--- title: "18 Years Quotes By Malcolm Gladwell" description: "18 Years quotes by Malcolm Gladwell. Plus more from Malcolm Gladwell and more Years sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/malcolm-gladwell-348_genius_sometimes-genius-is-just-the-thing-that_3142413.png" --- > [ Sometimes \[genius\] is just the thing that emerges after twenty years of working at your kitchen table. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/sometimes-genius-is-just-the-thing-that-emerges-after-twenty-years-of/) [Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/malcolm-gladwell-348_genius_sometimes-genius-is-just-the-thing-that_3142413.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3de/malcolm-gladwell-348_faults_there-s-no-idea-that-can-t-be-explained_2140191.png) > [Re-reading is much underrated. I've read The Spy Who Came in from the Cold once every five years since I was 15.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/re-reading-is-much-underrated-i-ve-read-the-spy-who-came-in-from-the/) [Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cac/malcolm-gladwell-348_books_re-reading-is-much-underrated-i-ve-read_1582515.png) > [No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/no-one-who-can-rise-before-dawn-three-hundred-sixty-days-a-year-fails/) [Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f2/malcolm-gladwell-348_business_no-one-who-can-rise-before-dawn-three-hu_2037126.png) > [Countless religious innovators over the years have played the game of establishing an identity for themselves by accentuating their otherness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/countless-religious-innovators-over-the-years-have-played-the-game-of/) [Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c0/malcolm-gladwell-348_countless_countless-religious-innovators-over-the_1961635.png) > [I recently talked to an eighteen-year-old - a huge FIFA fan - and realized that he spends more time playing the FIFA…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/i-recently-talked-to-an-eighteen-year-old-a-huge-fifa-fan-and/) [Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/malcolm-gladwell-348_doe_i-recently-talked-to-an-eighteen-year-ol_729669.png) > [You don't train someone for all of those years of medical school and residency, particularly people who want to help others optimize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/you-don-t-train-someone-for-all-of-those-years-of-medical-school-and/) [Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a8/malcolm-gladwell-348_companies_you-don-t-train-someone-for-all-of-those_2826200.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb1/malcolm-gladwell-348_be-good_the-10-000-hours-rule-says-that-if-you-l_1887390.png) > [It is useful to compare the Branch Davidians with the Mormons of the mid-nineteenth century. The Mormons were vilified in those years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/it-is-useful-to-compare-the-branch-davidians-with-the-mormons-of-the/) [Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/malcolm-gladwell-348_because_it-is-useful-to-compare-the-branch-david_1947537.png) > [My highest compliment is when someone comes up to me to say, "My 14-year-old daughter, or my 12-year-old son read your book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/my-highest-compliment-is-when-someone-comes-up-to-me-to-say-my-14/) [Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/malcolm-gladwell-348_adults_my-highest-compliment-is-when-someone-co_1246060.jpg) > [David Epstein, the author of the best book on athletics in recent memory - "The Sports Gene" - wrote to me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/david-epstein-the-author-of-the-best-book-on-athletics-in-recent/) [Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4e/malcolm-gladwell-348_all-stars_david-epstein-the-author-of-the-best-boo_2228094.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e26/malcolm-gladwell-348_15-minutes_take-a-random-group-of-8-year-old-americ_2860023.png) > [ People at CDC \[Centers for Disease Control\] who cut their teeth on diseases over the last 10 years have started to think… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/people-at-cdc-centers-for-disease-control-who-cut-their-teeth-on/) [Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33b/malcolm-gladwell-348_air_people-at-cdc-centers-for-disease-contro_2553534.png) > [It is quite possible for people who have never met us and who have spent only twenty minutes thinking about us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/it-is-quite-possible-for-people-who-have-never-met-us-and-who-have/) [Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a61/malcolm-gladwell-348_known_it-is-quite-possible-for-people-who-have_1259344.png) > [I write my books to challenge my own feelings and theories. Perhaps most surprising was what I learned about rice farming. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/i-write-my-books-to-challenge-my-own-feelings-and-theories-perhaps/) [Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20c/malcolm-gladwell-348_age_i-write-my-books-to-challenge-my-own-fee_3034721.png) > [The lesson here is very simple. But it is striking how often it is overlooked. We are so caught in the myths…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/the-lesson-here-is-very-simple-but-it-is-striking-how-often-it-is/) [Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/malcolm-gladwell-348_bills_the-lesson-here-is-very-simple-but-it-is_609443.png) > [It is those who are successful, in other words, who are most likely to be given the kinds of special opportunities that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/it-is-those-who-are-successful-in-other-words-who-are-most-likely-to/) [Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c8/malcolm-gladwell-348_advantage_it-is-those-who-are-successful-in-other_1859382.png) > [“To become a chess grandmaster also seems to take about ten years. (Only the legendary Bobby Fischer got to that elite level…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/to-become-a-chess-grandmaster-also-seems-to-take-about-ten-years-only/) [Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/771/malcolm-gladwell-348_chess_to-become-a-chess-grandmaster-also-seems_1849215.png) ## Other authors on Years ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/years/malcolm-gladwell/#itemlist", "name": "18 Years Quotes By Malcolm Gladwell", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes [genius] is just the thing that emerges after twenty years of working at your kitchen table.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Malcolm Gladwell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/sometimes-genius-is-just-the-thing-that-emerges-after-twenty-years-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/malcolm-gladwell-348_genius_sometimes-genius-is-just-the-thing-that_3142413.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/malcolm-gladwell-348_genius_sometimes-genius-is-just-the-thing-that_3142413.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/malcolm-gladwell-348_genius_sometimes-genius-is-just-the-thing-that_3142413.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sometimes [genius] is just the thing that emerges after twenty years of working at your kitchen table.” — Malcolm Gladwell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's no idea that can't be explained to a thoughtful 14-year-old. 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