Assumption Quote by Richard Marcinko

Conventional Wisdom is certainly not wisdom, and only is conventional because foolishness is so common today.

— Orrin Woodward

All conventional wisdom has an element of truth to it, but good design requires more than an element of truth - it requires an…

— Henry Petroski

The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom.

— Ed Miliband

Analysts may be correct that the presidential election won't primarily turn on entitlements reform, but by choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt…

— David Limbaugh

The world is always changed by people who don't listen to conventional wisdom. I think we often set our goals too small and try…

— Rick Warren

In a corporate context, companies have to try very hard to oppose the enticements of conventional wisdom. They must aim for the leaps, which…

— John Kao

When you're used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn more.

— Mayim Bialik

“Conventional wisdom is not always wrong—but it’s always suspect.”

— Brandon Webb

Conventional wisdom tells us we'll only be happier after a divorce if the marriage itself was a war zone.

— Ariel Gore

The line that I am urging as today's conventional wisdom is not a denial of consciousness. It is often called, with more reason, arepudiation…

— Willard Van Orman Quine

Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer…

— Paul Ryan

Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed levees and exploded the conventional wisdom about a shared American prosperity, exposing a group of people so poor they didn't have…

— Michael Eric Dyson