With writing fiction, I'm either not courageous enough or just not suited for telling truths in a more conventional way. As an… — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
The friends of Job appear on the scene as advisers and "consolers," offering Job the fruits of their moral scientia. But when… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I'm grateful for the likes of Kundera, Murnane, Markson, Berger, and, in his recent work, Coetzee. But no matter how celebrated they… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
I don't know why people keep banging on about the '60s. I was very conventional because I came from a conventional family… — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
The success and ultimately the survival of every business, large or small, depends in the last analysis on its ability to develop… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Conventional wisdom, fooled by our misleading "physical intuition", is that the real world is "continuous", and that discrete models are necessary evils… — Doron Zeilberger Copy Share Image
It is from him, from Beolco Ruzzante, that I've learned to free myself from conventional literary writing and to express myself with… — Dario Fo Copy Share Image
Nintendo's way is to challenge conventional thinking. Not just for the sake of doing things differently, but to do things better. — Reggie Fils-Aime Copy Share Image
I began my career at Teledyne, where I worked on various navigation systems, including Inertial, Doppler radar, and other conventional radio navigation… — Min Kao Copy Share Image
Innovation for holders of conventional wisdom is not novelty but annihilation. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
Every issue of the paper presents an opportunity and a duty to say something courageous and true; to rise above the mediocre… — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share Image
I haven't looked at marriage in the conventional sense, as far as settling down. I look at it as putting faith in… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
I think Donald Trump is new. He's a business guy running for president. So, you're not going to see a conventional campaign… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
Hegemony is not defined by rivers or conventional borders - it's dominance, it's influence. So we get to decide in our hearts,… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it. — Peter Jennings Copy Share Image
The people who do make big discoveries are the ones who somehow manage to free themselves from conventional ways of thinking and… — Anthony James Leggett Copy Share Image
When I first began modeling, I was very conventional looking. I had hair down to my waist in a side parting -… — Erin O'Connor Copy Share Image
The conventional notions of art have changed, and a lot of things done today are considered works of art that would have… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
Conventional wisdom is not to put all of your eggs in one basket. 80/20 wisdom is to choose a basket carefully, load… — Richard Koch Copy Share Image
Main thing is to publish. Blog, tweet, write, photograph, tweet, video, code, play around with data - or a combination of all… — Alan Rusbridger Copy Share Image
I think the conventional wisdom is vastly true. There will be a huge growth in mobile, and this is something we are… — Maurice Levy Copy Share Image
While [Plato] affirmed with emphasis that the place of the individual in society should not be determined by birth or wealth or… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
A sound banker, alas, is not one who foresees danger and avoids it, but one who, when he is ruined, is ruined… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Even if conventional medicine tells you that your condition is incurable or that your only option is to live a life dependent… — Leon Chaitow Copy Share Image
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