“So the conventional wisdom in Galbraith’s view must be simple, convenient, comfortable, and comforting—though not necessarily true. It would be silly to… — Steven D. Levitt 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—drinking eight glasses of… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“In every southerner, beneath the veneer of clichés lies a much deeper motherlode of cliché. But even cliché is overlaid with enormous… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
“I look at a Sensual Lifestyle like the entrepreneur's life. We are innovative, risk-taking, and constantly in conflict with convention. Ask me… — Lebo Grand Copy Share Image
I do think that the standard media is controlled by the conventional wisdom about global warming. We've come to believe - from… — Steven Levitt Copy Share Image
It's really important, whether you're a conservative or a liberal, to always challenge the conventional wisdom, which is what I've tried to… — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
“Conventional wisdom holds that water is liquid at room temperature. Well, not if that room’s temperature is 32 degrees. That also happens… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“A leader must see the external opportunities and the internal capability and culture—and all of the connections among them—and respond to them… — Satya Nadella Copy Share Image
My businesses are usually built around challenging conventional wisdom, so I tend to gain by taking the other side. It's been very… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
We just don't subscribe to the conventional wisdom that you can't have an action series led by a female character. It's kinda… — Bryan Konietzko Copy Share Image
The conventional wisdom is that authors get only one chance in this world. If your first novel doesn't sell, publishers and bookstores… — Jeff Giles Copy Share Image
There are lots of cycles to markets - boom and bust - and also in perceptions of people. The conventional wisdom of… — Steve Case Copy Share Image
I'm not a money manager, but I can tell you what the conventional wisdom is. The younger you are, the more risk… — Maria Bartiromo Copy Share Image
“When the topic of food comes up in conversation with family, friends or casual acquaintances, it’s fascinating to hear the litany of… — Mark Sisson Copy Share Image
“Bill Clinton, a “New Democrat,” later embraced his ideas, calling Murray’s analysis “essentially right” and incorporating many of his prescriptions, including work… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
Sometimes God gives instructions that go against conventional wisdom, such as treating people kindly when they're hateful. Who really wants to do… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
Millions of mutual-fund investors sleep well at night, serene in the belief that superior outcomes result from pooling funds with like-minded investors… — David F. Swensen Copy Share Image
Conventional wisdom holds that the public disproportionately blames Republicans for government shutdowns. The disproportionate election of Republicans to the U.S. Senate following… — Michael J. Knowles Copy Share Image
Whats 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
Progress is not a straight line; the future is not a mere projection of trends in the present. Rather, it is revolutionary.… — Dr. An Wang Copy Share Image
“beauty alters the grain of reality. And I keep thinking too of the more conventional wisdom: namely, that the pursuit of pure… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“At the same time that “self-made” entered the nation’s lexicon, so did the notion of abject failure. Once reserved to describe a… — Joshua Wolf Shenk Copy Share Image
I don't think that split government is a good idea. Conventional wisdom in Washington for years has been that divided government is… — Scott Walker Copy Share Image
“It is not only the hostility of others that may prevent us from questioning the status quo. Our will to doubt can… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter of right and left. — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
Conventional wisdom tells us to avoid taking unalterable action while at a low point in life. I have never been conventional. — Therese Fowler Copy Share Image
It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enough that… — Adam Schiff Copy Share Image
Contrary to conventional wisdom, dance is not a universal 'language' but many languages and dialects. There are close to 6000 verbal languages,… — Judith Lynne Hanna Copy Share Image
[T]he myth that there was somehow a magic wand in the early 1980s to cure AIDS - a wand that Reagan deliberately… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
I know conventional wisdom has always been to go to Europe, and I did that early on, and I tried it, but… — Landon Donovan Copy Share Image
“Conventional wisdom may not be wise. Good fortune and bad luck do not exist. Freedom of choice is predetermined. Don’t believe anything… — L. Anthony Copy Share Image
Conventional wisdom is no wisdom at all. Conventional wisdom is taking somebody else's word for the way things are It's the followers… — Richard Marcinko Copy Share Image
In the conventional wisdom of conservatives, the modern search for security is regularly billed as the greatest single threat to economic progress. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
There was a period of 10 years where the conventional wisdom was Black shows don't sell overseas, therefore nobody is interested. — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
Here's conventional wisdom: Success makes you happy. Happiness permits you to be generous. In fact, it actually works like this: Generosity makes… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there’s a good chance you can find your niche by… — Sam Walton Copy Share Image
After listening to the debate on unemployment I can see a danger that Liberals lose to the Tories their claim to have… — Jo Grimond Copy Share Image
Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there's a good chance… — Sam Walton Copy Share Image
For me, the perfect romantic suspense hero has got to be tough on the outside but tender at his core. A take-charge… — Ruth Glick Copy Share Image
I love the early sonatas; I love the early Mozart, period. I'm really fond of that moment when he was either emulating… — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
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