“And that's just the beginning. More and more, conventional wisdom says that the responsible thing is to make the unemployed suffer. And… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
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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
“it’s counterintuitive that the conventional wisdom is that current market success equates to future market success. But this is, for better or… — Stephen O’Grady Copy Share Image
Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the two should not meet in a man's… — Archibald MacLeish 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
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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Trading has taught me not to take the conventional wisdom for granted. What money I made in trading is testimony to the… — Richard Dennis 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
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 try to encourage people to think for themselves, to question standard assumptions... Don't take assumptions for granted. Begin by taking a… — Noam Chomsky 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“My doctor says that, contrary to conventional wisdom, she doesn't believe our memories flag because of a drop in estrogen but because… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
The elderly have weathered enough squalls to know that this one, too, shall pass. They own the courage to be original; they've… — Sarah Ferguson Copy Share Image
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Anyone who strays too far from the majority view or the conventional wisdom is bound to be labeled "arrogant," "a maverick," "a… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
It is our task, both in science and in society at large, to prove the conventional wisdom wrong and to make our… — Freeman Dyson 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
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
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
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“Something is indeed returning today - but the conventional wisdom that this is religion making its reappearance is insufficient to satisfy critical… — Peter Sloterdijk 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
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