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title: "37 Ifs Quotes By Malcolm Gladwell"
description: "37 Ifs quotes by Malcolm Gladwell. Plus more from Malcolm Gladwell and more Ifs sayings from other authors."
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> [It's as if you were interested in fashion and your neighbor when you were growing up happened to be Giorgio Armani.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/it-s-as-if-you-were-interested-in-fashion-and-your-neighbor-when-you/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [If people disobey, don't ask what is wrong with them, ask what's wrong with their leaders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/if-people-disobey-don-t-ask-what-is-wrong-with-them-ask-what-s-wrong/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [If everyone has to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/if-everyone-has-to-think-outside-the-box-maybe-it-is-the-box-that/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [If you play an audiotape of a yawn to blind people, they'll yawn too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/if-you-play-an-audiotape-of-a-yawn-to-blind-people-they-ll-yawn-too/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [If we are to learn to improve the quality of the decisions we make, we need to accept the mysterious nature of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/if-we-are-to-learn-to-improve-the-quality-of-the-decisions-we-make-we/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [I have a new way of doing things, and I don’t care if you think I’m crazy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/i-have-a-new-way-of-doing-things-and-i-don-t-care-if-you-think-i-m/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [You can't concentrate on doing anything if you are thinking, “What's gonna happen if it doesn't go right?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/you-can-t-concentrate-on-doing-anything-if-you-are-thinking-what-s/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [If you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/if-you-don-t-contradict-yourself-on-a-regular-basis-then-you-re-not/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [There's no idea that can't be explained to a thoughtful 14-year-old. If the thoughtful 14-year-old doesn't get it, it is your fault,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/there-s-no-idea-that-can-t-be-explained-to-a-thoughtful-14-year-old/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [Success is deeply rooted in time and place. You may have the drive to read tons of books on biology. But if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/success-is-deeply-rooted-in-time-and-place-you-may-have-the-drive-to/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [We sometimes think of being good at mathematics as an innate ability. You either have "it" or you don't. But to Schoenfeld,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/we-sometimes-think-of-being-good-at-mathematics-as-an-innate-ability/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [I'm someone who can provide an intellectual framework, but I can't tell people who are trying to sell Product X how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/i-m-someone-who-can-provide-an-intellectual-framework-but-i-can-t/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [In a country that never wins anything: in Canada, if one of our athletes so much as makes the final in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/in-a-country-that-never-wins-anything-in-canada-if-one-of-our/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [If you are going to do something truly innovative, you have to be someone who does not value social approval. You can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/if-you-are-going-to-do-something-truly-innovative-you-have-to-be/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [If you're in business it's both a promise and a warning. It says that sometimes little things can cause some little guy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/if-you-re-in-business-it-s-both-a-promise-and-a-warning-it-says-that/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [If your parents are billionaires, that might actually be an obstacle to your own happiness and self-development. If you go to Oxford…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/if-your-parents-are-billionaires-that-might-actually-be-an-obstacle/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [The 10,000-hours rule says that if you look at any kind of cognitively complex field, from playing chess to being a neurosurgeon,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/the-10-000-hours-rule-says-that-if-you-look-at-any-kind-of/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [If there is one thing I learned by reading Epstein's "The Sports Gene" it is that world-class athletes are, by definition, abnormal:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/if-there-is-one-thing-i-learned-by-reading-epstein-s-the-sports-gene/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [My writing model is my mother, who is a writer as well. She always valued clarity and simplicity above all else. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/my-writing-model-is-my-mother-who-is-a-writer-as-well-she-always/)

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> [If a window is broken and left unrepaired, people walking by will conclude that no one cares and no one is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/if-a-window-is-broken-and-left-unrepaired-people-walking-by-will/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [I'm in the storytelling business, and so you're always drawn to the unusual. And early on, I discovered that's the easiest way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/i-m-in-the-storytelling-business-and-so-you-re-always-drawn-to-the/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [Take a random group of 8-year-old American and Japanese kids, give them all a really, really hard math problem, and start a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/take-a-random-group-of-8-year-old-american-and-japanese-kids-give/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [Starting epidemics requires concentrating resources on a few key area. The Law of the Few says that Connectors, Mavens, and Salesman are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/starting-epidemics-requires-concentrating-resources-on-a-few-key-area/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [When the students were asked to identify their race on a pretest questionnaire, that simple act was sufficient to prime them with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/when-the-students-were-asked-to-identify-their-race-on-a-pretest/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [I don't go to an office, so I write at home. I like to write in the morning, if possible; that's when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/i-don-t-go-to-an-office-so-i-write-at-home-i-like-to-write-in-the/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [If you look at the careers of great entrepreneurs and you look at the moment they took their plunge, the plunge is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/if-you-look-at-the-careers-of-great-entrepreneurs-and-you-look-at-the/)

