785 Quotes by Malcolm Gladwell

An aggressive drug-testing program would cut down on certain abuses, but its never going to catch everyone - or even close to everyone.

In fact, researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours.

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.

When people from organizations like the World Bank descended on Third World countries, they always tried to remove obstacles to development, to reduce economic anxiety and uncertainty.

Shortly after the birth control pill was approved for public distribution, one woman wrote to John Rock, its inventor, "You should be afraid to meet your maker." Rock, despite being Catholic replied, "My dear Madam, in my faith, we are taught that the Lord is with us always. When my time comes, there will be no need for introductions."

To build a better world we need to replace the patchwork of lucky breaks and arbitrary advantages today that determine success--the fortunate birth dates and the happy accidents of history--with a society that provides opportunities for all.

We all assume that if you're weak and poor, you're never going to win. In fact, the real world is full of examples where the exact opposite happens, where the weak win and the strong screw up.

We prematurely write off people as failures. We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail.

If you think advantage lies in resources, then you think the best educational system is the one that spends the most money.