“The conventional wisdom is often wrong.”
“One of the useful things about age is realizing conventional wisdom is often simply inertia with a candy coating of conformity.”
“When the conventional wisdom of physics seemed to conflict with an elegant theory of his, Einstein was inclined to question that wisdom rather than his theory, often to have his stubbornness rewarded.”
“Conventional Wisdom" is certainly not wisdom, and only is conventional because foolishness is so common today.”
“It is our task, both in science and in society at large, to prove the conventional wisdom wrong and to make our unpredictable dreams come true”
“What both Dell and Gary figured out before opening themselves up is that conventional business wisdom that companies need to be secretive in order to be successful is wrong.”