Quotes by Malcolm Gladwell

About Malcolm Gladwell:

Malcolm Timothy Gladwell is a Canadian journalist, bestselling author, and speaker. He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. He has written five books, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (2000), Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005), Outliers: The Story of Success (2008), What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures (2009), a collection of his journalism, and David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants (2013). All five books were on The New York Times Best Seller list.
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The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.

Malcolm Gladwell

I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.

Malcolm Gladwell

You think it matters to the kids whether they're learning to play on a Steinway or a normal piano?

Malcolm Gladwell

The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.

Malcolm Gladwell

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 delibe...

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Consistency is the most overrated of all human virtues... I'm someone who changes his mind all the time.

Malcolm Gladwell

My books have contradictions all the time - and people are fine with that.

Malcolm Gladwell

There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There's a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria.

Malcolm Gladwell

The underdog winning is the romantic position.

Malcolm Gladwell

The paradox of endurance sports is that an athlete can never work as hard as he wants, because if he pushes himself too far, his hematocrit will fall.

Malcolm Gladwell

When you write about sports, you're allowed to engage in mischief. Nothing is at stake.

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Once you understand that Goliath is much weaker than you think he is, and David has superior technology, then you say: why do we tell the story the way we do? It becomes, actually, a far more meaningful and important story in its retelling than in th...

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Mainstream American society finds it easiest to be tolerant when the outsider chooses to minimize the differences that separate him from the majority. The country club opens its doors to Jews. The university welcomes African-Americans. Heterosexuals ...

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You walk into the class in second grade. You can't read. What are you going to do if you're going to make it? You identify the smart kid. You make friends with him. You sit next to him. You grow a team around you. You delegate your work to others. Yo...

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Author Bio

  • NameMalcolm Gladwell
  • Descriptionjournalist and science writer
  • BornSeptember 3, 1963
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionJournalist; Writer; Screenwriter
  • WorksThe Tipping Point; Blink; Outliers; What The Dog Saw: And Other Adventures
  • AwardsMember Of The Order Of Canada