All Malcolm Gladwell Quotes
- If you take away the gift of reading, you create the gift of listening. Create
- The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world. Been
- I have profoundly mixed feelings about the Affordable Care Act. What I love about it is its impulse. It attempts to deal with this intractable… Access
- My mother read me biblical stories at night. Bible
- The underdog winning is the romantic position. Position
- From medieval tapestries, we know that slingers were capable of hitting birds in flight. They were incredibly accurate. Accurate
- The most common form of giantism is a condition called acromegaly, and acromegaly is caused by a benign tumor on your pituitary gland that causes… Acromegaly
- Do you remember the wrestler Andre the Giant? Famous. He had acromegaly. Acromegaly
- As a writer, the best mindset is to be unafraid. Best
- I try to be unafraid of making a fool of myself. Fool
- The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct. Correct
- Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest. Best
- I grew up in southwestern Ontario in the heart of a Mennonite community. All my family are part of the Mennonite church. All
- All my books are optimistic! All
- A lot of what is most beautiful about the world arises from struggle. Arises
- I wrote my first book when I was in my late thirties. Book
- People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by… Assume
- Shallow communities are relatively easy to build. Build
- A handicap is like trying to race and you have a ten pound weight stuck to your waist. That is a handicap. Handicap
- For some small number of people, a parental loss appears to be, ultimately, a desirable difficulty - again, not a large number. Appears