Conservatives have welcomed Trump's attacks on the establishment, have cheered his boldness, and have applauded his courage. He has taken on hitherto… — Tom Tancredo Copy Share Image
It always bothered me when people came off stage and were told how great they were. They weren't, really, in my opinion.… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
“And I keep thinking too of the more conventional wisdom: namely, that the pursuit of pure beauty is a trap, a fast… — Donna Tartt 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
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
In the beginning, Adam — not Eve— was instructed to earn the bread by the sweat of his brow. Contrary to conventional… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
If you leave home for a while ... you question the conventional wisdom you've grown up with. That doesn't mean you have… — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
“The Affluent Society not only changed the way the country viewed itself, but gave new phrases to the language: Conventional wisdom, the… — Amartya Sen 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
Whether that's questioning the dominant opinion of the day, the conventional wisdom of the day, or whether it's questioning the policies that… — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
Clinton is a big personality who has led a big life, and for some of the media conventional wisdom to boil it… — Alastair Campbell Copy Share Image
If you are the kind of person who listens to conservative advice, you may do okay in life, but you probably won't… — Ruth Simmons Copy Share Image
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the blue blazer's a bit of a loose cannon. A suit decided long ago what it wanted to… — Willie Geist Copy Share Image
The intricate and different life cycles of both male and female root-heads, and the great behavioral sophistication shown by the female in… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Perhaps the only thing that saves science from invalid conventional wisdom that becomes effectively permanent is the presence of mavericks in every… — David M. Raup Copy Share Image
Obama is very much an establishment sort of guy. The whole image of him as a transcendent figure was based on style… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
“Conventional wisdom nor scientific, mathematical prove of randomness in life could do nothing to deter human's curiosity for the unknown, however small… — Vann Chow 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
You ever want to know what consensus and groupthink and conventional wisdom in Washington is, just find what David "Rodham" Gergen is… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I think the conventional wisdom in the game is that Daniel Sturridge is a troubled, problem player. He's a very, very, very… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
It's funny, because in deference to conventional wisdom, I spent my struggling writer years trying to suppress my naturally baroque literary voice… — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these… — Bob Woodward Copy Share Image
We have been doing things that are contrary; the things that people tell us won't work from the beginning. In fact, the… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Managers who assume that higher profits drive better working conditions may have their logic backwards. Contrary to conventional wisdom, our research identified… — James O'Toole Copy Share Image
Contrary to the conventional wisdom in the West, Moscow did not invade Ukraine to conquer it and make it part of a… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
“The current conventional wisdom is that we are born, grow up, learn to become consumers, consume, and die. Of course, we can… — Cap'n Fatty Goodlander Copy Share Image
The conventional wisdom is that people come to the United States, and immigration is so great, and they say, 'America, what a… — James Gray Copy Share Image
I’m not so sure that the conventional wisdom makes any sense. Yes, it might be technically easy to track people and all… — Rod Humble Copy Share Image
If Xi Jinping is the world's most powerful man, conventional wisdom puts Vladimir Putin a close second. He's made his own bare-chested… — Antony Blinken Copy Share Image
What's unique about the Mormon Church is that it encourages inquiry. I really do think my research and religion are all on… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
I'm not one for conventional wisdom. I founded my label in 1998, but after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, my Japanese backers pulled… — Maria Cornejo Copy Share Image
I think Senator [Ted] Cruz's strategy is that there's 4.5 million, 5 million Republicans that didn't vote in 2012. This is the… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I don't view myself as a particularly intelligent people, but I do have one ability that I've demonstrated over and over again,… — Vincent Bugliosi Copy Share Image
The conventional wisdom is often wrong. Crime didn't keep soaring in the 1990s, money alone doesn't win elections, and - surprise -… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
The conventional wisdom is - people say this all the time - you should only write something when you're far enough away… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
“People can fall into habitual programmed patterns of thinking, underpinned by long-held beliefs and blind acceptance of conventional wisdom. Lying beneath such… — Mark Ireland 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
The censors have always had a field day with James Joyce, specifically with 'Ulysses,' but also with his other writings. The conventional… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
The overarching conventional wisdom - what everyone from government experts to my French girlfriends take as articles of faith - is that… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image