For some small number of people, a parental loss appears to be, ultimately, a desirable difficulty – again, not a large number. Malcolm Gladwell Read Quote
My books have contradictions all the time – and people are fine with that. Malcolm Gladwell Read Quote
The willingness to be self-critical in England is much greater than the willingness to be self-critical in America. Malcolm Gladwell Read Quote
Age-class running, as you know, is completely unreliable. It’s based on this artificial thing, which is that people who are the same age have the same level of physical maturity. Which just isn’t true. Malcolm Gladwell Read Quote
When you write about sports, you’re allowed to engage in mischief. Nothing is at stake. Malcolm Gladwell Read Quote
I’m just trying to say that it should reassure us that the inevitable traumas of being human do end up producing some good. Otherwise, the human condition is overwhelmingly depressing. Malcolm Gladwell Read Quote
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. Malcolm Gladwell Read Quote
