Go with your gut instincts even if it is contrarian to what the "experts" suggest. — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
I have followed my heart my whole life - the crazy kid, a contrarian by nature, and I've been in trouble in… — Sarah Carter Copy Share Image
To be a contrarian, you've got to be a contrarian against your own people. — James Carville Copy Share Image
A contrarian approach is just as foolish as a follow-the-crowd strategy. What's required is thinking rather than polling. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“In public market investing, as in many things, you achieve big success when you’re both contrarian and right.” — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Value investing is at its core the marriage of a contrarian streak and a calculator. — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd but to think for yourself. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When your views are truly contrarian, they are inevitably uncomfortable. Courage and the ability to withstand pain are required, — Michael Steinhardt Copy Share Image
An awful lot of people keep a stock too long because it gives them warm fuzzies – particularly when a contrarian stance… — John Neff Copy Share Image
I'm not going to say how I vote... I love that people make these assumptions about you because you work at Fox...… — Megyn Kelly Copy Share Image
Successful contrarian investing requires us to live with discomfort, for being "wrong" and alone. But bargains do not exist in the absence… — Robert D. Arnott Copy Share Image
“Edward was the lone contrarian. He prided himself on not hoping, on not allowing his heart to lift inside of him. He… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Contrarian thinking at its best simply asks, Is this really true? It speaks up when the politically correct answer or the conventional… — Larry Osborne Copy Share Image
The best opportunities are often ones where you're being contrarian. That doesn't mean being contrarian for contrarian's sake, but it means you're… — David Sze Copy Share Image
The very act of becoming an entrepreneur is contrarian to middle class values, study hard, get a good job, be happy with… — Rashmi Bansal Copy Share Image
"Why is everyone trying to tell me that when you get older it gets better?" I didn't believe it, because I'm so… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the solution we were looking for is right next to us and it is far simpler than we thought. But we… — Anubhav Srivastava Copy Share Image
If you make a film and then two and a half, three years later, suddenly the country's changed and you look like… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
None of this means, however, that a business or stock is an intelligent purchase simply because it is unpopular; a contrarian approach… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“Let’s watch out for the unpredictability and the wildcat jumps of contrarian people, whose sole interests are soaring targets at high-speed, at… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“Decision making brings together many of the finest traits of contrarian leadership--thinking gray, thinking free, artful listening, delegating authority while retaining ultimate… — Steven B. Sample Copy Share Image
It’s actually pretty easy to be contrarian. It’s hard to be contrarian and right. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
The only way to consistently stay ahead of the game is to adopt a long-term view and, if appropriate, with a strong… — Mark Mobius Copy Share Image
When the things in front of you in life reveal how messed up the system is, you lose faith in the system… — Jalen Rose Copy Share Image
Whenever there's a big national event that brings the country together - whether it's the Olympics, a royal wedding or the 'Bake… — Ed Davey Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid of developing a contrarian viewpoint on what type of person is perfect for your company as CTO and how… — Mariam Naficy Copy Share Image
A contrarian at heart, I am often guided by what I disagree with and don't want. — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
World-changing startups need to be premised on accurate contrarian theories. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Ben was really a contrarian but he didn't use those terms because he was really buying value. — Walter Schloss Copy Share Image
As an investor-entrepreneur, I’ve always tried to be contrarian, to go against the crowd, to identify opportunities in places where people are… — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
