Adaptation quotes - page 9
I am a vigilant monarchist. I want to see things evolve. The direction the monarchy seems to be moving in - towards a more mainland-European model - is one I would feel sympathetic about.
Andrew Motion
You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.
Life is always at some turning point.
Irwin Edman
Those who deny the science or choose excuses over action are playing with fire.
John F. Kerry
Change, not habit, is what gets most of us down; habit is the stabilizer of human society, change accounts for its progress.
William Feather
In order to recognize small changes in effort, the effort itself must first be reduced. More delicate and improved control of movement is possible only through the increase of sensitivity, through a greater ability to sense differences.
Moshe Feldenkrais
Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.
Preparation is the be-all of good trial work. Everything else - felicity of expression, improvisational brilliance - is a satellite around the sun. Thorough preparation is that sun.
Louis Nizer
Remember, aid cannot achieve the end of poverty. Only homegrown development base on the dynamism of individuals and firms in free markets can do that.
William Easterly
We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
The developing countries must be able to take a more active part in trade negotiations, through technical assistance and support from the developed countries.
Anna Lindh
Three hours of writing require twenty hours of preparation. Luckily I have learned to dream about the work, which saves me some working time.
Before I moved into the mainstream of American movies, I wrote a script as an experiment. I wanted to get very far away from the clichés about the three-act play - structure, development.
You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.
Mike Murdock
What we see changes what we know. What we know changes what we see. Perception, belief, action, and change are codependent.
John Paul Caponigro
Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.
Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
Bertolt Brecht
