My highest compliment is when someone comes up to me to say, "My 14-year-old daughter, or my 12-year-old son read your book and loved it." I cannot conceive of a greater compliment than that - to write something that as an adult I find satisfying, but also that manages to reach a curious 13- or 14-year-old.
Malcolm GladwellOutlier are those who have been given opportunities-- -and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them.
Malcolm GladwellWe don't know where our first impressions come from or precisely what they mean, so we don't always appreciate their fragility.
Malcolm GladwellYou may hate Hillary Clinton and you may have good reason for hating Hillary Clinton, but Hillary Clinton is one person who even if she's elected will be gone one day and you still have the task of keeping American democracy going.
Malcolm Gladwell