Malcolm Gladwell Quotes

We used to say poor people had lousy genes. Then we decided that wasn't OK, but we transferred the prejudice to upbringing. We said, 'You were neglected as a child, so you'll never make it.' That's just as pernicious.

Malcolm Gladwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: September 3, 1963

Topics

ChildPeopleYouSaidSayPrejudice

If life throws you a lemon - make lemonade.

Joan Collins

LifeYouLemonadeLemonMakeThrows

There's just no vision. You have no ground, no vision.

Jessi Colter

VisionYouGroundJust

All three of my kids grew up seeing me on posters.

Maye Musk

MeSeeingThreeUpKidsPosters

I wrote 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' at the age of 30 under intense, unshared personal stress and in extreme privacy. As an intelligence officer in the guise of a junior diplomat at the British Embassy in Bonn, I was a secret to my colleagues, and much of the time to myself.

John le Carre

AgeTimeMyselfStressIntelligence

Signing autographs is weird. I'm an introvert, so it's been a strain in that way.

Amy Sherald

WeirdWayBeenIntrovertSigning

When you're playing football, and your enemies are there, you don't have a lot of time to think to yourself. You've got stuff to handle. You've got places to be, meetings to go to, bigger fish to fry. You really don't attack the emotional side of your life.

Stefon Diggs

LifeTimeFootballYourselfThink

I like geography. I like to know where places are.

Tom Felton

KnowGeographyPlacesWhereLike

My perfect beach town isn't a fancy resort or glitzy planned community. It's a place with a hometown grocery that has decent meat, seafood, and a deli; a couple of ice cream shops; and a handful of good restaurants - where the island-wide dress code is 'no shoes, no shirt, no problem.'

Mary Kay Andrews

GoodCommunityShoesBeachDress

We are tasked to rebuild not just a damaged economy, and a debt-ridden balance sheet, but to do so by drawing forth the best that is in our fellow citizens. If we would summon the best from Americans, we must assume the best about them. If we don't believe in Americans, who will?

Mitch Daniels

BestBalanceBelieveDrawingWill

'Easy Rider' was never a motorcycle movie to me. A lot of it was about politically what was going on in the country.

Dennis Hopper

MeMotorcycleEasyCountryNever

To me, the soul is a part of us that never dies. It's what we come in with.

Debbie Ford

SoulMeNeverUsComePart

It's daunting to play a real living person.

Connie Britton

PersonPlayLivingRealDaunting

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