Challenge conventional wisdom. There is almost always a better way. — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
“The problem with conventional wisdom is that it's generally lacking in nuance, an otherwise key component of life.” — Anna Akbari Copy Share Image
The conventional wisdom in an election year is that nothing will get done until after the election. — Christine Todd Whitman Copy Share Image
One of the useful things about age is realizing conventional wisdom is often simply inertia with a candy coating of conformity. — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
No one has a monopoly on truth, and science continues to advance. Yesterday's heresies may be tomorrow's conventional wisdom. — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
One of the toughest battles in intelligence is combating conventional wisdom. — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
Never accept conventional wisdom when it comes to finance. If others keep failing, why do you want to follow them? — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
Conventional Wisdom is certainly not wisdom, and only is conventional because foolishness is so common today. — Orrin Woodward Copy Share Image
“if you challenge the conventional wisdom, you will find ways to do things much better than they are currently done.” — Michael Lewis 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
The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encumbered by all the conventional… — Aubrey de Grey Copy Share Image
Highly successful leaders ignore conventional wisdom and take chances. Their stories inevitably include a defining moment or key decision when they took… — Larry Osborne 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
“The first rule of a successful parasite? Myxoma’s success in Australia suggests something different from that nugget of conventional wisdom I mentioned… — David Quammen Copy Share Image
I think conventional wisdom is that time is not on our side. But there are a number of members of Congress who… — John McCain 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
“Criticizing and rejecting ideas and knowledge deemed to be true—inverting conventional wisdom—is more valuable at Honda than repeated success using the same… — Jeffrey Rothfeder Copy Share Image
“When your efforts run in the face of conventional wisdom and accepted mastery, persistence can look like madness. If you succeed in… — Hilary Austen 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
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
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
“THE BIG PIECE of secular conventional wisdom about Protestantism has been that it gave a self-righteous oomph to moneymaking and capitalism—hard work… — Kurt Andersen Copy Share Image
“Teaching isn’t rocket science. It’s about being engaged, listening, paying attention. Despite conventional wisdom, you don’t need to talk a lot to… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
For decades, conventional wisdom in the United States held that it was only a matter of time before China would become more… — Robert C. O'Brien Copy Share Image
Conventional wisdom suggests the primary motivator for entrepreneurs is money or wealth creation and, in fact, much of the political debate tends… — Chip Conley Copy Share Image
“A memo to a higher office Open letter to the powers that be To a god, a king, a head of state… — Rush Copy Share Image
“It is conventional wisdom now that anything built by the government will be a disaster. But the two "Voyager" spacecraft were built… — Carl Sagan 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
“When I’m writing, I’m trying to immerse myself in the chaos of an emotional experience, rather than separate myself from it and… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
“It remains, as ever, an axiom of conventional wisdom that the use of propaganda as a means of social and ideological control… — Alex Carey Copy Share Image
“No pain, no gain." You can hear the phrase in the world of physical exercise and conditioning. Muscles that feel no pain… — Robert Dykstra Copy Share Image
The conventional wisdom in our business is that you have to grow and keep moving to survive. We never grew, always stayed… — Stefan Sagmeister Copy Share Image
“The other problem with empathy is that it is too parochial to serve as a force for a universal consideration of people’s… — Steven Pinker 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
I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it. — Peter Jennings Copy Share Image
Question everything, even if it represents generations of conventional wisdom. — Robert Ringer Copy Share Image
“Conventional wisdom in Galbraith's view must be simple, convenient, comfortable and comforting - though not necessarily true.” — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
