Creativity is about thinking beyond conventional wisdom.

Whether you are buying a car or casting a ballot, choosing a job or planning a family, follow your moral compass. Don't let others…

— Denis Hayes

Contrarian thinking at its best simply asks, Is this really true? It speaks up when the politically correct answer or the conventional wisdom doesn't…

— Larry Osborne

“Ferguson also takes a swipe at the conventional wisdom surrounding aspects of World War I. “The key to the Allies’ victory was not an…

— Luke Williams

What's different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking points to…

— John Avlon

“You have to remain critically vigilant.” Question every premise, challenge conventional wisdom, and never accept the truth of something merely because everyone else views…

— Walter Isaacson

“It is hard to find many better examples of values-first leadership than Ventura, California-based outdoor clothing company Patagonia. For more than 30 years, the…

— Brian de Haaff

Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed levees and exploded the conventional wisdom about a shared American prosperity, exposing a group of people so poor they didn't have…

— Michael Eric Dyson

All conventional wisdom has an element of truth to it, but good design requires more than an element of truth - it requires an…

— Henry Petroski

“If you're careful to listen to your instincts and question conventional wisdom, set priorities, and make thoughtful choices, eventually you will figure out how…

— Arlene Dickinson

Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer…

— Paul Ryan

The line that I am urging as today's conventional wisdom is not a denial of consciousness. It is often called, with more reason, arepudiation…

— Willard Van Orman Quine

Conventional wisdom tells us we'll only be happier after a divorce if the marriage itself was a war zone.

— Ariel Gore

“What is carved on rocks were away in time. What is told from mouth to mouth will live forever.”

— Vietnamese

Science is based on experiment, on a willingness to challenge old dogma, on an openness to see the universe as it really is. Accordingly,…

— Carl Sagan

“For all the tenure of humans on Earth, the night sky had been a companion and an inspiration. The stars were comforting. They seemed…

— Carl Sagan