Peter Jennings Quotes

I reject most conventional wisdom.

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.

Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.

I don't think we ought to base our policy on what the conventional wisdom is.... The conventional wisdom usually is wrong.

To be a contrarian, you've got to be a contrarian against your own people.

I'm a total nonconformist; for me, it's about going down rabbit holes.

I have a slight contrarian impulse I can't seem to shake.

I have a suspicion of lockstep and everyone looking in the same direction: that's a key character trait in me.

I have contrarian tendencies.

If your writing collides with the conventional wisdom, there's going to be some kind of friction.

I've never liked categories; I've never liked boxes; I've always tried to be unconventional as much as I possibly could.

A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.

By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed.

It's really important, whether you're a conservative or a liberal, to always challenge the conventional wisdom, which is what I've tried to do in all my work.

I think most of us are outsiders. And I think that's good because it makes you question things.

Nobody's going to tell me how to be different, so stop asking me. Stop asking me what two-plus-two is. Everybody knows two-plus-two is five.

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

I wasn't overwhelmed by dogma, and that sort of freed me up to look at things differently.

I've always been interested in kind of doing the thing that you weren't necessarily recommended to do.

You do not move forward by following convention. You celebrate those who are different, who are not burdened by 'normality.'

I think there's something important in going against the grain and perhaps finding value in things that aren't necessarily institutionally recognized.

I don't think there's anything traditional about me.

… the third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority, the second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority, and the first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.

It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.

I'm going to try to not let anyone put me in a box, and that certainly applies to the things I do outside of acting.