Malcolm Gladwell Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“We used to say poor people had lousy genes. Then we decided that wasn't OK, but we transferred the prejudice to upbringing. We said, 'You were neglected as a child, so you'll never make it.' That's just as pernicious.”

“You don't train someone for all of those years of medical school and residency, particularly people who want to help others optimize their physical and psychological health, and then have them run a claims-processing operation for insurance companies.”

“If you're skinny and you can't play hockey in Canada, you aren't left with a lot of options. I was left with running.”

“Of the great entrepreneurs of this era, people will have forgotten Steve Jobs.”

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

“A handicap is like trying to race and you have a ten pound weight stuck to your waist. That is a handicap.”

“The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as 'steroids.'”

“Countless religious innovators over the years have played the game of establishing an identity for themselves by accentuating their otherness.”

“I don't want a door bell. I don't want anyone ringing my door bell... seems to be intrusive. They can call me on their cell phones.”

“I try to be unafraid of making a fool of myself.”