'Rob Roy' was a great adaptation. It was a lot better than 'Braveheart.' — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Let us learn to skillfully draw good out of what would otherwise cause us harm. — Mary Euphrasia Pelletier Copy Share Image
“For it was a truth universally acknowledged that a single vicar must be in want of a wife.” — G.M. Malliet Copy Share Image
Man is a pliable animal, a being who gets accustomed to everything! — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Our common law is the stock instance of a combination of custom and its successive adaptations. — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
It's not so much that I enjoy screenwriting, though mostly I do, but the difference is, with adaptations, somebody else has done… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Dirk Gently has been a long passion (my career started with Douglas Adams and my stage adaptation of Dirk Gently) . — Arvind Ethan David Copy Share Image
God forbid that I should ever teach any adaptation of the Gospel. But I contend that we may serve it up in… — Catherine Booth Copy Share Image
True freedom, which is full joy, is the complete recognition of law and adaptation to it. Bondage comes from ignorance of law… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“To have a solid foundation of skepticism, -that is to say, the faculty of changing at any moment, of turning back, of… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
Individual organisms are best thought of as adaptation-executers rather than as fitness-maximizers. — John Tooby Copy Share Image
Some evolutionists will protest that we are caricaturing their view of adaptation. After all, do they not admit genetic drift, allometry, and… — Stephen Jay Gould 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
If a program of physical activity isn't designed to get you stronger or faster or better conditioned by producing a specific stress… — Mark Rippetoe 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
“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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Adaptation is always the same process for me, which is some version of throwing the book at the wall and seeing what… — Akiva Goldsman Copy Share Image
I've had stuff of mine adapted by other people, so I've come to the conclusion that a movie is a different form… — Donald E. Westlake 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
In a world where millions of human beings live in extreme poverty, die of malnutrition and lack medical care, where pandemics continue… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
After I saw 'Katha Parayumbol,' I agreed to do the Tamil adaptation of the film. — P. Vasu Copy Share Image
Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring. — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Adaptation is a vital part of a response to the challenge of climate change — Nicholas Stern Copy Share Image
I adore doing classic adaptations, but I also feel their frustrations and their limitations. — Andrew Davies Copy Share Image
The proof of evolution lies in those adaptations that arise from improbable foundations. — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
“ADEPT ADAPTATION Potholes on the road of life sharpen our maneuverability skills Kamil Ali” — Kamil Ali Copy Share Image
I think all the history of the Jewish people is about adaptation. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
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