If you play an audiotape of a yawn to blind people, they'll yawn too.

The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire.

Instead of thinking about talent as something that you acquire, talent should be thought of as something that you develop.

What does it say about a society that it devotes more care and patience to the selection of those who handle its money than of those who handle its children?

We have, as human beings, a storytelling problem. We're a bit too quick to come up with explanations for things we don't really have an explanation for.

By shifting the balance away from the individual we open the door for the individual. Because we make it obvious that anyone can do it given the right circumstance.

Lesson Number One: The Importance of Being Jewish