All Malcolm Gladwell Quotes
- We prematurely write off people as failures. We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail. Awe
- To be someone's best friend requires a minimum investment of time. More than that, though, it takes emotional energy. Caring about someone deeply is exhausting. Best
- It is those who are successful, in other words, who are most likely to be given the kinds of special opportunities that lead to further… Given
- Did they know why they knew? Not at all. But the Knew! All
- There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis. Analysis
- A book, I was taught long ago in English class, is a living and breathing document that grows richer with each new reading. Ago
- No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich. Business
- The conventional explanation for Jewish success, of course, is that Jews come from a literate, intellectual culture. They are famously "the people of the book."… Advantage
- The entire principle of a blind taste test was ridiculous. They shouldn't have cared so much that they were losing blind taste tests with old… All
- ...mediocre people find their way into positions of authority...because when it comes to even the most important positions, our selection decisions are a good deal… Authority
- Achievement is talent plus preparation. The problem with this view is that the closer psychologists look at the careers of the gifted, the smaller the… Achievement
- Flom had the same experience...He didn't triumph over adversity. Instead, what started out as adversity ended up being an opportunity. Adversity
- It wasn't an excuse. It was a fact. He'd had to make his way alone, and no one—not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software… Alone
- being able to act intelligently and instinctively in the moment is possible only after a long and rigorous of education and experience Able
- extreme visual clarity, tunnel vision, diminished sound, and the sense that time is slowing down. this is how the human body reacts to extreme stress. Body
- our unconscious reactions come out of a locked room, and we can't look inside that room. but with experience we become expert at using our… Become Expert
- Anyone who has ever scanned the bookshelves of a new girlfriend or boyfriend- or peeked inside his or her medicine cabinet- understands this implicitly; you… Anyone
- our acquaintances—not our friends—are our greatest source of new ideas and information. the internet lets us exploit the power of these kinds of distant connections… Acquaintance
- You don't manage a social wrong. You should be ending it. Ending
- What does it say about a society that it devotes more care and patience to the selection of those who handle its money than of… Care