Adam Grant Quotes

When making decisions about people, stop confusing experience with evidence. Just as owning a car doesn't make you an expert on engines, having a brain doesn't mean you understand psychology.

Adam Grant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CarExperiencePeopleBrainYou

I have a Chevy Impala that I roll around in and a '89 Jeep Wrangler, which is the first car I ever bought. It has 180,000 miles on it, and that is my daily whip. I take that everywhere. Don't forget where you came from, that's why I'll never get rid of that Jeep.

John Cena

CarDailyYouForgetWhyNever

Not only in the Octagon, but also in life, sometimes I have to take two steps back to take one step forward.

Anderson Silva

LifeStepForwardBackSometimes

Acting is what I do. It's not what I solely define myself as.

Meg Ryan

MyselfActingDefineSolely

After immersing myself in the mysteries of the Electoral College for a novel I wrote in the '90s, I came away believing that the case for scrapping it is less obvious than I originally thought.

Jeff Greenfield

MyselfCollegeThoughtBelieving

It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming.

John Steinbeck

IntelligenceManFishAlwaysUpWho

When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of being a country music singer, but I never dreamed I'd be a member of the Grand Ole Opry.

Trisha Yearwood

MusicGirlCountryNeverSinger

I've been on some very good horses which have died, and that's very tough to take. But as much as we love the horses, and care for them, human life is obviously more important. Some good friends of mine have died or been paralysed while doing a job we all love.

Tony McCoy

LifeLoveGoodJobToughCare

The U.S. Constitution guarantees women across this country, including my daughters, the right to choose for themselves when and how to start their families. Yet, more than forty years after Roe v. Wade, women's reproductive rights remain in jeopardy.

Mike Quigley

WomenStartConstitutionChooseMore

What scared me in that debate is that it's not about the ownership rules at all. The vast majority of people don't even know what the rules say, to be perfectly candid. Name all six of them.

Michael K. Powell

PeopleMeCandidNameOwnershipSay

The 5th Amendment is an old friend and a good friend. one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to be decent and civilized.

William O. Douglas

GoodFriendGreatStruggleMenFree

If you haven't had at least a slight poetic crack in the heart, you have been cheated by nature.

Phyllis Battelle

NatureHeartYouCrackBeenLeast

It's incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It's about understanding myself. Sometimes I'll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It's become part of my routine.

Shakira

MyselfDayCaringSpeakTalkingYou

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