785 Quotes by Malcolm Gladwell

Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.

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.

I'm a purist: I start to wrinkle my nose when the Cold War ends.

I think actually the marketing community is approaching a crisis: There are just too many messages competing for too little attention. That is the fundamental problem.

If everyone has to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing.

We need to be clear when we venerate entrepreneurs what we are venerating. They are not moral leaders. If they were moral leaders, they wouldn't be great businessmen.

Success is deeply rooted in time and place. You may have the drive to read tons of books on biology. But if there are no books on biology in your library, and the library is never open, your drive is meaningless.

The trick to finding ideas is to convince yourself that everyone and everything has a story.

A radical and transformative thought goes nowhere without the willingness to challenge convention.