Malcolm Gladwell Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkSportsFallEnduranceAthlete

No matter what business you are in, there is change, and it's happening pretty quickly.

Jim Pattison

ChangeBusinessYouMatterPretty

Concentrating wealth in the hands of the few and deregulating financial institutions and practices lead to speculative bubbles that eventually burst - and that brings the whole country down.

Jennifer Granholm

FinancialHandsWealthDownCountry

When we're in production, it's 14 hours a day, and we couldn't be less involved in the world. My friends all hate me during that time because I can't see anyone. We say goodbye to everything.

Jennifer Konner

TimeHateDayMeGoodbyeWorld

Back in my pulp-mag days, I worked from about 8:30 to noon, took an hour off for lunch, and worked again from one to three, for a work day of five and a half hours or so. I wrote 20 to 30 pages of copy in that time, doing it all first draft, so that I was able to produce a short story of 5,000-7,500 words in a single day.

Robert Silverberg

WorkTimeDayWordsLunchStory

The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can't have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I'd rather not be in a cage. I'd rather be dead. And it's real simple. And I think it's not that uncommon.

Angelina Jolie

LoveTruthFreedomSimpleAnimal

Normally, I am a vocal advocate for 'looking both ways' and 'knowing the size of one's own body.' But working, socialising and simply running errands in Manhattan, means I am bound to break my own rules on occasion.

Sloane Crosley

I AmLookingBodyRulesKnowingOwn

When everything is coming your way, you're probably in the wrong lane.

Tom Snyder

YouWrongWayLaneEverythingYour

Rather than do his job and agree to take responsible measures to get our government's finances in order, President Obama continues playing on the emotions and fears of the American people.

Tom Graves

JobGovernmentPeopleAmericanAgree

Acting, the arts in general, is a magnet for the wounded of society.

Robert Carlyle

SocietyActingMagnetArtsGeneral

The Red Sox are a curious thing because so much here is media driven. You can't go fire half your scouts here because they are all friends with the local reporters. Your life is going to hell in the papers.

Michael Lewis

LifeFireCuriousRedHellMedia

A lot of action movies today seem to have scenes that just lead up to the action.

Jason Statham

TodayActionMoviesLeadUpSeem

Young people should ponder over problems that might confront them and be prepared to cope with them in a way that their parents, their leaders, and their Heavenly Father would have them cope, that they might keep themselves clean and pure.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

FatherParentsPeopleProblemsYoung

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