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Conventional wisdom is not always the best wisdom.
DOUG DUCEY![]()
In the beginning, Adam was instructed to earn the bread by the sweat of his brow - not Eve. Contrary...
EZRA TAFT BENSON It feels like it's the completely wrong way to make such an important decision. It turns out that in...
AP DIJKSTERHUIS The take-home message is that when you have to make a decision, the first step should be to get all ...
AP DIJKSTERHUIS Your brain is capable of juggling lots of facts and possibilities at the same time when you let it w...
AP DIJKSTERHUIS It is much better to follow your gut.
AP DIJKSTERHUIS![]()
Analysts may be correct that the presidential election won't primarily turn on entitlements refo...
DAVID LIMBAUGH The greatest win is walking away and choosing not to engage in drama and toxic energy at all.
LALAH DELIA The conventional wisdom is that Republicans trump Democrats when it comes to involvement in religion...
MURRAY EDELMAN![]()
To be too conscious is an illness. A real thorough going illness.
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY![]()
I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.
PETER JENNINGS The conventional wisdom is often wrong.
STEVEN D. LEVITT The conventional wisdom was that Katrina was catalytic to these attitudes about poverty. But these a...
CELINDA LAKE The conventional wisdom was that Katrina was catalytic to these attitudes about poverty, ... But the...
CELINDA LAKE Contrary to the tenets of conventional wisdom, viral ideas and campaigns were not first transmitted ...
GAVIN JOHN ADAMS![]()
I swear to you gentlemen, that to be overly conscious is a sickness, a real, thorough sickness.
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY![]()
I swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness - a real thorough-going illness.
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY![]()
It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enou...
ADAM SCHIFF We're in a period of time that there is a conventional wisdom that Bush is on the ropes. I think, ba...
FRANK NEWPORT![]()
The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.
JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH![]()
He who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it.
PITTACUS LORE Conventional wisdom tells us to avoid taking unalterable action while at a low point in life. I have...
THERESE FOWLER![]()
Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it
SARA SHEPARD The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea...
ANDREW TO![]()
Geometry is not true, it is advantageous.
HENRI POINCARE It saves trouble to be conventional, for you're not always explaining things
MYRTLE REED![]()
It is our task, both in science and in society at large, to prove the conventional wisdom wrong and ...
FREEMAN DYSON Conventional wisdom is you don't need too many bond funds,
ERIC JACOBSON Our study challenges that conventional wisdom.
DR. FARR CURLIN![]()
I still had this idea that there was a whole world of marvelous golden people somewhere, as far ahea...
RICHARD YATES![]()
If they don't know, it's OK. In fact, it can be very advantageous to not know.
DAN RICE![]()
Nowadays not even a suicide kills himself in desperation. Before taking the step he deliberates so l...
SOREN KIERKEGAARD![]()
Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.
CHRISTOPHER REEVE I think in conventional magazine wisdom, you need to have a redesign every decade or so.
TIMOTHY WHITE![]()
When you're used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn mo...
MAYIM BIALIK Using assistive technology with your child prevents your child from missing out on content solely be...
SANDRA K. COOK![]()
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.
MAE WEST![]()
When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one I've never tried before
MAE WEST Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ![]()
Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment.
STEVE ALBINI The Donald is always good for a chuckle. But we're not going to engage in such banter.
CHRIS ENDER![]()
Though a good motive cannot sanction a bad action, a bad motive will always vitiate a good action. I...
W. M. L. JAY![]()
Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble, and in choosing the lesser evil...
NICCOLò MACHIAVELLI That's not without some deliberation here, without question,
BILL PARCELLS![]()
To be, or not to be, that is the question.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Your "Not To Do" list is also important.
MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married.
JAMES C. DOBSON![]()
Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not wh...
CONFUCIUS Before any action is considered, a thorough investigation would have to be undertaken.
DUBE TSHIDI![]()
Contrary to popular wisdom, the mark of a great meeting is not how short it is or whether it ends on...
PATRICK LENCIONI![]()
Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't neede...
TERRY PRATCHETT![]()
The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.
BRIAN TRACY![]()
Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
SAM WALTON The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encum...
AUBREY DE GREY![]()
You can't always expect people to apply your wisdom when they didn't use wisdom before they found th...
SHANNON L. ALDER![]()
The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - t...
JACK KEVORKIAN When an industry recovers, it's not unusual to get companies that postponed their decisions to retur...
JAY RITTER American presidents always avoid shaking hands with brutal dictators, except when it's advantage...
ELIZABETH A. SHERMAN![]()
Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.
