A big moment for me was when I did a play that was a new adaptation of Dostojevskij's 'Crime and Punishment,' and… — Joel Kinnaman Copy Share Image
“Thus counterinsurgency is at heart an adaptation battle: a struggle to rapidly develop and learn new techniques and apply them in a… — David Kilcullen Copy Share Image
It's tricky turning a book into a movie. Sometimes people love the book so much that no adaptation lives up to what… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
Now the 21st century approaches and with it the inevitability of change. We must wonder if the American people will find renewal… — John Chancellor Copy Share Image
Shane Salerno and I adapted my book Savages together, and I learned a lot about adaptation. I think it's an extremely difficult… — Don Winslow Copy Share Image
Amid ancient lore the Word of God stands unique and pre-eminent. Wonderful in its construction, admirable in its adaptation, it contains truths… — Frances Harper Copy Share Image
We are equal human beings, and we were born with evil and anger and misunderstanding of what a man is, and so… — Liv Ullmann Copy Share Image
One of the things I've always thought is a drag in so many period adaptations is that they are always buttoned up… — Andrew Davies Copy Share Image
The earliest signs of living things, announcing as they do a high complexity of organization, entirely exclude the hypothesis of a transmutation… — Roderick Murchison Copy Share Image
“People are panicking about climate change in large part because the media and environmental campaigners tell us to, because politicians overhype the… — Bjorn Lomborg Copy Share Image
Upon the publication of Goethe's epic drama, the Faustian legend had reached an almost unapproachable zenith. Although many failed to appreciate, or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are all animals of this planet. We are all creatures. And nonhuman animals experience pain sensations just like we do. They… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
The Pavlovian view of women voters - plug the words in, and they will respond - sends a chill down my spine… — Deborah Tannen Copy Share Image
The proof given by Wright, that non-adaptive differentiation will occur in small populations owing to "drift," or the chance fixation of some… — Julian Huxley Copy Share Image
Mixture of assimilation to earlier schemas and adaptation to the actual conditions of the situation is what defines motor intelligence. But and… — Jean Piaget Copy Share Image
Totalitarianism extends to whatever touches it...psychological technique, as it operates in the army or in a great industrial plant, entails a direct… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
I've found that it's actually more of a disability to be tall than short. I have no problem fitting into plane toilets… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
As Americans, we have traditionally been the optimists sporting the 'can-do' attitude. But when it comes to addressing climate adaptation and resiliency,… — Paul Tonko Copy Share Image
When I decided to make my version of Poe's stories, I wanted to respect the original material or to at least get… — Raul Garcia Copy Share Image
If we turn to the differences separating Communist, Fascist, and National Socialist regimes, we find that they can be accounted for by… — Richard Pipes Copy Share Image
“When you talk with people, one of the arguments they'll throw back at you is that the climate has always changed, and… — Michael Crimmins Copy Share Image
I think that my main criticism in that book was directed at the general assumption that adaptation characterizes populations and species, rather… — George C. Williams Copy Share Image
The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general welfare and… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
I've made movies that were adaptations and I've been kind of frustrated by the process because, you know that old axiom, 'It's… — Amber Heard Copy Share Image
I actually enjoy working with green screen, because I can imagine all that stuff happening, and I really cut my teeth on… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
Working on an adaptation is not as satisfying, because it's not your original work: you're interpreting. With 'L.A. Confidential,' I loved the… — Brian Helgeland Copy Share Image
Conservatives are inclined to use the powers of government to prevent change or to limit its rate to whatever appeals to the… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
That which most contributes to the permanence of constitutions is the adaptation of education to the form of government, and yet in… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
As a consequence, geneticists described evolution simply as a change in gene frequencies in populations, totally ignoring the fact that evolution consists… — Ernst Mayr Copy Share Image
An adaptation I was working on of Trollope's 'The Pallisers' has been axed by the BBC... I was also going to do… — Andrew Davies Copy Share Image
As China is about adaptation, not transformation, it is unlikely to change the world dramatically should it ever assume the global driver's… — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
“Depressed people become unable to remember happy times, or times when they even had a normal mood. The very concept of a… — Jonathan Rottenberg Copy Share Image
The right question to ask from a Darwinian prospective is what was it about bipedalism that was so advantageous? Why did it… — Donald Johanson Copy Share Image
In 1916, Universal Studios released the first filmed adaptation of Jules Verne's novel '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.' Georges Melies made a… — Kage Baker Copy Share Image
What happens in the studio is technically the same thing that happens on the stage. In the past I had to make… — Squarepusher Copy Share Image
Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Director Gary Ross has created an adaptation that is faithful in both narrative and theme, but he's also brought a rich and… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
The Yoga of the Dream State has always held to be one of the fastest, most efficient ways of reaching a plateau… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
My main point about films is that I don't like the adaptation process, and I particularly don't like the modern way of… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
