Conventional wisdom Quote by Orrin Woodward

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…

— Richard Marcinko

Conventional wisdom is invariably out of date. Because in the time it has taken to become conventional - to become what everyone believes -…

— Michael Crichton

“I always admire people who have the courage to confront the conventional wisdom - I mean, people within the system. Those of us on…

— Bill James

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

— Horace

“So the conventional wisdom in Galbraith’s view must be simple, convenient, comfortable, and comforting—though not necessarily true. It would be silly to argue that…

— Steven D. Levitt

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

— Anonymous

I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.

— Peter Jennings

Conventional wisdom is so scary because what if everybody's wrong?

— Kevin Costner

I reject most conventional wisdom.

— Rush Limbaugh

“The problem with conventional wisdom is that it's generally lacking in nuance, an otherwise key component of life.”

— Anna Akbari

Conventional wisdom would have one believe...

— Mumia Abu-Jamal

Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning, and there is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.

— Bergen Evans