Conventional Quotes

432 Conventional quotes by 390 unique authors

Anyone who strays too far from the majority view or the conventional wisdom is bound to be labeled "arrogant," "a maverick," "a Wildman," "weird," or… — John Eliot
Training the body to obey the mind as I have done differs from the more conventional method of getting the mind to obey the body. — Chris Evert
It's easy to live the expected and conventional. It's when you live the unexpected that you start having fun with your life. — Richard Bach
Question everything, even if it represents generations of conventional wisdom. — Robert Ringer
I'm not interested in living in a fantasy world ... All my work is still meant to evoke real architectural spaces. But what interests me… — Lebbeus Woods
The Irish Free State was one of dozens of new European democracies to emerge from the cauldron of the 1914-1918 war. It was one of… — John Bruton
A wise and clear-eyed book, Future Hype challenges the conventional wisdom about technological change and provides a fresh perspective on our so-called computer age. — Nicholas G. Carr
We're stuck. We're stuck between the East and the West. Between the past and the future. On the one hand there are the secular modernists,… — Elif Safak
Progress is not a straight line; the future is not a mere projection of trends in the present. Rather, it is revolutionary. It overturns the… — Dr. An Wang
If I have done anything, it is to make ugly appealing. In fact, most of my work is concerned with destroying—or at least deconstructing—conventional ideas… — Miuccia Prada
In the end, a theory is accepted not because it is confirmed by conventional empirical tests, but because researchers persuade one another that the theory… — Fischer Black
James Russell offers a timely and compelling blueprint for a realistic transformation of America's energy consumption by refusing to fall victim to conventional thinking. Accessible?pragmatic… — Unknown Author
I came to realize that far more important to me than any plot or conventional sense was the sheer directionality I felt while reading prose,… — Ben Lerner
Conventional manners are a kind of literacy test for the alien who comes among us. — Katharine Fullerton Gerould
One of the reasons, surely, why women have been credited with less perfect veracity than men is that the burden of conventional falsehood falls chiefly… — Katharine Fullerton Gerould
Each of us should choose which course of action we must take; education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary… — Ron Paul
Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would be a mistake. — Nick Clooney
I try to encourage people to think for themselves, to question standard assumptions... Don't take assumptions for granted. Begin by taking a skeptical attitude toward… — Noam Chomsky
I’ve never agreed with the conventional wisdom that ‘actors are great liars.’ If more people understood the acting process, the goals of good actors, the… — Rob Lowe
Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there’s a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite… — Sam Walton
Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom. — Sam Walton
One of the things I learned, the easiest of lessons, was that the better you do your job, often going against conventional mores, the less… — David Halberstam
Conventional dogmas, even if endowed with the authority of an Aristotle - ancient or modern - must be tested vigorously. If they are found wanting,… — Norman Lamm
I’m not so sure that the conventional wisdom makes any sense. Yes, it might be technically easy to track people and all that. But in… — Rod Humble
Conventional measures of mental ability, such as intelligence tests and scholarship, show some of the very highest records belong to INFP and INFJ types, who… — Isabel Briggs Myers

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