Adapt Quotes
410 quotes by 369 authors
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Nothing is more disgusting than the majority: because it consists of a few powerful predecessors, of rogues who adapt themselves, of weak who assimilate themselves,…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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The agnostic, the skeptic, is neurotic, but this does not imply a false philosophy; it implies the discovery of facts to which he does not…
— Alan Watts
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There is no order in the world around us, we must adapt ourselves to the requirements of chaos instead.
— Kurt Vonnegut
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Please tell me a story about a girl who gets away." I would, even if I had to adapt one, even if I had to…
— Helen Oyeyemi
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Conservatism, however, is too often a welcome excuse for lazy minds, loath to adapt themselves to fast changing conditions.
— Sigmund Freud
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Change. Adapt. Bend so as not to be broken. Let opportunity guide your actions.
— Wayne Gerard Trotman
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Who among us has not dreamt, in moments of ambition, of the miracle of a poetic prose, musical without rhythm and rhyme, supple and staccato…
— Charles Baudelaire
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Nobody would know me from my own description of myself; which is why, when called upon (rarely, I grant) to provide an account, I tailor…
— Claire Messud
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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable…
— George Bernard Shaw
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Women, on average, tend to be more aware of their emotions, show more empathy, and are more adept interpersonally. Men on the other hand, are…
— Daniel Goleman
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We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways.
— Clarence Day
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When you think of the blur of all the brands that are out there, the ones you believe in and the ones you remember, like…
— Ralph Lauren
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Every teacher will tell you that you cannot dance classical technique with perfection, there is no such thing, there is no way. So you have…
— Jiri Kylian
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Religion has very little to do with the number of babies per woman. All the religions in the world are fully [able] to maintain their…
— Hans Rosling
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Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people.
— Michel de Montaigne
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When I was younger, I used to wrestle, and I feel that it contributed to my athletic ability because as a wrestler you have to…
— Dhani Jones
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If you create open technology that people can use, adapt and play with, it builds capability and they teach themselves.
— Charles Leadbeater
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I think in our global economy, uncertainty is ever increasing. So to accommodate to that, we need to build a dynamic economy and dynamic rules…
— Myron Scholes
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It is impossible to talk about slowing climate change without talking about reducing CO2 emissions. Equally, it is impossible to talk about adapting to climate…
— Cary Fowler
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If men can learn to be less defensive, more open to others, and more accepting of accountability, they will adapt well to the new global…
— John Gerzema
Who Wrote These Adapt Quotes
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