Since we live in a society that promotes faddism and temporary superficial adaptation of different values, we are easily convinced that changes… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The things I have sold to film, I've sold because I was happy to rent out the right to adapt those works.… — Warren Ellis Copy Share Image
But that constant adjustment and adaptation to your new environment, all the variables are the same. There's always a promoter, there's always… — Feist Copy Share Image
... universal adoption of the institutions of the free society would better enable adaptation to climate both now and in the future.… — Julian Morris Copy Share Image
I increasingly fear that nothing good can come of almost any adaptation, and obviously that's sweeping. There are a couple of adaptations… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
If it's a good work of adaptation, the book should remain a book and the film should remain a film, and you… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
More and more we try to effect an adaptation to life by means of external gadgets, and attempt to solve our problems… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
I don't believe in "average people" doing anything [about the climate]. People outght to support mitigation and adaptation within their own line… — Bruce Bruce Copy Share Image
The more I study Nature, the more I become impressed with ever-increasing force that the contrivances and beautiful adaptations slowly acquired through… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
I think now that I've tried directing, I'm not interested in doing adaptations anymore. I could do an adaptation of someone else's… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
“I am suggesting here that organisms have a built-I capability of adapting to their environment. I am suggesting that to the extent… — Lee Spetner Copy Share Image
The life we led was a proof of man's capacity for adaptation.I think that even the condemned souls in purgatory after time… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
The difference between a path and a road is not only the obvious one. A path is little more than a habit… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I am persuaded to think that any climate change is bad because of the investments and adaptations that have been made by… — Fred Singer Copy Share Image
It [going from mini-series to series] was never even discussed because it [The Starter Wife] was, you know, an adaptation of a… — Debra Messing Copy Share Image
The more I think about myself, the more I'm persuaded that, as a person, I really don't exist. That is one of… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
Any adaptation is a translation, and there is such a thing as an unreadably faithful translation; and I believe a degree of… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
In terms of screenwriting adaptations it's trying to cut out stuff that's extraneous, without doing damage to the original piece, because you… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
Dominance in an adaptation to anarchy and it serves no purpose in a society that has undergone a civilising process or in… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I'm from Toronto. It's a lot more laid back. When you are thrust into different environments, there is an odd adaptation period.… — Mike Myers Copy Share Image
One of the more problematic aspects of the current state of cinema in Japan is that the movies playing in the theaters… — Hirokazu Koreeda Copy Share Image
“I have discussed how the goal of feeling happy is unusual; its not like other goals such as learning to bake a… — Jonathan Rottenberg Copy Share Image
What we have seen in the way of adaptation and adjustment seems to indicate that families are adjusting parenting to the world… — Sheila Kamerman Copy Share Image
Hinduism would not be eternal were it not constantly growing and spreading, and taking in new areas of experience. Precisely because it… — Sister Nivedita Copy Share Image
Space is an environment of emptiness. It offers no possibility for natural adaptation to any living organism - and particularly not to… — Hubertus Strughold Copy Share Image
A while ago, I did a television adaptation of 'Bleak House,' and the character I played, as far as I was concerned,… — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
During periods of discontinuous, abrupt change, the essence of adaptation involves a keen sensitivity to what should be abandoned - not what… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Culture is the most potent method of adaptation that has emerged in the evolutionary history of the living world. - Theodosius Dobzhanksky...the… — Jerry Sabloff Copy Share Image
Our adaptation to the natural forces is a question of existence or non-existence. We cannot transform the universe or nature so that… — Edmond Bordeaux Szekely Copy Share Image
“If you don’t see the images on a screen because people block your view, it is easier to adjust your sitting position… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“[F]or all its reputation for conservatism, cricket in its history has demonstrated a remarkable capacity for innovation. What game has survived subjection… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
When environments change, they usually do so pretty rapidly, at rates with which adaptation by natural selection would be hard put to… — Ian Tattersall Copy Share Image
Here's how adaptation works - almost everything in the movie is in the book in some form. But it's as though the… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
Watching an adaptation of your novel can be a violent experience: seeing your old jokes suddenly thrust at you can be alarming.… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
(before playing Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet) I couldn't really come up with a short way to sum up… — Pete Wentz 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
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
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
It’s a lovely adaptation that honors Lois Lowry’s vision and authority…the film…illuminates and explores the beauty, danger and pain of our free,… — Mitali Perkins 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 don't believe in "average people" doing anything [about the climate]. People outght to support mitigation and adaptation within their own line of work, no matter how un-average that is. I mean: if you're a butcher, baker, ballerina, banker, or a plumber, envision yourself as the post-fossil-fuel…” quote by Bruce Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7fd/bruce-bruce-44351_adaptation_i-don-t-believe-in-average-people-doing_420487.jpg)
![“It [going from mini-series to series] was never even discussed because it [The Starter Wife] was, you know, an adaptation of a novel. And we - the mini-series encompassed the whole novel. And so it was always going to be a finite sort of event. And then I imagine when people started to really…” quote by Debra Messing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8c8/debra-messing-8824_adaptation_it-going-from-mini-series-to-series-was_1818201.jpg)
![“[F]or all its reputation for conservatism, cricket in its history has demonstrated a remarkable capacity for innovation. What game has survived subjection to such extraordinary manipulations, having been prolonged to 10 days (in Durban 70 years ago), truncated to as few as 60 balls (in Hong Kong…” quote by Gideon Haigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/862/gideon-haigh-29769_adaptation_f-or-all-its-reputation-for-conservatism_3136623.jpg)
