Science always has its origin in the adaptation of thought to some definite field of experience. — Ernst Mach Copy Share Image
“since many traits can affect an individual's adaptation to it's environment (it's "fitness") natural selection can over eons sculpt an animal or… — Jerry A. Coyne Copy Share Image
Fortunately, both television adaptations and the film I've been involved with are pieces of work that I'm proud of, so I'm very… — Jenny Agutter Copy Share Image
“De wijze heeft geen onwrikbare beginselen. Hij past zich aan anderen aan. (Free translation into English: The wise man has no firm… — Lao-Tse Copy Share Image
The most effective adaptation of racism over time is the idea that racism is conscious bias held by mean people. — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
An adaptation leads the cinema-goer to the original to find out what they're missing and if they already know the book, it… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its adaptation… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's very important to understand that the 'Talk' piece was not an excerpt, it was an adaptation, which means I compressed different… — David Brock Copy Share Image
If you're playing someone who has lived, there's the risk of imitation, or whether you focus on the essence of who that… — Hayley Atwell Copy Share Image
I think that when you do an adaptation for theater, it's either a marriage or a love affair..and so tremendous is my… — Romulus Linney Copy Share Image
The degree to which a surviving parent copes is the most important indicator of the child's long-term adaptation. Kids whose surviving parents… — Hope Edelman Copy Share Image
At the time, The Hotel New Hampshire was John Irving's favorite adaptation of his work, which meant a lot to all of… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
It isn't the changes that do you in, it's the transitions. Change is not the same as transition. Change is situational: the… — William Bridges Copy Share Image
“Darwinian adaptation to environment applies not only to nature but also to society. Just as you don't find eagles living in the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The other video game adaptation I did was Mortal Kombat, and I did that because I loved playing the games in the… — Paul W. S. Anderson Copy Share Image
Personality is the supreme realization of the innate idiosyncracy of a living being. It is an act of high courage flung in… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Scientists had said, "If you keep burning coal and gas and oil, you will melt the Arctic." And then the Arctic melted… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Based on technological research and the transformation of nature, industrialization constantly goes forward, giving proof of incessant creativity. While certain enterprises develop… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
“In Paley's famous illustration, the adaptation of all the parts of the watch to the function, or purpose, of showing the time,… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
Skateboarding has always been and continues to be creative and rebellious. Art and design are an extremely important part of skateboard culture,… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
I think any musical has so many moving parts and the challenge is unifying all the moving parts in particular because you… — Marc E. Platt Copy Share Image
I do remain optimistic that one day the world will realise that carbon dioxide is more of a friend than an enemy… — Nick Minchin Copy Share Image
You do not need to do many different exercises to get strong - you need to get strong on a very few… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
Throughout his last half-dozen books, for example, Arthur Koestler has been conducting a campaign against his own misunderstanding of Darwinism. He hopes… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
'An Inspector Calls' is a British classic, and I am thrilled to be working on this beautiful screen adaptation with Aisling Walsh. — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
I was lucky to get one good adaptation. Field of Dreams the Musical is lurking in the wings. Hope it will provide… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
The nucleus has to take care of the inheritance of the heritable characters, while the surrounding cytoplasm is concerned with accommodation or… — Ernst Haeckel Copy Share Image
Individual societies begin in harmonious adaptation to the environment and, like individuals, quickly get trapped into nonadaptive, artificial, repetitive sequences. — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
Adaptation can efficiently reduce the costs of climate change while atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases are being stabilised — Nicholas Stern Copy Share Image
A good adaptation of your book is worth it because it is such a wonderful experience to see your world translated onto… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
When one looks back over human existence however, it is very evident that all culture has developed through an initial resistance against… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In every place you go, you still have to adapt to the atmosphere, adapt to the nature of it and understand the… — Simphiwe Scientist Dumi Copy Share Image
Thus, races arose from an original coding which God pulled out as needed for adaptation to the environment. — Walter Lang Copy Share Image
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Fleetwood Mac was one big lesson in adaptation for me. There were five very different personalities, and I suppose that made it… — Lindsey Buckingham Copy Share Image
I actually want to do a theatrical adaptation of 'Hateful Eight' because I actually like the idea of other actors having a… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
They give me the money, I give them the book. Having input into the adaptation would be kind of like selling a… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
“His special gift was the ability to see the essence of a worthwhile suggestion and to relate it to what was already… — Charles Bracelen Flood Copy Share Image
“As long as we keep comparing ourselves to a younger, better self (who may have been better only in hindsight), we shortchange… — Lewis Richmond Copy Share Image