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Art is very subjective and having to put numbers on it seems counterintuitive.

— Mena Massoud

Among the important realizations I had in my own days in the practice room was that if any one route to any one phrase…

— Renee Fleming

Even though it may seem counterintuitive, a comfort zone is a dangerous place to be.

— Mary Lou Retton

“I'm convinced that the best solutions are often the ones that are counterintuitive - that challenge conventional thinking - and end in breakthroughs. It…

— Nathaniel J. Wyeth

I have found, without a doubt, that when I manage to get outside myself and not make myself the center, I'm always taken care…

— Patrick Fabian

“Cathedral terminology was like stage directions—totally counterintuitive.”

— Dan Brown

Counterintuitive actions prove we can trust real knowledge and do the opposite of what we feel makes sense.

— Penn Jillette

“But this same dilemma comes up again and again in our own lives, and often we don't choose so wisely. The inverted-U curve reminds…

— Malcolm Gladwell

The principal barrier to a general acceptance of the monist position is that it is counterintuitive.

— Michael Shermer

“It’s only because the data force us into corners that we are inspired to create the highly counterintuitive structures that form the basis for…

— Sean Carroll

I'm driven more by my heart more than anything else, and my head, and sometimes those things are counterintuitive.

— Malcolm D. Lee

Economics is counterintuitive. It just is.

— Edward Conard

“It’s for this reason that, however counterintuitive it may seem, psychologists actually recommend that we fail early and often.”

— Shawn Achor

“Science is implausible to untutored human common sense, but that in no way casts doubt on the correctness of well-established scientific findings. Feelings of…

— Russell Blackford

Counterintuitive action makes a fellow feel smart.

— Penn Jillette