Defying Conventional Wisdom Quotes

A minority may be right. The majority is always wrong.

Always listen to experts. They will tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it.

I think if I'm controversial it's not because I set out to be. It's because I've never felt comfortable being part of someone else's mainstream community.

The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.

Don't listen to the prevailing majority points of view. If you have new ideas, push them.

I'm not going to run to the left of Mitch McConnell; I'm not going to run to the right of Mitch McConnell. I am going to run right over the top of Mitch McConnell.

An understandable prejudice of intellectual life leads us to view tilters at orthodoxy as courageous front-line innovators.

I stand up for what is right even if it puts me in a political conundrum. Supporting Senator Sanders was one of those moments when the status quo said 'Uh uh, bad girl.'

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.

It's important to understand economic trends, but, in my mind, it's more important to understand how to buck the trends.

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.

If you truly believe in something that is totally rejected by others, then you've just made a difference.

Since I know how crazy this business is, I do the opposite of what I see other people doing.

Although I am proud of all supporters, especially those legislators who have had the guts to buck the party and support me, there are some supporters who risk more than their political careers. They risk the wrath of extremists and even their livelihood for publicly supporting me.