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Around 93, 94, the conventional wisdom about the Internet was that it was a toy for academics and researchers. So it was very, very underestimated for about two years. – Marc Andreessen

You know, many people have said that Im on the edge and Im maverick for some of the big operations that Ive done. Im not at all. I pray I ask God to give me wisdom, Should I do it?, guidance in terms of how to do it, who to consult with. All those kind of things are incredibly important. – Benjamin Carson

To build a great company, which is a CEOs job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom. – Carly Fiorina

Im not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there its like relaxing into – and an acceptance of – things. – Tina Turner

Wisdom is knowing when you cant be wise. – Paul Engle

I always see where I didnt do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. Thats a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that. – Vera Wang

Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this countrys principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times. – Chris Christie

If you have a vaccine or an antidote that people can benefit from, youre not going to want to keep it to yourself. Youre going to want to spread that wisdom or whatever to as many people as you can, so everybody can benefit from it. – will.i.am

Spending two years on my uncles ranch in Montana as a young man gave me the wisdom and the thrust to do westerns. – Robert Duvall

Its received wisdom that the English are uniquely child-unfriendly. – Julie Burchill

One part of wisdom is knowing what you dont need anymore and letting it go. – Jane Fonda

I dont think I really have any wisdom. Stay out of trouble. Good luck. Stay away from women because they will burn you, haha. – Jason Aldean

The greatest wisdom is to realize ones lack of it. – Constantin Stanislavski

Its very hard to know what wisdom is. – James Hillman

As a parent and a citizen, Ill take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must have billionaires, better they should ignore Jobss example and instead embrace the morality and wisdom of the great industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. – Eric Alterman

I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her its important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity. – Sally Kirkland

When youre used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn more. – Mayim Bialik

The Relation we bear to the Wisdom of the Father, the Son of His Love, gives us indeed a dignity which otherwise we have no pretence to. It makes us something, something considerable even in Gods Eyes. – Mary Astell

Your art kind of changes as you get older, by nature of the fact that youre hopefully gaining wisdom and youre starting to watch things with a better overview. – Sheryl Crow

Normally street children are shown in terms of the tragedy of their lives – which is true – but theres also another dimension: their wisdom, dignity and enormous capacity for survival. – Henning Mankell