"The conventional wisdom is often wrong."

-- Steven Levitt

#Conventional Wisdom Quotes

“Law is death. The more of the law in a country, the worse for the country.”
“The humiliation that Jane had felt turned to something else--grief perhaps, or regret. Regret that she had not known how to act with a boy, regret that she had not been wiser.”
“I am spoiled, it's true. I don't even know how to use that thing in the kitchen with the burners.”
“Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.”
“I have a soft spot for cashmere - even though that is not a particularly sustainable fabric, I do invest in quality, so it is sustainable in the sense that it is not just throwaway fashion and I keep it for a long, long time.”
“I try to make myself, and subsequently the audience, as uncomfortable as possible, whether it's completely desecrating a song they thought was one thing, or getting too drunk to really do a very good job.”

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“In my childhood I always felt that I was treated unjustly, without a mother, sick, and with the threat of punishment in Hell hanging over my head”
“Science, as opposed to technology, does violence to common sense.”

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