Conventional Quotes

432 quotes by 390 authors

The success and ultimately the survival of every business, large or small, depends in the last analysis on its ability to develop people. This ability… — Peter Drucker
Men have, for the most part, done with lamenting their lost faith. Sentimental tears over the happy, simple Christendom of their fathers are a thing… — Unknown Author
Living a long life, the conventional wisdom at the time said, depended to a great extent on who we were-that is, our genes. It depended… — Malcolm Gladwell
I've tried several varieties of sex. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic, and the others either give me a stiff neck or lockjaw. — Tallulah Bankhead
Strings of coincidence can strengthen us in the determination to follow our deepest intuitions even when they run counter to conventional wisdom and logic and… — Robert Moss
There are many disturbing news. We believe that the production of conventional petroleum reached peak oil already in 2006. The oil fields in the North… — Fatih Birol
It is science that brings us an understanding of the true complexity of natural systems. The insights from the science of ecology are teaching us… — Unknown Author
If every UFO report could be convincingly credited to some conventional astronomical or atmospheric phenomenon, there would be no UFO mystery. It is precisely because… — Don Berliner
The notion of following your passion is worth indulging. Your passion is your source of power. To live really a full life, you need to… — Doug Peacock
The Buddha's insight into the middle way is not simply about a balance between extremes. This conventional understanding misses the deeper revelation of the middle… — Adyashanti
Conventional economic theory... counts the depletion of resources as the accumulation of wealth. — Mark Lynas
All new ideas begin in a non-conforming mind that questions some tenet of the conventional wisdom. — Hyman Rickover
Make sure you have a vice president in charge of your revolution, to engender ferment among your more conventional colleagues. — David Ogilvy
The most important aspect of my personality as far as determining my success goes; has been my questioning conventional wisdom, doubting experts and questioning authority.… — Larry Ellison
The only way to get ahead is to find errors in conventional wisdom. — Larry Ellison
I have two ideas for novels at the moment, neither of them all that conventional, but I'm not ready to choose between them yet, let… — Jonathan Coe
But in a lot of ways my poems are very conventional, and it's no big deal for me to write a poem in either free… — Andrew Motion
Similarly, it is argued that the culture of Islam is incompatible with democracy. Basically, this conventional perspective of the Middle East thus contends that democracy… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Main thing is to publish. Blog, tweet, write, photograph, tweet, video, code, play around with data - or a combination of all of the above.… — Alan Rusbridger
Children of course are monstrously conventional, repelled at once by whatever is off-center, out of whack, unmanageable. And being an only child I had been… — Alice Munro

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