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.
"The Warren Court was one of those moments when, because of the particular challenge of segregation, they needed to break out of conventional wisdom because the political process didn't give an avenue for minorities and African Americans to exercise their political power to solve their problems.
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.
"People tend to pooh-pooh wisdom because, well, you know, what's that?
I don't know if it's because "with age comes wisdom," because now the kids are grown, the corporate life is behind me, and I'm simply an entrepreneur/filmmaker, but I've just stopped rushing.
According to the Syntopicon, Plato did not believe human philosophers could actually achieve wisdom because this was a property reserved for the Gods.
They became known as "schools of wisdom" because of the clientele they attracted, and, though political and religious leaders feared the free and frank discourse common in such establishments, their frequent bans on coffeehouses were impossible to maintain.
Roth's demand, which might be seen as crazy prima donna pickiness, turns out to be a species of Solomonic wisdom, because by burying the requirement deep in a list of important safety checks, he could know that if brown M&Ms appeared in his dressing room then the venue was likely to be unsafe.
When fear stands in your way, it's difficult to cultivate wisdom – because you lack the confidence to take risks and introduce new ways of doing things.
It held up as the winning points, despite the debate over its wisdom, because it simply gave the Giants' defense more stage time.
