785 Quotes by Malcolm Gladwell

But what I have sensed is an enormous frustration with the unexpected costs of knowing too much, or being inundated with information. We have come to confuse information with understanding.

There is a concept in cognitive psychology called the channel capacity, which refers to the amount of space in our brain for certain kinds of information.

Gottman is far more selective. He has found that he can find out much of what he needs to know just by focusing on what he calls the Four Horsemen: defensiveness, stonewalling, criticism, and contempt.

The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding.

The school year in the United States is, on average, 180 days long. The South Korean school year is 220 days long. The Japanese school year is 243 days long.

Cultural legacies are powerful forces. They have deep roots and long lives.

I’ve always been baffled by how much we over-rate the statistically insignificant differences that separate competitors at the top end of the distribution.

Where they come from matters. They’re products of particular places and environments.

We need to accept our ignorance and say ‘I don’t know’ more often.