Malcolm Gladwell Quotes

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. You learn how to talk your way out of a tight spot.

Malcolm Gladwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkWalkSmartTeamGrowLearn

'What's the Use' is normally done with all the women onstage with Julie. Sometimes it's staged as a 'lay at my feet, dear children, and let me tell you the ways of life.' We felt like that wasn't really what was going on.

Jessie Mueller

LifeWomenChildrenMeFeetYou

The public is looking for free lunches, and the political competition for votes makes the politicians offer them free lunches.

Robert Mundell

CompetitionLookingFreePolitical

Harassment is the background radiation of my life. It is a factor in every decision I make. Any time I tweet something or make a post, I'm always thinking about it.

Anita Sarkeesian

LifeTimeDecisionThinkingMy Life

I don't know if I feel a responsibility to encourage women, I just do! Yes, I think all of us chicks should be inspired and create! In whatever way that inspiration comes, we should shine! Honestly, I feel the same way about men.

Angela Bettis

WomenResponsibilityMenShineThink

Maybe Larry Kings cannot thrive or even survive in a world where the norms for discourse are rage, vehemence and character assassination. King wanted to be liked, not feared; admired, not loathed.

Tom Shales

CharacterKingWorldSurviveThrive

Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.

Michel de Montaigne

PresentBeyondThingsRejoiceElse

I don't want to be looked at as just that guy with the best mixtape of the year. I want to be, all-in-all, an incredible musician.

Logic

BestYearWantGuyJustIncredible

There is a romantic, often misguided, misconception among the British that life in France is akin to life in Paradise.

Janine di Giovanni

LifeRomanticParadiseBritishOften

Seattle is this curious liberal 'island.'

Jonathan Raban

CuriousIslandSeattleLiberal

It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all.

Denis Diderot

GodMistakeBelieveImportantVery

I'm blessed, and I say it all the time that I don't take anything for granted. I studied my craft and just stick with it.

Bobb'e J. Thompson

TimeBlessedSayCraftAnything

Everyone has to run their own race and make their own decisions.

Brian Schatz

DecisionsRunRaceEveryoneOwn

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