Malcolm Gladwell Quotes

12 quotes

Canadian journalist and science writer

“The underdog winning is the romantic position.”

"In the six degrees of separation, not all degrees are equal."

on Philosophy

"Bad improvisers block action, often with a high degree of skill. Good improvisers develop action."(p.115)"

on Wisdom

"Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking."

on Success

"Insight is not a lightbulb that goes off inside our heads. It is a flickering candle that can easily be snuffed out."

on Wisdom

"The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world."

on Creativity

"The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent."

on Truth

"That is the paradox of the epidemic: that in order to create one contagious movement, you often have to create many small movements first."

on Philosophy

"Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness."

on Character

"Hard world is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning."

on Life

"Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning."

on Work

"Hard work is only a prison sentence when you lack motivation"

on Work