"A prediction, in a field where prediction is……" — Malcolm Gladwell
"A prediction, in a field where prediction is not possible, is no more than a prejudice."
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219 Quotes by Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell has 219 quotes on this site.
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[Norden] said, with the Mark 15 Norden bombsight, he could drop a bomb into a pickle barrel at 20,000 feet.
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The issue isn't the accuracy of the bombs you have, it's how you use the bombs you have - and…
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Shortly after the birth control pill was approved for public distribution, one woman wrote to John Rock, its inventor, "You…
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The people at the top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much…
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For every romantic possiblity, no matter how robust, there exists at least one equal and opposite sentence, phrase, or word…
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We vary greatly in the natural advantages that we've been given. The world's not fair
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The values of the world we inhabit and the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on who…
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Instinct is the gift of experience. The first question you have to ask yourself is, 'On what basis am I…
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Radio stations have constructed a narrow door[way], and that's because they don't understand how complex and paradoxical our snap judgments…
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Living a long life, the conventional wisdom at the time said, depended to a great extent on who we were-that…
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Often a sign of expertise is noticing what doesn't happen.
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I've been in auditions without screens, and I can assure you that I was prejudiced. I began to listen with…
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More Field Quotes
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On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is…
— Hank Aaron
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I've always said that one night, I'm going to find myself in some field somewhere, I'm standing on grass, and…
— Drew Barrymore
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To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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My private life is perfect. If your private life and your life outside football is good, then it is good…
— David Beckham
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The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was Ben Hur. We watched…
— Roberto Benigni
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Muhammadan law in its relation to women, is a pattern to European law. Look back to the history of Islam,…
— Annie Besant
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But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist.
— Theodore Bikel
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An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
— Niels Bohr
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I was playing cricket first and my cricket coach was the one that introduced me to track and field.
— Usain Bolt
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When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a…
— Edward de Bono
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The people in the villages had turned in on themselves. You can understand it. When you have a bad day…
— Ian Botham
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