He says that he is constantly trying to "shut out the noise" of conventional wisdom, because, although it may not always be wrong, it is rarely profitable.
Moreover, all of these other so-called goods are useless — in fact, even harmful — without wisdom, because without it one will misuse any of the other assets one may possess, so as to act not well but badly.
Of course, the excision of economic issues from public debate has become the bipartisan political wisdom, partly because of the Third Way orientation that Morris helped drive.
Gift book wisdom: Because of its hardness and strange appearance, petrified wood was thought to scare off evil.
The children of my generation, I think, will be exposed equally to intelligence and wisdom because of reform and technology, as well as our current follies becoming educational history.
They cannot offer better rewards, according to conventional wisdom, because of their razor-thin margins fueled by extremely competitive market conditions.
"Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor" (Ezekiel, 28 17).
Not only were they professional, productive, and eager to learn, but they also brought such warmth and wisdom because of their experience with family members in prison.
Whether that is because of their unequalled wisdom, because the IT industry is full of males who are too caught up with technology to have met many women other than their mothers, or because of a misogynist streak that suspects women of a certain age to be diehard analogues is a moot point.Grandmothers, sisters, teenage daughters and other female kin also have their place.
On the contrary, one prominent member of the European Commission sums up the conventional wisdom as follows: "Because of the Iraq war, the threat of terrorism is now ten times worse than when Saddam was in power".