SAMUEL JOHNSON![]()
To be or not to be. That's not really a question.
JEAN-LUC GODARD![]()
Constantly practice the habit of inwardly gazing upon God. You know that something inside your heart...
A. W. TOZER This is not something new. We've heard these sorts of comments before. It was not phrased or given a...
ADAM ERELI When I face an issue of great import that cleaves both constituents and colleagues, I always take th...
THOMAS H. KEAN Most people see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what they've been told to see, w...
VINCENT BUGLIOSI![]()
I tell you solemnly, that I have many times tried to become an insect. But I was not equal even to t...
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY![]()
Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.
ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN![]()
Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.
ALEXANDR SOLZHENITSYN Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.
ALEXANDER SOLZEHNITSYN![]()
Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN To those people whose main goal or mission it is to come to Los Angeles and engage in criminal activ...
HORACE FRANK Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter of...
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON Next generations will not know what is to have childhood.
DANIEL MELGAçO I think it is advantageous for there to be political diversity.
LANNY EBENSTEIN![]()
A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.
SAMUEL JOHNSON![]()
To love is to act.
VICTOR HUGO War is no solution to peace.
BEN OAK![]()
I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, n...
AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS When our lips parted, he sighed. “I love those eyes, angel. When they look at me, I feel like anyt...
BIJOU HUNTER But it says nothing about interviewing candidates being allowed in closed session. An interview is n...
JOEL WHITE![]()
If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.
LAO TZU In order to understand more it is imperative that we improve our knowledge before choosing which sid...
J.P. ROBINSON In order to understand more, it is imperative that we improve our knowledge before choosing which si...
J.P. ROBINSON We may still get a deal but it may not be thorough enough.
HOLGER SCHMIEDING![]()
Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the two ...
ARCHIBALD MACLEISH We're not saying they're worse or that they're terrible vehicles. We're challenging the conventional...
DR. DENNIS DURBIN We're not saying they're worse or that they're terrible vehicles. We're challenging the conventional...
DENNIS DURBIN A lot of wisdom should go into choosing who to love you, and more to choose who to rule you...
MARIANA FULGER Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ...
FEREIDOON YAZDI![]()
Contrary to the utopian rhetoric of social media enthusiasts, the Internet often makes the jump from...
EVGENY MOROZOV Contrary to conventional wisdom, the blue blazer's a bit of a loose cannon. A suit decided long ...
WILLIE GEIST Conventional wisdom holds that investors should hold bonds in tax-protected vehicles like IRAs and s...
CHRISTOPHER DAVIS
DOUG DUCEY
In the beginning, Adam was instructed to earn the bread by the sweat of his brow - not Eve. Contrary... EZRA TAFT BENSON It feels like it's the completely wrong way to make such an important decision. It turns out that in...
AP DIJKSTERHUIS The take-home message is that when you have to make a decision, the first step should be to get all ...
AP DIJKSTERHUIS Your brain is capable of juggling lots of facts and possibilities at the same time when you let it w...
AP DIJKSTERHUIS It is much better to follow your gut.
AP DIJKSTERHUIS
Analysts may be correct that the presidential election won't primarily turn on entitlements refo... DAVID LIMBAUGH The greatest win is walking away and choosing not to engage in drama and toxic energy at all.
LALAH DELIA The conventional wisdom is that Republicans trump Democrats when it comes to involvement in religion...
MURRAY EDELMAN
To be too conscious is an illness. A real thorough going illness. FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY
I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it. PETER JENNINGS The conventional wisdom is often wrong.
STEVEN D. LEVITT The conventional wisdom was that Katrina was catalytic to these attitudes about poverty. But these a...
CELINDA LAKE The conventional wisdom was that Katrina was catalytic to these attitudes about poverty, ... But the...
CELINDA LAKE Contrary to the tenets of conventional wisdom, viral ideas and campaigns were not first transmitted ...
GAVIN JOHN ADAMS
I swear to you gentlemen, that to be overly conscious is a sickness, a real, thorough sickness. FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY
I swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness - a real thorough-going illness. FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY
It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enou... ADAM SCHIFF We're in a period of time that there is a conventional wisdom that Bush is on the ropes. I think, ba...
FRANK NEWPORT
The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events. JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH
He who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it. PITTACUS LORE Conventional wisdom tells us to avoid taking unalterable action while at a low point in life. I have...
THERESE FOWLER
Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it SARA SHEPARD The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea...
