Adam Grant Quotes
Procrastination gives you time to consider divergent ideas, to think in nonlinear ways, to make unexpected leaps.
Quotes to Explore
-
I don't like the word 'experiment' in the context of art in general. It implies something immature, unfinished, something entertaining for a moment before it becomes irrelevant.
-
I voted for Barack Obama.
-
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
-
I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
-
I'm a little angry in life.
-
When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.
-
In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.
-
Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
-
In the South, we drink the Bible with our mother's milk.
-
In college, I was a huge fan of 'Les Miserables.' I seem to remember that people who were into French literature preferred Hugo's poetry.
-
And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.
-
I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman.
-
Having two kids, I don't get out to see stand up much anymore.
-
'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
-
I played Woodstock in '69, and it really changed my life. Without a doubt, it was the single event that really changed the way I felt about music. Up to that point, I hadn't really thought of myself as more serious musician, and I didn't really have that much interest in pop music.
-
I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
-
Mum is the girliest of them all, but she ended up with me, the tomboy.
-
I felt like if I wasn't around, maybe my shot would be gone.
-
I just love to shop. If I could, I would shop every single day in every single store and spend all of my money which, you know, I do anyway.
-
My fondest memory of Tupac is my father producing 'Toss It Up' for him when I was 7 years old and hearing that.
-
Through the ages, from the beginning of time, I'm certain man has covered woman's face with masks. They are, however, his masks, not hers.
-
The problem with being in the public eye for a long time is there are 20 years worth of looks to come back and haunt you!
-
I try to keep the more uninteresting stuff to a minimum, unless I'm really broke.
-
Procrastination gives you time to consider divergent ideas, to think in nonlinear ways, to make unexpected leaps.
