We just don't subscribe to the conventional wisdom that you can't have an action series led by a female character. It's kinda… — Bryan Konietzko Copy Share Image
Sometimes God gives instructions that go against conventional wisdom, such as treating people kindly when they're hateful. Who really wants to do… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
Conventional wisdom holds that the public disproportionately blames Republicans for government shutdowns. The disproportionate election of Republicans to the U.S. Senate following… — Michael J. Knowles Copy Share Image
My businesses are usually built around challenging conventional wisdom, so I tend to gain by taking the other side. It's been very… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
The elderly have weathered enough squalls to know that this one, too, shall pass. They own the courage to be original; they've… — Sarah Ferguson Copy Share Image
There are lots of cycles to markets - boom and bust - and also in perceptions of people. The conventional wisdom of… — Steve Case Copy Share Image
“My point today is that, if we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as "lines produced" but… — Dijkstra Copy Share Image
“My doctor says that, contrary to conventional wisdom, she doesn't believe our memories flag because of a drop in estrogen but because… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“And I keep thinking too of the more conventional wisdom: namely, that the pursuit of pure beauty is a trap, a fast… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Whats different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking… — John Avlon Copy Share Image
If you are the kind of person who listens to conservative advice, you may do okay in life, but you probably won't… — Ruth Simmons Copy Share Image
Clinton is a big personality who has led a big life, and for some of the media conventional wisdom to boil it… — Alastair Campbell Copy Share Image
Whether that's questioning the dominant opinion of the day, the conventional wisdom of the day, or whether it's questioning the policies that… — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
After listening to the debate on unemployment I can see a danger that Liberals lose to the Tories their claim to have… — Jo Grimond Copy Share Image
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the blue blazer's a bit of a loose cannon. A suit decided long ago what it wanted to… — Willie Geist Copy Share Image
The intricate and different life cycles of both male and female root-heads, and the great behavioral sophistication shown by the female in… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
It is our task, both in science and in society at large, to prove the conventional wisdom wrong and to make our… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
“The freedom of new thinking unshackles our minds from constraints, conventional wisdom, and established norms and spurs us to challenge existing concepts.("The… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
Anyone who strays too far from the majority view or the conventional wisdom is bound to be labeled "arrogant," "a maverick," "a… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
“beauty alters the grain of reality. And I keep thinking too of the more conventional wisdom: namely, that the pursuit of pure… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Strings of coincidence can strengthen us in the determination to follow our deepest intuitions even when they run counter to conventional wisdom… — Robert Moss Copy Share Image
Progress is not a straight line; the future is not a mere projection of trends in the present. Rather, it is revolutionary.… — Dr. An Wang Copy Share Image
“And that's just the beginning. More and more, conventional wisdom says that the responsible thing is to make the unemployed suffer. And… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
“Why had so much conventional wisdom been bullshit? And not just in sports but across the whole society. Why had so many… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
“it’s counterintuitive that the conventional wisdom is that current market success equates to future market success. But this is, for better or… — Stephen O’Grady Copy Share Image
Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the two should not meet in a man's… — Archibald MacLeish Copy Share Image
It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enough that… — Adam Schiff Copy Share Image
“There is probably no worse investment strategy than following the conventional wisdom with a time-lag, and that is precisely what many small… — John Kay Copy Share Image
Contrary to conventional wisdom, dance is not a universal 'language' but many languages and dialects. There are close to 6000 verbal languages,… — Judith Lynne Hanna Copy Share Image
“And I keep thinking too of the more conventional wisdom: namely, that the pursuit of pure beauty is a trap, a fast… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Conventional wisdom, fooled by our misleading "physical intuition", is that the real world is "continuous", and that discrete models are necessary evils… — Doron Zeilberger Copy Share Image
I think the conventional wisdom is vastly true. There will be a huge growth in mobile, and this is something we are… — Maurice Levy Copy Share Image
[T]he myth that there was somehow a magic wand in the early 1980s to cure AIDS - a wand that Reagan deliberately… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
Conservatives have welcomed Trump's attacks on the establishment, have cheered his boldness, and have applauded his courage. He has taken on hitherto… — Tom Tancredo Copy Share Image
It always bothered me when people came off stage and were told how great they were. They weren't, really, in my opinion.… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
“Conventional wisdom nor scientific, mathematical prove of randomness in life could do nothing to deter human's curiosity for the unknown, however small… — Vann Chow Copy Share Image
America still has a race problem, though not the one that conventional wisdom would suggest: the racism of whites toward blacks. Old… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
What a company's been earning doesn't mean anything. What you have to look at is what people think it's going to earn.… — Stanley Druckenmiller Copy Share Image
You ever want to know what consensus and groupthink and conventional wisdom in Washington is, just find what David "Rodham" Gergen is… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Conventional wisdom is not to put all of your eggs in one basket. 80/20 wisdom is to choose a basket carefully, load… — Richard Koch Copy Share Image