“The conventional wisdom is often wrong.”

“The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.”

“Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.”

“Challenging the conventional wisdom is the way to make waves in science.”

“Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.”

“My point today is that, if we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as "lines produced" but as "lines spent": the current conventional wisdom is so foolish as to book that count on the wrong side of the ledger.”

“Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all.”

“Always listen to yourself… It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention.”

“Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”

“Conventional wisdom is not to put all of your eggs in one basket. 80/20 wisdom is to choose a basket carefully, load all your eggs into it, and then watch it like a hawk.”