Adapting Quotes

The brain is constantly adapting.

— Maryanne Wolf

If you always do what you did, you'll always get what you got.

— Marian Diamond

I really enjoy the challenge of adapting.

— Jane Goldman

Human beings are very good at adapting to what happens.

— John Hurt

I think it's important for me to keep adapting.

— Johanna Konta

I'm on the right track to completely adapting to England.

— Fabinho

Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt.

— Nolan Ryan

Im like a chameleon adapting to change and this crazy world.

— Anonymous

Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.

— Samuel Butler

The world's culture is changing, adapting. People are keeping what's good in a culture, and sweeping out the rest.

— Georgie Anne Geyer

For Internacional I played in several different positions, so I have no problem adapting.

— Oscar

Universal love is the standard-sized socket that everyone can plug into. No adapting mechanism required.

— Allison Mackie

I have been working up until recently with Neil Simon, who has been adapting the character to me.

— Paula Abdul

I would love it if anyone gave me the job of adapting 'The Great Gatsby,' but nobody ever does.

— Andrew Davies

“I'd rather live my life honestly, than spend it adapting to what others think I should be.”

— Laurel Dewey

Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.

— Alan Perlis

Nearly all great civilizations that perished did so because they had crystallized, because they were incapable of adapting themselves to new conditions,…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

But my question is, am I compromising by adapting my words for the audience and where is the line beyond which I…

— Joichi Ito

The difference between past and present immigration experience is the existence of a defiant anti-assimilationist lobby that encourages legal and illegal aliens…

— Michelle Malkin

God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my friends. God help you. That's flaccid, sloppy writing. Any idiot can…

— Robert McKee

I simply asked if I could have a go at adapting a screenplay. But I did not want any money, in case…

— Ben Affleck

Although the Premier League is tough because players have good physiques and can switch swiftly in offense and defense, it can be…

— Park Ji-sung

Nothing has benefited me more physically, mentally and most important spiritually, then adapting a vegan diet. The best decision I have made…

— Tim Shieff

Learning a [skateboard] trick is kind of like a puzzle; you have to keep trying, and trying, and trying, and adapting and…

— Rob Dyrdek

I will say that adapting a character like Da Vinci really wasn't that dissimilar from doing Batman or Superman. Because all three…

— David S. Goyer

Can nine billion people be fed? Can we cope with the demands in the future on water? Can we provide enough energy?…

— John Beddington

I was in Los Angeles making 'Dead Again' and the producer, Lindsay Doran , asked me if I'd be interested in adapting…

— Emma Thompson

When you're writing plays, it's possible to believe you don't have any real world skill. When you're adapting, it is really all…

— Richard Greenberg

I believe in teaching just a few students, as teaching requires a constant alert observation on each individual in order to establish…

— Bruce Lee

For 'So Cold the River,' I'm actually working on adapting the book with Scott Silver, who was just nominated for an Oscar…

— Michael Koryta

Bamboo is flexible, bending with the wind but never breaking, capable of adapting to any circumstance. It suggests resilience, meaning that we…

— Ping Fu

I never know who's influencing me at any time. I mean, I can take a play by Brecht and adapt it, I'm…

— Wole Soyinka

“Often I would hear other people ask, “When will I be normal again?” What you don’t often hear is a blunt truth:…

— Michelle Dallocchio

Personally I don't think there's any real intrinsic difference between comic books, movies, theatre, novels. I know there's sure to be some…

— Alex Garland

“5. ADAPTABILITY: Spirited children are uncomfortable with change. They hate surprises and do not shift easily from one activity or idea to…

— Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Obviously it's easier when I' m doing the adapting myself. But my feeling is, your potential upside far outweighs the downside. Ultimately,…

— Jonathan Tropper

There's nothing wrong with the classic ways of adapting stuff.

— Steven Knight

The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it. It's scary.

— Kendrick Lamar

I'm interested in adapting books and all sorts of things.

— Sean Durkin

“Adapt to your surrounding but remain flexible for growing.”

— Ashley Porter