Malcolm Gladwell Quotes

It is useful to compare the Branch Davidians with the Mormons of the mid-nineteenth century. The Mormons were vilified in those years in large part because Joseph Smith believed in polygamy.

Malcolm Gladwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

YearsBecauseUsefulCenturyLarge

Normally I start with a plot, and write a synopsis, and the ideas come from the construction.

Jo Nesbo

IdeasConstructionStartWritePlot

I grew up in that era of Hendrix and Joplin and The Doors, and the Summer of Love and Haight-Ashbury, and even the Panthers. That was my era; that's what I was into.

Jerry Heller

LoveDoorsSummerUpEvenEra

Starting a company is rough. It's even harder when you're young - I know this firsthand, because my first company flopped when I was 25.

Andrew Yang

YouKnowYoungFirstCompanyRough

I'm obsessed with the power of music and image together. There's also something about music videos that are incredibly glamorous - there's a fetishistic aesthetic to them that you don't really see in movies in the same way.

Max Minghella

MusicPowerTogetherAestheticYou

What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be changed by an incident. If one hasn't any philosophy in crises, others make the decision.

Jeannette Rankin

LifeDecisionPhilosophyCrisisMake

Whenever I think of the past, it brings back so many memories.

Steven Wright

MemoriesPastThinkBackI Think

There's a lot that's wrong with the way we work - bad habits that develop around control of information, people hoarding information as a means of preserving their own power. When you're using Slack, everyone can see what's going on because the default mode is public.

Stewart Butterfield

WorkPowerPeopleControlYouBad

Even on education, his one accomplishment, the Leave No Child Behind Act, and he has left it unfunded.

Sidney Blumenthal

EducationChildAccomplishmentLeave

Sometimes I relax on defense and not understand I can't do that. Night in and night out, you're playing some of the best point guards in the world. That's something I'm continuing to work on and continue to develop my lower body, get quicker and more explosive.

Trey Burke

WorkBestRelaxWorldNightBody

Don't be afraid to adapt new ingredients into your own techniques, and traditional ingredients into new recipes.

Jose Garces

NewAdaptAfraidIngredientsOwn

I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time.

Dean Kamen

TimeYouImportantWantWasting Time

I now have a home recording studio, which I can operate entirely on my own, as well as a portable version of the same which allows me to record anywhere I like and simply swap out the hard drives for use in the home studio.

Clint Black

HomeMeI CanNowMy OwnHard

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