Received Wisdom Quotes

15 quotes by 14 authors

It's received wisdom that the English are uniquely child-unfriendly. — Julie Burchill
We can reject everything else: religion, ideology, all received wisdom. But we cannot escape the necessity of love and compassion. This, then, is my true… — Dalai Lama
Occasionally they came to villages, and at each village they encountered a roadblock of fallen trees. Having had centuries of experience with the smallpox virus,… — Richard Preston
Contrary to the received wisdom, global markets are not unregulated. They are regulated to produce inequality. — Kevin Watkins
There is no denying that consideration of others is worthwhile and that our happiness is inextricably bound up with the happiness of others. There is… — Dalai Lama
Ignore the received wisdom of any industry youâ€™re entering. Never be trapped by dogma. Never let other peopleâ€™s opinions drown out your own inner voice. — Tim Waterstone
Acknowledge the complexity of the world and resist the impression that you easily understand it. People are too quick to accept conventional wisdom, because it… — Jim Rogers
I'm someone who's done the opposite of whatever the received wisdom is, to keep your career going into your 50s. — Elizabeth McGovern
Being naive simply means that we reject received wisdom that something is a problem. We are always naive relative to some definition of the situation,… — Karl E. Weick
It is undoubtedly easier to believe in absolutes, follow blindly, mouth received wisdom. But that is self-betrayal. — John Ralston Saul
It means an educational system which does not simply equip the students to adjust to society, but which enables the student to challenge and to… — Lyndon B. Johnson
As with many other folk beliefs, 'feng-shui' undoubtedly incorporates some scientifically correct observation or received wisdom based on direct experience of natural phenomena; but it… — Martin Filler
Most non-readers are nothing but an agglomeration of third-hand opinion and blindly received wisdom. — Tom Bissell
Nothing energizes me more than to burrow myself under a pile of received wisdom and emerge triumphant with the truth. — Timothy Noah
Most people in the Western world grow up with the received wisdom that Mozart was a genius. But few people necessarily know why. More than… — Charles Hazlewood

Who Wrote These Received Wisdom Quotes

14 authors contributed a total of 15 Received Wisdom Quotes as follows: