Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art.

—Charles McCabe

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About Charles McCabe

Charles McCabe (1915–1983) was a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from the mid-1950s until his death May 1, 1983 at the age of 68.

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McCabe's Law: Nobody _has_ to do _anything_.

—Charles McCabe

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Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.

Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.

—Walter Pater

There is no greater mistake than the hasty conclusion that opinions are worthless because they are badly argued.

—Virginia Woolf

You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters.

—Thomas H. Huxley

It is much easier to break the rules when one s surrounded by strangers. One does not know any of them, so one cannot really care for their opinion.

—Senator Patrick Leahy

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