Adam Grant Quotes

When it comes to landing a good job, many people focus on the role. Although finding the right title, position, and salary is important, there's another consideration that matters just as much: culture.

Adam Grant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodCultureFocusJobPeopleRight

I don't think the jet-setting life is really for most people.

Jim Parsons

LifePeopleThinkMostReally

I've always showed up. If I got paid.

Jerry Lee Lewis

AlwaysUpGotPaid

I think that there are three incredible brands in the news and information space. I think ESPN owns sports; I think the Weather Channel owns weather, and I want CNN to own news and information in the global digital video space.

Jeff Zucker

SportsSpaceWeatherThinkThree

A sign now of success with a certain audience when you do a short comedy piece, anywhere, is that it gets on YouTube and gets around. It's always something you're thinking about unconsciously.

Andy Samberg

SuccessThinkingShortComedyYou

The Olympics is nothing I ever dreamed about. I dreamed about playing for Coach Knight and Indiana.

Steve Alford

NothingCoachKnightPlayingIndiana

When my father died, those years when he was working on the Hubble came back to me, and it seemed fitting to imagine him as having somehow merged with the large mystery that the universe represents.

Tracy K. Smith

FatherMeUniverseMysteryBackHim

It's what still excites me most about acting: letting your imagination go places it's never been before. There's nothing better than that.

Robin Wright

ImaginationMeBetterActingNothing

Many people, I've noticed by informally polling friends, are prone to distinguishing a beach read by genre. Some people thought all thrillers are beach reads; others thought all romances are. Some people thought only mass market paperbacks are eligible for beach read standards.

Michelle Dean

BeachPeopleThoughtFriendsOthers

I have a strong and strange character, and I've rarely met directors who knew what to do with this character. One of the few who did was my father, and in the theatre, Arthur Nauzyciel.

Lou Doillon

FatherCharacterTheatreStrongKnew

I remember when I was young, there was an older boy who was physically and mentally disabled. He had a speech impediment and walked with difficulty. The boys used to make fun of him. They teased and taunted him until sometimes he would cry.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

FunRememberSpeechYoungSometimes

When I was a younger guy doing comedy, it was a big struggle. Promoters canceled me out of clubs left and right when I called somebody a dummy or a yo-yo. Then they realized I was different.

Don Rickles

StruggleMeComedyDoingRightOut

That's the weird thing about not being married - you can't get regular kissing; you can't be guaranteed of it, and that's a great shame.

Dawn French

GreatWeirdYouShameBeingGet

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