Adam Grant Quotes

Being a magician taught me how powerful the element of surprise can be. In each book, I've tried to work that in - an unexpected twist in a story that reveals an insight, a counter intuitive study that turns your beliefs upside-down.

Adam Grant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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We have a moral responsibility to protect the earth and ensure that our children and grandchildren have a healthy and sustainable environment in which to live.

Jim Clyburn

LiveChildrenResponsibilityEarth

When I became a professor of physics circa 1991, I doubled the number of female professors of physics in the U.K.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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Industrial agriculture, because it depends on standardization, has bombarded us with the message that all pork is pork, all chicken is chicken, eggs eggs, even though we all know that can't really be true.

Joel Salatin

AgricultureBe TrueKnowTrueEggs

There is no sense in doing a wonderful script with somebody who can't direct because that is a disaster.

Robert Culp

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The ancient Greeks and Romans were comfortable with any number of deities and were quite open to allowing conquered nations to continue to worship in whatever ways they saw fit, as long as they didn't mind having an emperor who required taxes and tributes.

Jay Parini

MindLongComfortableWorshipTaxes

Beautiful dreams - if the world were more beautiful they would come true - But the world is relentless & cruel - people are - they must be, I suppose, or they could not live.

Alfred Stieglitz

DreamsLiveBeautifulPeopleWorld

Celebrity has become a burden. There are more demands on your time. People think it is glamorous to fly places. But it is not - even if you travel business class and stay in wonderful hotels, you end 10,000 miles away from home.

Nouriel Roubini

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The story of Noah is self-contradictory, uncorroborated by independent historical evidence, and is generally at odds with everything we know about our planet's geology, biology, and species diversity.

Kyle Hill

DiversityStoryBiologyKnowOdds

If I can wake up everyday before I die and know that I don't have to serve anyone food or drinks, I will be happy!

Kelly Clarkson

FoodHappyBe HappyWake UpDie

Both me and Nikitin are protective when it comes to our relationship. We would not like if someone comes and tells that 'Oh your chemistry is better with your co-actor than real life husband.'

Kratika Sengar

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I actually hate when people open my gifts, and I hate opening gifts in front of people.

Kourtney Kardashian

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Half of what creates psychopaths is genetic, but the other half is conditioning.

James Norton

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