Conventional Wisdom Quotes

68 quotes by 63 authors

In the beginning, Adam was instructed to earn the bread by the sweat of his brow - not Eve. Contrary to conventional wisdom, a mother's… — Ezra Taft Benson
When you're used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn more. — Mayim Bialik
I'm very proud of the Rome episode of 'No Reservations' because it violated all the conventional wisdom about making television. You're never, ever supposed to… — Anthony Bourdain
Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter of right and left. — Arianna Huffington
I think conventional wisdom is that time is not on our side. But there are a number of members of Congress who have primaries and… — John McCain
Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the two should not meet in a man's life if he… — Archibald MacLeish
If you leave home for a while ... you question the conventional wisdom you've grown up with. That doesn't mean you have to change your… — Molly Ringwald
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
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
All new ideas begin in a non-conforming mind that questions some tenet of the conventional wisdom. — Hyman Rickover
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
Contemporary art challenges us.. it broadens our horizons. It asks us to think beyond the limits of conventional wisdom. — Eli Broad
Contrary to popular belief, conventional wisdom would have one believe that it is insane to resist this, the mightiest of empiresâ€¦ But what history really… — Mumia Abu-Jamal
Around '93, '94, the conventional wisdom about the Internet was that it was a toy for academics and researchers. So it was very, very underestimated… — Marc Andreessen
Take a brilliant, creative social scientist, without any respect for conventional wisdom and you get Ellen Langer. She is a fantastic storyteller, and Counterclockwise is… — Dan Ariely
The conventional wisdom in our business is that you have to grow and keep moving to survive.Â We never grew, always stayed tiny, and it… — Stefan Sagmeister
Conventional wisdom is no wisdom at all. Conventional wisdom is taking somebody else's word for the way things are It's the followers of this world… — Richard Marcinko
The elderly have weathered enough squalls to know that this one, too, shall pass. They own the courage to be original; they've learned to hold… — Sarah Ferguson
Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment — Steve Albini

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