Never accept conventional wisdom when it comes to finance…

Acknowledge the complexity of the world and resist the impression that you easily understand it. People are too quick to accept conventional wisdom, because…

— Jim Rogers

Challenge conventional wisdom. There is almost always a better way.

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

“...Refusing to feel desire is the only thing more painful than failing to get what you want, and that learning not to yearn, far…

— Martha Beck

I don't care about failing because I do not want to sit down in my older years and say, 'How come I didn't try?'

— Tony Fernandes

In a corporate context, companies have to try very hard to oppose the enticements of conventional wisdom. They must aim for the leaps, which…

— John Kao

When you're used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn more.

— Mayim Bialik

“Conventional wisdom is not always wrong—but it’s always suspect.”

— Brandon Webb

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

— Ariel Gore

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 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

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

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

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

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

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