Malcolm Gladwell Quotes

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

Malcolm Gladwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LearningThinkYouPlayMatters

I like working. I wish I could say I made a deliberate choice to comedy, but it's just what came my way. It's what the studios wanted to make. Some of my friends were doing it, like Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, and they offered me 'Talladega Nights.' It's just nice work if you can get it. It's a joyful day at work, making your friends laugh.

John C. Reilly

WorkDayMeLaughComedyWish

While the move to central clearing has made the system safer, we need to make sure that the central counterparties have the resources and risk-management practices to withstand plausible but severe shocks.

Jerome Powell

NeedResourcesSystemMoveSure

It stands to reason that unloved and unwanted children are going to get into crime.

Andrew Young

ChildrenCrimeUnwantedReasonGoing

I discovered flamenco when I was 14, before I even got involved with jazz music. I was so crazy about flamenco music. I wanted to be a flamenco guitar player.

John McLaughlin

MusicCrazyGuitarJazzInvolved

Don't be afraid to make things up. Never fear being exposed as a fraud. Experts make things up all the time. They're qualified to.

Stephen Colbert

FearTimeNeverFraudAfraidUp

I love technology, and I love science. It's just always all in the way you use it. So there's no - you can't really blame anything on the technology. It's just the way people use it, and it always has been.

Steve Martin

LoveTechnologySciencePeopleBlame

My whole life had been designing computers I could never build.

Steve Wozniak

LifeComputersBuildNeverBeenHad

When I successfully bring the Mamas & the Papas movie to fruition, I hope that people will say, 'She's also a producer.'

Michelle Phillips

HopePeopleSayWillSheBring

I've always been a lunatic.

Dr. Dre

AlwaysBeenLunatic

The first time my father saw me in the flesh was on the stage, which is a bit weird. We went out to dinner, and he was charming and sweet, but I did all the talking.

Christopher Plummer

FatherTimeMeSweetDinnerWeird

As you know, divorce is still not allowed in the Catholic Church. But here insert a large 'however' - she is liberal in the granting of annulments.

Christopher Buckley

ChurchDivorceYouKnowSheHere

When my parents went off to Knoxville to work, I lived with my father's mother. She was strict - the kind who starched and ironed dresses. I had to sit more than I played. Oh, I was miserable. I liked being out with the animals. I'd come in the house with my hair pulled out, sash off the dress, dirty as heck. I was always getting spanked.

Tina Turner

WorkFatherMotherDressParents

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