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> [If you think success is about so many more things and is so much more arbitrary, then you can be much more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/if-you-think-success-is-about-so-many-more-things-and-is-so-much-more/)

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> [It changes how people read you if you believe in God. It gives insight into your motivation, how you look at problems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/it-changes-how-people-read-you-if-you-believe-in-god-it-gives-insight/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [Instinct is the gift of experience. The first question you have to ask yourself is, 'On what basis am I making a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/instinct-is-the-gift-of-experience-the-first-question-you-have-to-ask/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [Clear writing is universal. People talk about writing down to an audience or writing up to an audience; I think that's nonsense.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/clear-writing-is-universal-people-talk-about-writing-down-to-an/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [We are approaching levels - if we're not beyond levels - of threshold for the number of messages that consumers can take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/we-are-approaching-levels-if-we-re-not-beyond-levels-of-threshold-for/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [That's your responsibility as a person, as a human being - to constantly be updating your positions on as many things as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/that-s-your-responsibility-as-a-person-as-a-human-being-to-constantly/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [The biggest mistake we make is trying to square the way we feel about something today with the way we felt about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/the-biggest-mistake-we-make-is-trying-to-square-the-way-we-feel-about/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [If we think about emotion this way - as outside-in, not inside out - it is possible to understand how some people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/if-we-think-about-emotion-this-way-as-outside-in-not-inside-out-it-is/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [In order to get one of the greatest inventions of the modern age, in other words, we thought we needed the solitary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/in-order-to-get-one-of-the-greatest-inventions-of-the-modern-age-in/)

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> [We spend a lot of time and effort trying to figure out who's going to be a good NFL quarterback, and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/we-spend-a-lot-of-time-and-effort-trying-to-figure-out-who-s-going-to/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [When I see someone who reads something of mine and draws something out of it that's very different from my perspective, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/when-i-see-someone-who-reads-something-of-mine-and-draws-something/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## More by Malcolm Gladwell

> [When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/when-i-go-to-my-health-club-and-it-s-in-the-basement-you-have-to-take/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

> [The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/the-tipping-point-is-that-magic-moment-when-an-idea-trend-or-social/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

> [“The scholars who research happiness suggest that more money stops making people happier at a family income of around seventy-five thousand dollars a year.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/the-scholars-who-research-happiness-suggest-that-more-money-stops/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

> [We need to be clear when we venerate entrepreneurs what we are venerating.They are not moral leaders. If they were moral leaders, they wouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/we-need-to-be-clear-when-we-venerate-entrepreneurs-what-we-are/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

> [“Some people look like they sound better than they actually sound, because they look confident and have good posture," once musician, a veteran of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/some-people-look-like-they-sound-better-than-they-actually-sound/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

> [A handicap is like trying to race and you have a ten pound weight stuck to your waist. That is a handicap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/a-handicap-is-like-trying-to-race-and-you-have-a-ten-pound-weight/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

> [“neighborhood was filled with engineers from Hewlett-Packard, then as now one of”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/neighborhood-was-filled-with-engineers-from-hewlett-packard-then-as/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

> [“People are ruined by challenged economic lives. But they are ruined by wealth as well because they lose their ambition and they lose their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/people-are-ruined-by-challenged-economic-lives-but-they-are-ruined-by/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

> [The single most important thing a city can do is provide a community where interesting, smart people want to live with their families.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/the-single-most-important-thing-a-city-can-do-is-provide-a-community/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

> [ \[Norden\] said, with the Mark 15 Norden bombsight, he could drop a bomb into a pickle barrel at 20,000 feet. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/norden-said-with-the-mark-15-norden-bombsight-he-could-drop-a-bomb/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

> [The willingness to be self-critical in England is much greater than the willingness to be self-critical in America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/the-willingness-to-be-self-critical-in-england-is-much-greater-than/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

> [The conventional explanation for Jewish success, of course, is that Jews come from a literate, intellectual culture. They are famously "the people of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/the-conventional-explanation-for-jewish-success-of-course-is-that/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

> [“An archway to one side leads to a church, the Madonna del Carmine—Our Lady of Mount Carmine. Narrow”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/an-archway-to-one-side-leads-to-a-church-the-madonna-del-carmine-our/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

> [People are experience-rich and theory-poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/people-are-experience-rich-and-theory-poor/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

> [“Most psychologists believe that nature—genetics—accounts for about half of the reason why we tend to act the way we do. His point is simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/most-psychologists-believe-that-nature-genetics-accounts-for-about/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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