Adaptation Quotes · Page 4

My adaptation on the pitch has gone in parallel with my adaptation to London.

— Juan Mata

Social adaptation has to proceed via the intellect.

— Hans Asperger

Curiously enough man's body and his mind appear to differ in their climatic adaptations.

— Ellsworth Huntington

“Do you want to change?" "It's the only evidence of life.”

— Evelyn Waugh

“winning = adaptation and one step forward to take the prize”

— Jury Nel

My ultimate goal is to drive people back to the books, when I think of an adaptation.

— Lev Grossman

I'm going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film.

— Norman Jewison

After Strangelove I also started work on an adaptation of The Collector.

— Terry Southern

The issue of doing an adaptation of a book is the theater of the mind, and so you always face that.

— Dana Brunetti

I tell myself that, regardless of what source I draw on, I'm writing a new work for reasons peculiar to me and…

— Norman Lock

Every adaptation requires that the screenwriter make difficult choices - and in particular, difficult cuts.

— David Benioff

Much guilt arises in the life of the believer from practicing the chameleon life of environmental adaptation.

— Beth Moore

I've always been open to the idea of an adaptation that does its own thing, that freely diverges from the original as…

— Bryan Lee O'Malley

David Benioff can hardly be classified as an underdog. The 2002 film adaptation of his first novel, 'The 25th Hour,' was directed…

— Jonathan Miles

I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French…

— Warren Christopher

Once we start seeing video games that have more memorable characters, you'll see better movie adaptations.

— David S. Goyer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

We had very good discussions on current security challenges and NATO's continued adaptation to meet them. Canada is a committed ally and…

— Jens Stoltenberg

“During most all of human evolution, it was adaptive to conserve energy by being lazy as circumstances permitted. Energy was a vitally…

— Randolph M. Nesse

I had to learn to think, feel, and see in a totally new fashion, in an uneducated way, in my own way,…

— Henry Miller

“The tendency for depression to repeat reflects the normal default settings of a plastic mood system that is open to experience. The…

— Jonathan Rottenberg

Resilience, timing, adaptation - these are the three pillars upon which the emergent properties of interacting systems rest. When the systems are…

— John L. Casti

Our world is not an optimal place, fine tuned by omnipotent forces of selection. It is a quirky mass of imperfections, working…

— Stephen Jay Gould

“Personal struggles, mistakes, and perseverance are part of every person’s life story. A proper mindset can turn failure into a gift. Specific…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

I was selling a piece of my art on eBay from The Escapist, which was an adaptation of The Adventures of Kavalier…

— Eric Wight

Adaptation seems to be, to a substantial extent, a process of reallocating your attention.

— Daniel Kahneman

I found out that if you are going to win games, you had better be ready to adapt.

— Scotty Bowman

The proof of evolution lies in those adaptations that arise from improbable foundations.

— Stephen Jay Gould

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— Kamil Ali

I think all the history of the Jewish people is about adaptation.

— Michel Hazanavicius

Shakti' is a very loose adaptation of 'Not Without My Daughter.'

— Boney Kapoor

Finesse is the best adaptation of means to circumstances.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

“Yoga is the best way to learn to adapt and adjust to the changing environments.”

— Amit Ray