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Received Wisdom Quotes by Tom Bissell
- Most non-readers are nothing but an agglomeration of third-hand opinion and blindly received wisdom.
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- 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,… — Dalai Lama
- Occasionally they came to villages, and at each village they encountered a roadblock of fallen trees. Having had centuries of experience with… — 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… — Dalai Lama
- Ignore the received wisdom of any industry you’re entering. Never be trapped by dogma. Never let other people’s opinions drown out your… — Tim Waterstone
- Acknowledge the complexity of the world and resist the impression that you easily understand it. People are too quick to accept conventional… — 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… — 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… — 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… — Martin Filler