"Incompetence annoys me. Overconfidence terrifies me." — Malcolm Gladwell

"Incompetence annoys me. Overconfidence terrifies me."

— Malcolm Gladwell

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219 Quotes by Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell has 219 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

[Norden] said, with the Mark 15 Norden bombsight, he could drop a bomb into a pickle barrel at 20,000 feet.
The issue isn't the accuracy of the bombs you have, it's how you use the bombs you have - and…
Shortly after the birth control pill was approved for public distribution, one woman wrote to John Rock, its inventor, "You…
The people at the top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much…
For every romantic possiblity, no matter how robust, there exists at least one equal and opposite sentence, phrase, or word…
We vary greatly in the natural advantages that we've been given. The world's not fair
The values of the world we inhabit and the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on who…
Instinct is the gift of experience. The first question you have to ask yourself is, 'On what basis am I…
Radio stations have constructed a narrow door[way], and that's because they don't understand how complex and paradoxical our snap judgments…
Living a long life, the conventional wisdom at the time said, depended to a great extent on who we were-that…
Often a sign of expertise is noticing what doesn't happen.
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 Annoying Quotes

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If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music,… — Billie Joe Armstrong
People who don't take care of their drums really annoy me. — John Bonham
It's annoying, but justice and equality are mates. Aren't they? Justice always wants to hang out with equality. And equality… — Bono
At the heart of the Irish economy has always been the philosophy of tax competitiveness. On the cranky left, that… — Bono
Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status:… — Alain de Botton
It's inevitable that if you do okay on something like that you don't just annoy people, that it will make… — Jo Brand
I'm aware that I can be annoying. — Sandra Bullock
The worst gig story I have is from a club in Alabama that I think is still up and running,… — Jason Aldean
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. — Fred Allen
Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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