Whether you are buying a car or casting a ballot, choosing a job or planning a family, follow your moral compass. Don't… — Denis Hayes 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
“Ferguson also takes a swipe at the conventional wisdom surrounding aspects of World War I. “The key to the Allies’ victory was… — Luke Williams Copy Share Image
What's different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking… — John Avlon Copy Share Image
“You have to remain critically vigilant.” Question every premise, challenge conventional wisdom, and never accept the truth of something merely because everyone… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“It is hard to find many better examples of values-first leadership than Ventura, California-based outdoor clothing company Patagonia. For more than 30… — Brian de Haaff Copy Share Image
Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed levees and exploded the conventional wisdom about a shared American prosperity, exposing a group of people so poor they… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
All conventional wisdom has an element of truth to it, but good design requires more than an element of truth - it… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
“If you're careful to listen to your instincts and question conventional wisdom, set priorities, and make thoughtful choices, eventually you will figure… — Arlene Dickinson Copy Share Image
Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax;… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
The line that I am urging as today's conventional wisdom is not a denial of consciousness. It is often called, with more… — Willard Van Orman Quine Copy Share Image
Conventional wisdom tells us we'll only be happier after a divorce if the marriage itself was a war zone. — Ariel Gore Copy Share Image
“What is carved on rocks were away in time. What is told from mouth to mouth will live forever.” — Vietnamese Copy Share Image
Science is based on experiment, on a willingness to challenge old dogma, on an openness to see the universe as it really… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“For all the tenure of humans on Earth, the night sky had been a companion and an inspiration. The stars were comforting.… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Much of the conventional wisdom associated with Vietnam was highly inaccurate. Far from an inevitable result of the imperative to contain communism,… — H. R. McMaster Copy Share Image
When you're used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn more. — Mayim Bialik Copy Share Image
“It has become conventional wisdom that America suffers from an unbridgeable gap between red and blue states, two separate political cultures that… — Hamilton Nolan Copy Share Image
In a corporate context, companies have to try very hard to oppose the enticements of conventional wisdom. They must aim for the… — John Kao Copy Share Image
The world is always changed by people who don't listen to conventional wisdom. I think we often set our goals too small… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Analysts may be correct that the presidential election won't primarily turn on entitlements reform, but by choosing Paul Ryan as his running… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“The popular media and conventional wisdom, including the medical profession's traditional approach to nutrition, have created and continue to perpetuate this problem… — Ron Hoggan Copy Share Image
“My point today is that, if we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as "lines produced" but… — Dijkstra Copy Share Image
“I look at the blanked-out faces of the other passengers--hoisting their briefcases, their backpacks, shuffling to disembark--and I think of what Hobie… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
