When Your Opinion Are Not Valued Quotes & Sayings

I do not say that all lawyers are bad, but I do maintain that the general tendency is bad: standing up in a court for whichever side has paid you, affecting warmth and conviction, and doing everything you can to win the case, whatever your private opinion may be, will soon dull any fine sense of honour. The mercenary soldier is not a valued creature, but at least he risks his life, whereas these men merely risk their next fee. — Patrick O'Brian

I don't feel like I have anything to lose, so I don't really understand what I'm putting at risk. — Heath Ledger

We are brilliant shades of light, we can not be contained"
-Boys of the Fatherless- — David C. Riggins

People who believe they are valued and set apart in the mind of a leader are less likely to be implacable foes. Jackson knew that both men and massive, impersonal forces shaped nations, and he was determined to use his own personality to, if not convert, then at least charm those who shaped the climate of opinion in which he was to govern. Hence the sweetness to the Smiths on their first visit and the calls on Mrs. Randolph: better to keep the establishment close, or at least off guard, than to alienate it altogether. The fact of a president's power and the White House itself are the most formidable weapons on the field. It — Jon Meacham

If I had to make a general rule for living and working with children, it might be this: be wary of saying or doing anything to a child that you would not do to another adult, whose good opinion and affection you valued. — John Holt

I have to follow my thoughts and mine for the gold. I have to dig it out. — Bill Cosby

It occurs to me that one day was never meant to hold so much. — Katie Cotugno

It's Teach For America's responsibility to ensure that all alumni know their voices are heard and valued, and to surface the range of opinion they represent. — Wendy Kopp

DESPITE THE INVENTION OF TIME MACHINES, WE KEEP BEING LINEAR. — Amy King

In the earl days of their marriage he had discussed with her every aspect of his workday. They'd discussed their hopes and dreams in whispers so as not to awaken the children sleeping in the next room.
Over the years, other obligations had pulled at them, sometimes taking precedence over this quiet pillow talks. Nancy missed them and longed for the days when he had valued her opinion above all others. He still did, she was sure; he just didn't ask for it as frequently as he had before his success was assured. — Sandra Brown

All of the qualities that you need to be a good opinion columnist tend to be qualities that aren't valued in women. — Anna Quindlen

Bill Clinton valued my opinion and always made sure that my views were heard, and people knew that he wanted me to talk. — Madeleine Albright

Your playing is like salt water taffy. You see all the beautiful colors, red, yellow, blue, but they all taste the same. — Marcel Tabuteau

he thought how little the rest of the world should matter to him, when he was secure in the good opinion of those he valued most, and in the knowledge that he was doing his duty. — Naomi Novik

Sooner or later, you'll choose," he whispered. "You'll want one of us more than you don't want to hurt the other. And you'll choose. I want to be the one you can't live without. — Tiffany Snow

I know the difference between venture capital[ism] and vulture capitalism. Venture capitalism is a good thing, comes in, gives that gap funding to help these companies get off and get started creating jobs, and work. But Mitt Romney and Bain Capital were involved with what I call vulture capitalism. And they walked into Gaffney and took over that photo album company for no other reason than to basically pick the bones clean. And those people lost their jobs. — Rick Perry