14 June 2006

Malcolm Gladwell - Collected Quotes

"That is the paradox of the epidemic: that in order to create one contagious movement, you often have to create many small movements first." (Malcolm Gladwell, "The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference", 2000)

"The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire." (Malcolm Gladwell, "The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference", 2000)

"Every moment – every blink – is composed of a series of discrete moving parts, and every one of those parts offers an opportunity for intervention, for reform, and for correction." (Malcolm Gladwell, "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking", 2008)

"Often a sign of expertise is noticing what doesn't happen." (Malcolm Gladwell, "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking", 2008)

"Taking our powers of rapid cognition seriously means we have to acknowledge the subtle influences that can alter or undermine or bias the products of our unconscious." (Malcolm Gladwell, "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking", 2008)

"The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter." (Malcolm Gladwell, "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking", 2008)

"The values of the world we inhabit and the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on who we are." (Malcolm Gladwell, "Outliers: The Story of Success", 2008)

"Those three things - autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward - are, most people will agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying." (Malcolm Gladwell, "Outliers: The Story of Success", 2008)

"Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking." (Malcolm Gladwell, "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking", 2008)

"We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction." (Malcolm Gladwell, "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking", 2008)


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