Malcolm Gladwell Blink Quotes

#1. Naked is the best disguise.

Jeanette Winterson

#2. If we can control the environment in which rapid cognition takes place, then we can control rapid cognition

Malcolm Gladwell

#3. When I saw the kouros for the first time," he said, "I felt as though there was a glass between me and the work.

Malcolm Gladwell

#4. The scientist is indistinguishable from the common man in his sense of evidence, except that the scientist is more careful.

Willard Van Orman Quine

#5. I've been in auditions without screens, and I can assure you that I was prejudiced. I began to listen with my eyes, and there is no way that your eyes don't affect your judgement. The only true way to listen is with your ears and your heart. (p.251)

Malcolm Gladwell

#6. I actually didn't always want to be an actor.

Jack Kilmer

#7. I'm not a big fan of comedy roasts because most of the time I find them to be really mean, but once in a while, you'll hear something perfectly worded and well-crafted.

Greg Behrendt

#8. I don't think anyone really knows the purpose of their existence.

Oliver Sykes

#9. Lacking an articulable defense of the cultural values under siege, he became a vessel of smoldering animosities.

George F. Will

#10. When I was growing up, I never understood why other kids never liked to climb trees or explore the woods,

Emigh Cannaday

#11. Love is healing, even rootless love.

May Sarton

#12. At last my heart was too full.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#13. I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.

Keith Richards

#14. The power of knowing, in that first two seconds, is not a gift given magically to a fortunate few. It is an ability that we can all cultivate for ourselves.

Malcolm Gladwell

#15. There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis.

Malcolm Gladwell