern maters that are unorthodox, unpopular, or even hateful to the general public, the reactions in the life of the witness may be disastrous.

Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism, are all too frequently those who . . . ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism-the right to criticize, the right to hold unpopular beliefs, the right to protest, the right of independent thought.

Do I have opinions that might piss people off? Yes - that's what I'm here for.

It is wonderful to be despised, if, deep down, we know we are right.

People say I'm controversial. But I think I lead a very balanced and normal life.

It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.

It is always easy to take a position when society agrees with you. It is hard to take a position that everyone else in society disagrees with.

It's become my brand in a way, you know, speaking the truth even though it was not politically correct.

I have an eccentric view on commodities not necessarily shared by my colleagues - or by almost anybody. And that is, we're running out of everything.

Sometimes, I feel the reason I have become a star beyond my films is that I am politically incorrect.

Do you think I want to be the one lone voice against the Hollywood liberal establishment? It's not going to do me any good.

The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas.

I know that people are going to recognize my voice as being different and they are going to be saying, 'Let me listen a little bit closer to see if she says something that I don't agree with.' They're probably going to pay a little bit more attention.

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.

I'd rather have a hundred thousand or a million people saying I'm nuts and I'm crazy for my musical choices and what I've said lyrically, than a million people all raising their hand on the first day.

If Christians will obey the instructions given to them by Christ and his inspired apostles, they will adorn the religion of the Bible, and save themselves much perplexity and severe trials, which they attribute to their afflictions in consequence of believing unpopular truth.

There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth

Meanwhile, the originator of a theory may have a very lonely time, especially if his colleagues find his views of nature unfamiliar, and difficult to appreciate.

There is a vast mass of opinion in this country represented neither by the politicians nor by the Press, and considerably saner than either.

There are people out there who don't like me, and that's because I speak out the way I feel.

Some of the most valuable stuff I do has to do with my dissenting from the general opinion about people in movements.

I don't know one of my friends who is considered a conservative who has not had to go back and thoroughly think through everything. You do a lot of soul-searching - 'cause we are not going to win any popularity contests.