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
Ben was really a contrarian but he didn't use those terms because he was really buying value. — Walter Schloss 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
I consider myself able to stand in the minority if I think I'm right. So if I do that enough times, then… — Patrick Cantlay 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
To be a contrarian, you've got to be a contrarian against your own people. — James Carville 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
I am something of a contrarian, I suppose. I feel less comfortable when everybody agrees with me. I say, 'I better reexamine… — Antonin Scalia 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
I've made a career of being a contrarian. If I'm going to work with Tom Cruise, it's my instinct to be like,… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
It was just, I was always contrarian. I was always, you know, 'We want to do this with you,' 'No, I want… — Sean Waltman 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
"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
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
“Because even among contrarians, I’m a contrarian. But all of this is just words of bronze, third place rhetoric. What do I… — Jarod Kintz 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
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
“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
No matter what I tend to be doing, generally people always think I'm crazy, first of all, because I'm always talking about… — Trip Hawkins Copy Share Image
Not a 'Mad Men' guy. Never got into it. I'm kind of a contrarian that way. If something gets too popular too… — D.J. Cotrona 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
“In public market investing, as in many things, you achieve big success when you’re both contrarian and right.” — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Since I'm a contrarian, I don't want to go along with what everyone else thinks. — Akira Toriyama Copy Share Image
To a contrarian like me, constant advice not to do something almost always starts me quickly down the risky, unpopular path. — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
Value investing is at its core the marriage of a contrarian streak and a calculator. — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
World-changing startups need to be premised on accurate contrarian theories. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
