Adam Grant Quotes

From a motivation perspective, helping others enriches the meaning and purpose of our own lives, showing us that our contributions matter and energizing us to work harder, longer, and smarter.

Adam Grant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 13, 1981

Topics

WorkPerspectivePurposeMotivation

I can't stop thinking about the devaluation of black life, and I find it seeping into everything I write.

Jesmyn Ward

LifeBlackThinkingFindStopWrite

Once I decided I was happy with something, I'd try to send it off into the world, and either someone would want it exactly as it was, or it would remain in my notebook/laptop, and no one would ever see it. This is probably why I didn't work with an editor until I was 26. The solipsism!

Jenny Zhang

WorkHappyWorldSomeoneWantWhy

I still have a problem with nuns. I follow them around like a kitten with a ball of yarn. After a while, all my characters become very close friends.

Meg Tilly

FriendsProblemBecomeFollowKitten

I used to work at Bloomingdale's when I was transitioning, and they didn't want me using the same bathroom as the female employees or what have you, so it was a struggle.

Angelica Ross

WorkStruggleMeEmployeesYouWant

No doubt these rocky islands have suggested the idea worked out in gardens, and they have been well imitated.

Robert Fortune

DoubtOutWellBeenIdeaNo Doubt

Without sulfites, wine may smell and taste funky or re-ferment in the bottle. Many distributors and shop owners are consequently reluctant to stock wines made without sulfites.

Roger Morris

WineSmellTasteWithoutMayBottle

When Delaware State University was founded in 1890, it was not by choice, but by social reality.

Michael N. Castle

RealityChoiceUniversitySocial

Most people lose their natural creativity at about five or six - but not me.

Anthony Browne

CreativityPeopleMeLoseNatural

But when you're deprived of it for a lengthy period then you value human companionship. But you have to survive and so you devise all kinds of mental exercises and it's amazing.

Wole Soyinka

ValueAmazingSurviveYouHuman

A holiday is an opportunity to journey within. It is also a chance to chill, to relax. It is when I switch on my rest mode.

Prabhas

JourneyOpportunityRelaxRestChill

It used to be that you could have fun with interviews with the foreign press, knowing that nothing you said would make it back to any voters until long after the election was over, if ever.

Susan Estrich

FunHave FunLongYouBackElection

Even a small village in the middle of Africa with a 3D printer will have access to any good it can download. The world of the 'Star Trek' replicator is not far away.

Peter Diamandis

GoodWorldSmallFar AwayVillage

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