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Malcolm Gladwell Quotes



Quotes by Malcolm Gladwell - (20 quotes)

Malcolm Gladwell - From the Ability category:

We vary greatly in the natural advantages that we've been given. The world's not fair. (Malcolm Gladwell)

Malcolm Gladwell - From the Character category:

- The Tipping Point...
Character... isn't what we think it is or, rather, what we want it to be... Character is more like a bundle of habits and tendencies and interests, loosely bound together and dependent, at certain times, on circumstance and context. (Malcolm Gladwell)

Malcolm Gladwell - From the Children category:

What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don't judge a book by its cover. We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation. (Malcolm Gladwell)

Malcolm Gladwell - From the Choices category:

- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, 2005...
Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking. (Malcolm Gladwell)

Malcolm Gladwell - From the Commerce category:

- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking...
It is the new and different that is always most vulnerable to market research. (Malcolm Gladwell)

Malcolm Gladwell - From the Education category:

You can learn as much - or more - from one glance at a private space as you can from hours of exposure to a public face. (Malcolm Gladwell)

Malcolm Gladwell - From the Greatness category:

Ten thousand hours is the magic number of greatness. (Malcolm Gladwell)

Malcolm Gladwell - From the Growth category:

- The Tipping Point...
Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread just like viruses do. (Malcolm Gladwell)

Malcolm Gladwell - From the Instinct category:

Instinct is the gift of experience. The first question you have to ask yourself is, 'On what basis am I making a judgment?' ...If you have no experience, then your instincts aren't any good. (Malcolm Gladwell)

Malcolm Gladwell - From the Mysteries category:

If we are to learn to improve the quality of the decisions we make, we need to accept the mysterious nature of our snap judgments. (Malcolm Gladwell)

Malcolm Gladwell - From the Portraiture category:

The face is not a secondary billboard for our internal feelings. It is an equal partner in the emotional process. (Malcolm Gladwell)

Malcolm Gladwell - From the Practice category:

Success has to do with deliberate practice. Practice must be focused, determined, and in an environment where there's feedback. (Malcolm Gladwell)

Malcolm Gladwell - From the Questions category:

We have, as human beings, a storytelling problem. We're a bit too quick to come up with explanations for things we don't really have an explanation for. (Malcolm Gladwell)

Malcolm Gladwell - From the Religion category:

Have you ever wondered... how religious movements get started? Usually, we think of them as a product of highly charismatic evangelists... but the spread of any new and contagious ideology also has a lot to do with the skillful use of group power. (Malcolm Gladwell)

Malcolm Gladwell - From the Teaching category:

We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction. (Malcolm Gladwell)

Malcolm Gladwell - From the Thinking category:

Our unconscious is really good at quick decision-making – it often delivers a better answer than more deliberate and exhaustive ways of thinking. (Malcolm Gladwell)

Malcolm Gladwell - From the Travel category:

You need to have the ability to gracefully navigate the world. (Malcolm Gladwell)

Malcolm Gladwell - From the Understanding category:

-Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
It is quite possible for people who have never met us and who have spent only twenty minutes thinking about us to come to a better understanding of who we are than people who have known us for years. (Malcolm Gladwell)

Malcolm Gladwell - From the Unknowns category:

We don't know where our first impressions come from or precisely what they mean, so we don't always appreciate their fragility. (Malcolm Gladwell)

Malcolm Gladwell - From the Worth category:

There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis. (Malcolm Gladwell)