Malcolm Gladwell Quotes

I dainty little lass I wasn't. I looked twice my age until I turned 10 or 11.

I don't think about 'age groups.'

Minds ripen at very different ages.

I used to not have any confidence when it came to my body - I developed very late in terms of being a girl!

Everybody develops at different rates.

I think, the world over, new ideas have come from young people. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but it is rare that new or radical ideas come from old people.

We are a very youth-driven culture, and I don't really know why because wisdom tends to come with more years, not fewer.

My body had to mature, and my mind had to mature. I had to put these pieces together.

I generally don't think one's age is all that meaningful - there are 50-year-olds who still act and think like children.

It's not like my body has changed since I've played in high school, beyond being more mature. It's not like my power has changed, either.

After I started being able to grow a beard, I was obviously done at Disney - until I'm old enough to be a parent or an annoying older brother.

For me, my 50s was the decade when my tolerance for heels faded. I'm in good shape and, at 8 st. 3 lb., I'm still the same weight I was in my 30s, but as you get older, the weight of your body shifts somehow.

That's your dream, to play professional baseball. When you get the opportunity like that, getting drafted - especially by Oakland, a California team, pretty close to home - it was tempting. At the time, I just didn't think I was ready or mature enough mentally or physically to start pro ball.

Eleventh grade is when I grew into my body. My athleticism and speed took off.

I've had sideburns since I was 16, but back then, a gust of wind would have blown them off.

People of same age group bond easily at various levels, as they have same concerns.

Frankly, I think it should be no football until you're physically mature.

I was always smaller than the rest coming up at Coventry, and I developed physically more in the later stages.

I'm 57 years old, and I host a quiz show every single day. I got asked in a recent interview, did I feel that hosting a quiz show helps keep my brain sharp? And I asked - would you ask Stephen Fry that question, who is exactly the same age as me? Somehow, I'm managing to stand up and stay cogent despite my incredible age.

I'm someone who has grown physically at a later age, I was always one of the smallest players.

Age discrimination is illegal. But when compared with discrimination against racial minorities and women, it is a second-class civil rights issue.

Kids are different. Boys and girls at 14, 15, 16 - some are more developed in the mind; some aren't... It comes down to the individual.

I think I was one of those kids that, at the age of 13, start filling out a little bit: I was the kid that had the chest, the arms, the calves, especially, with these big legs like an adult.

There is a theory in showbiz circles that mentally you remain the same age as when you first tasted fame, and I think there is a grain of truth in this.

I was a million miles from being a Premier League player. You see some people, at 18 they are ready. At 21, I wasn't. Physically nowhere near.