Six degrees of separation doesn't mean that everyone is linked to everyone else in just six steps. It means that a very small number of people are linked to everyone else in a few steps, and the rest of us are linked to the world through those special few.
Malcolm GladwellThe injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent.
Malcolm GladwellThere can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis.
Malcolm GladwellThat was it! The whole Redwood City philosophy was based on a willingness to try harder than anyone else.
Malcolm Gladwell