ANDREW TO
Geometry is not true, it is advantageous. HENRI POINCARE It saves trouble to be conventional, for you're not always explaining things
MYRTLE REED
It is our task, both in science and in society at large, to prove the conventional wisdom wrong and ... FREEMAN DYSON Conventional wisdom is you don't need too many bond funds,
ERIC JACOBSON Our study challenges that conventional wisdom.
DR. FARR CURLIN
I still had this idea that there was a whole world of marvelous golden people somewhere, as far ahea... RICHARD YATES
If they don't know, it's OK. In fact, it can be very advantageous to not know. DAN RICE
Nowadays not even a suicide kills himself in desperation. Before taking the step he deliberates so l... SOREN KIERKEGAARD
Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes. CHRISTOPHER REEVE I think in conventional magazine wisdom, you need to have a redesign every decade or so.
TIMOTHY WHITE
When you're used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn mo... MAYIM BIALIK Using assistive technology with your child prevents your child from missing out on content solely be...
SANDRA K. COOK
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before. MAE WEST
When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one I've never tried before MAE WEST Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ
Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment. STEVE ALBINI The Donald is always good for a chuckle. But we're not going to engage in such banter.
CHRIS ENDER
Though a good motive cannot sanction a bad action, a bad motive will always vitiate a good action. I... W. M. L. JAY
Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble, and in choosing the lesser evil... NICCOLò MACHIAVELLI That's not without some deliberation here, without question,
BILL PARCELLS
To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Your "Not To Do" list is also important.
MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married.
JAMES C. DOBSON
Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not wh... CONFUCIUS Before any action is considered, a thorough investigation would have to be undertaken.
DUBE TSHIDI
Contrary to popular wisdom, the mark of a great meeting is not how short it is or whether it ends on... PATRICK LENCIONI
Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't neede... TERRY PRATCHETT
The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear. BRIAN TRACY
Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom. SAM WALTON The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encum...
AUBREY DE GREY
You can't always expect people to apply your wisdom when they didn't use wisdom before they found th... SHANNON L. ALDER
The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - t... JACK KEVORKIAN When an industry recovers, it's not unusual to get companies that postponed their decisions to retur...
JAY RITTER American presidents always avoid shaking hands with brutal dictators, except when it's advantage...
ELIZABETH A. SHERMAN
Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent. SAMUEL JOHNSON
To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD
Constantly practice the habit of inwardly gazing upon God. You know that something inside your heart... A. W. TOZER This is not something new. We've heard these sorts of comments before. It was not phrased or given a...
ADAM ERELI When I face an issue of great import that cleaves both constituents and colleagues, I always take th...
THOMAS H. KEAN Most people see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what they've been told to see, w...
VINCENT BUGLIOSI
I tell you solemnly, that I have many times tried to become an insect. But I was not equal even to t... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY
Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing. ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN
Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing. ALEXANDR SOLZHENITSYN Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.
ALEXANDER SOLZEHNITSYN
Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing. ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN To those people whose main goal or mission it is to come to Los Angeles and engage in criminal activ...
HORACE FRANK Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter of...
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON Next generations will not know what is to have childhood.
DANIEL MELGAçO I think it is advantageous for there to be political diversity.
LANNY EBENSTEIN
A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority. SAMUEL JOHNSON
To love is to act. VICTOR HUGO War is no solution to peace.
BEN OAK
I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, n... AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS When our lips parted, he sighed. “I love those eyes, angel. When they look at me, I feel like anyt...
BIJOU HUNTER But it says nothing about interviewing candidates being allowed in closed session. An interview is n...
JOEL WHITE
If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it. LAO TZU In order to understand more it is imperative that we improve our knowledge before choosing which sid...
J.P. ROBINSON In order to understand more, it is imperative that we improve our knowledge before choosing which si...
J.P. ROBINSON We may still get a deal but it may not be thorough enough.
HOLGER SCHMIEDING
Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the two ... ARCHIBALD MACLEISH We're not saying they're worse or that they're terrible vehicles. We're challenging the conventional...
DR. DENNIS DURBIN We're not saying they're worse or that they're terrible vehicles. We're challenging the conventional...
DENNIS DURBIN A lot of wisdom should go into choosing who to love you, and more to choose who to rule you...
MARIANA FULGER Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ...
FEREIDOON YAZDI
Contrary to the utopian rhetoric of social media enthusiasts, the Internet often makes the jump from... EVGENY MOROZOV Contrary to conventional wisdom, the blue blazer's a bit of a loose cannon. A suit decided long ...
WILLIE GEIST Conventional wisdom holds that investors should hold bonds in tax-protected vehicles like IRAs and s...
CHRISTOPHER DAVIS
