The man who gets bit twice by the same dog is better adapted for that kind of business than any other. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
I've never actually directed anything I haven't made up. I've never adapted anything. — Harmony Korine Copy Share Image
Christianity is most admirably adapted to the training of slaves, to the perpetuation of a slave society. — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
No congressional reppers, no respectable rappers. It's the way we've adapted, don't forget I made it happen. — Wale Copy Share Image
In every part of our society, rules have to be questioned and adapted. — Philipp Lahm Copy Share Image
I was ecstatic when 'The Walking Dead' came along. Merle Dixon was so perfectly adapted for me. — Michael Rooker Copy Share Image
Life solves its problems with well-adapted designs, life-friendly chemistry and smart material and energy use. — Janine Benyus Copy Share Image
But the human character, however it may be exalted or depressed by a temporary enthusiasm, will return by degrees to its proper… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
It took 17 years to get 'Rambling Rose' made from the time Calder Willingham wrote the script adapted from his novel. Ed… — Diane Ladd Copy Share Image
The human animal is adapted to, and apparently can thrive on, an extraordinary range of different diets, but the Western diet, however… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
I think any period in history can be adapted into interesting fiction, as long as you approach the actual history with respect. — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
We have such rigid rules, sometimes, that they don't have to be rules. They can be policies and procedures that can be… — Oscar Munoz Copy Share Image
The first play I wrote was called 'Twenty-five.' It was played by our company in Dublin and London, and was adapted and… — Lady Gregory Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you play a character, you can feel it in your body. And I felt like I had characteristics of my… — Calista Flockhart Copy Share Image
On the one hand, our minds try to probe the ephemeral reality of the quantum world; on the other, we talk, think,… — F. David Peat Copy Share Image
Historically, China is not a nation of sportsmen. We traditionally put more emphasis on being close to nature than pushing endlessly to… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
The church must seek to be biblical rather than relevant. We are not going to leave a mark upon our culture because… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
How fleeting are the wishes and efforts of man! how short his time! and consequently how poor will his products be, compared… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Human existence may be simpler than we thought. There is no predestination, no unfathomed mystery of life. Demons and gods do not… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
I felt that we could hardly improve on the conception of the university expressed by one of the founders of the modern… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
My conviction of the necessity of further legislative provisions for the safe-keeping and disbursement of the public moneys and my opinion in… — Martin Van Buren Copy Share Image
There is much modern music that is better adapted to a wind combination than to a string, although for obvious reasons originally… — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
I’ve always wanted to be liked. It grieved me that I was treated with indifference. Left an orphan by Fortune, I wanted—like… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
From whence it is obvious to conclude that, since our Faculties are not fitted to penetrate into the internal Fabrick and real… — John Locke Copy Share Image
I was repelled by the sleazy reality of the totalitarian countries: politicians were shameless. There were corruption, pollution, shoddy goods, long lines,… — Antonin Kratochvil Copy Share Image
If an organised body is not in the situation and circumstances best adapted to its sustenance and propagation, then, in conceiving an… — James Hutton Copy Share Image
Christianity is most admirably adapted to the training of slaves, to the perpetuation of a slave society; in short, to the very… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I have a very clear perception what the Internet is in my mind. I'm free. I'm not defined by what they say… — Matt Drudge Copy Share Image
Society never progresses because the majority one day wakes up and says, “Let’s do things differently.” The majority didn’t wake up and… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Writing is… being able to take something whole and fiercely alive that exists inside you in some unknowable combination of thought, feeling,… — Mary Gaitskill Copy Share Image
It takes all sorts of in and outdoor schooling To get adapted to my kind of fooling. — Robert Frost Copy Share Image