Quotes about Conventional wisdom

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Don’t accept any knowledge or conventional wisdom without critically questioning it first. — Debasish Mridha
I like uncovering the cultural prejudices I didn't even know. — A.J. Jacobs, The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
Sex education in the modern manner has been well-described as plumbing for hedonists. — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into. — Jonathan Swift
[Conventional wisdom] very heavily tends to reflect the preferences and the interests of the elite. — Paul Krugman
Emily Dickinson sublimely unnames even the blanks. — Harold Bloom, The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
A whole nation cannot rise above itself. — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
A lot of people here some South in your mouth, and they automatically think you're dumb. They think if you talk funny, y — David Pietrusza, 1960--LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies
Rehnquist was just reflecting his shifting role, from outsider to the institutional embodiment of the Court. — Jeffrey Toobin, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
One mark of originality that can win canonical status for a literary work is strangeness that we either never altogether — Harold Bloom, The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
A written constitution is needed to protect values AGAINST prevailing wisdom. — Antonin Scalia, Scalia Dissents: Writings of the Supreme Court's Wittiest, Most Outspoken Justice
When it comes to anniversaries, the publishing industry usually resembles distant relatives, readiest with gifts that ar — Anthony Paletta
Insight is the deep intuitive understanding of things, and it often breaks through the conventional wisdom. — Pearl Zhu, 100 Creativity Ingredients: Everyone's Playbook to Unlock Creativity
Shakespeare and his few peers invented all of us. — Harold Bloom, The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
Why study what the world thinks? I believe this practice will actually make us more gracious and merciful. Engaged in in — Brian Eshleman
Malignant phenomena do not come out of a golden age. — Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
Under the absolute sway of an individual despot the body was attacked in order to subdue the soul, and the soul escaped — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The greatest difficulty in antiquity with that of altering the law; among the moderns, it is that of altering the manner — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
When we heed God's Word, we are rejecting how the world tries to disciple us. — Matt Chandler
Your blanks have been filled in far differently from those of a child grown up in the filth and poverty — John Howard Griffin, Black Like Me