The more highly adapted an organism becomes, the less…

The basic formulation, or bare-bones mechanics, of natural selection is a disarmingly simple argument, based on three undeniable facts (overproduction of offspring, variation, and…

— Stephen Jay Gould

Organisms [...] are directed and limited by their past. They must remain imperfect in their form and function, and to that extent unpredictable since…

— Stephen Jay Gould

We may consequently state the fundamental theorem of Natural Selection in the form: The rate of increase in fitness of any organism at any…

— Ronald Fisher

Flow. Be adaptable. Be sensitive like water, feel the other so you can attune and harmonize with your partner.

— John Friend

Do you have a kinder, more adaptable friend in the food world than soup? Who soothes you when you are ill? Who refuses to…

— Judith Martin

The making of adaptable, curious, open, questioning people has nothing to do with vocational training and everything to do with humanistic and scientific studies.

— Neil Postman

I'm a third-culture child. It's an interesting concept. Having an American father, a South American mother, born in England, grew up in Hong Kong,…

— Marie-Chantal Claire

Of course, Minneapolis, we think, 'Oh well, it's cold there, lethally cold.' But the reality is you adapt to weather... Humans are consummately adaptable…

— Dan Buettner

I'm very adaptable.

— Bradley Beal

An adaptable company is one that captures more than its fair share of new opportunities. It's always redefining its 'core business' in ways that…

— Gary Hamel

“It is not the strongest animal that survives, nor the fastest, but the one most adaptable to change. —Leon C. Megginson, paraphrasing Charles Darwin”

— Ben Falk

We can never be certain about the future and therefore we must continue to be flexible and adaptable so that we can react quickly…

— Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

Of course, we can change. We're very adaptable. But it takes a while.

— Gloria Steinem

Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable than those who know how to do one thing…

— Robert Shea

There have been low moments before, but Christianity is an incredibly adaptable organism, using different parts of its repertoire to mutate into new ecological…

— Francis Spufford