Malcolm Gladwell Quotes

If you're smarter than me, you shouldn't be reading my books.

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• Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy.

  

  Hannes Alfven
  • People
  • Believe
  • Today

• I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.

  

  Wale
  • Me
  • Learning
  • Famous

• For the most part, I don't have a Facebook page; I don't Twitter.

  

  Teddy Sears
  • Most
  • Page
  • Twitter

• I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.

  

  Vince Carter
  • Want
  • Respect
  • Need

• I don't do the gym and I don't diet. I'm vegetarian but I don't diet.

  

  Pamela Anderson
  • Gym
  • Diet
  • Vegetarian

• My Mt. Rushmore of hero worship would include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Marcus Aurelius, Frank Sinatra and Barry White.

  

  Karen Duffy
  • Hero
  • White
  • Worship

• Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

  

  O. Henry
  • Life
  • Smiles
  • Sniffles

• I've always been a person who's been true to myself and true to others, and I'm not afraid to be honest.

  

  Tamar Braxton
  • True
  • Myself
  • Afraid

• I realized that acting isn't necessarily what I love, but it's what I do. But I really do love filmmaking.

  

  Sam Jaeger
  • Love
  • Acting
  • Filmmaking

• It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.

  Garry Kasparov
  • Good
  • Power
  • Game

• The next time you're driving from New York to Boston on I-95, you should make a little detour in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, to visit the Old Slater Mill national historic landmark. It's the site of what is considered to be the first successful water-powered textile spinning mill in America.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • Time
  • America
  • Water

• I will be up at 8 A.M. making spaghetti bolognese for Peter and Sophia's evening meal if I'm working that day. I may not get back for the evening, and I worry if I don't do that, then they won't eat anything.

  

  Abbey Clancy
  • Up
  • May
  • Day

• Archery requires very sensitive muscles.

  

  Im Dong-Hyun
  • Very
  • Sensitive
  • Muscles

• When someone says something in an interview, the beauty of Twitter is that it's a platform for instantaneous response.

  

  Damon Lindelof
  • Beauty
  • Someone
  • Interview

• The Supreme Court, in 2005, emphasized and contrasted the great power of Congress under the Commerce Clause to regulate interstate commerce versus much more limited federal power under the discarded Articles of Confederation.

  

  Barbara Ann Radnofsky
  • Great
  • Power
  • Supreme Court

• The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid.

  

  Eddie Rickenbacker
  • Sweet
  • Dying
  • Sensation

• If you believe these polls, you're making a mistake.

  

  Jack Kemp
  • Believe
  • You
  • Mistake

• It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.

  

  Walt Kelly
  • Good
  • Done
  • Reality

• Find a type of exercise that you love - whether it's dance, soccer, softball, anything - just as long as it keeps you active. If you love it, you'll dedicate yourself to it and stay involved.

  

  Francia Raisa
  • Dance
  • Exercise
  • Active

• I care about the match. I don't care about, you know, other things. It's like if I'm not happy, it's okay. I want just to be happy, you know. If I'm not happy, fine. Have it, you know.

  

  Gael Monfils
  • Happy
  • Care
  • Knows

• I get horrified when I have to do table reads with the whole cast, because there's a lot of stuttering coming from me, so I have to do a lot of prep.

  

  Malin Akerman
  • Me
  • Because
  • Table

• Sometimes I take a while to get ready to go out. It's not excessive, but it takes me some time to find clean clothes that match.

  

  Zac Efron
  • Time
  • Me
  • Ready

• When you meet me, I can be charming and intelligent and reasonable.

  

  Ted Kotcheff
  • Me
  • Intelligent
  • Charming

• If you're smarter than me, you shouldn't be reading my books.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
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