The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent.
Malcolm GladwellThe single most important thing a city can do is provide a community where interesting, smart people want to live with their families.
Malcolm GladwellI'm necessarily parasitic in a way. I have done well as a parasite. But I'm still a parasite.
Malcolm GladwellWhy are man hole covers around?" If you don't knwo the answer to the questions, you're not smart enough to work at microsoft
Malcolm GladwellIf we think about emotion this way - as outside-in, not inside out - it is possible to understand how some people can have an enormous amount of influence over others. Some of us, after all, are very good at expressiing emotions and feelings, which means that we are far more emotionally contagious than the rest of us.
Malcolm Gladwell