Adaptation Quotes

204 quotes by 182 authors

The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general welfare and happiness; the endeavour… — Annie Besant
Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but… — Franz Boas
I'm not afraid to play ugly - look at 'Adaptation.' I looked like a turd that a cat had coughed up. — Nicolas Cage
The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something… — Nick Cave
Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance… — Lord Chesterfield
I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the… — Warren Christopher
I wrote a screenplay for a 'Sweet Valley High' adaptation, and it's really amazing to me how many women who are my age have responded… — Diablo Cody
There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance or to retreat, being ignorant… — Sun Tzu
Monet's garden must be included with his works, because he combined the magic of an adaptation of nature with the work of a painter of… — Georges Clemenceau
Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling… — Laozi
During periods of discontinuous, abrupt change, the essence of adaptation involves a keen sensitivity to what should be abandoned - not what should be changed… — Peter Drucker
It is not necessarily those lands which are the most fertile or most favored in climate that seem to me the happiest, but those in… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Sometimes, occasions occur in life which demand you to be a little foolish in order to skillfully extricate yourself. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Nothing is wonderful when you get used to it. — E. W. Howe
We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided. — Alexander Hamilton
For the source of any characteristic so widespread and uniform as this adaptation to environment we must go back to the very beginning of the… — Ellsworth Huntington
The nucleus has to take care of the inheritance of the heritable characters, while the surrounding cytoplasm is concerned with accommodation or adaptation to the… — Ernst Haeckel
All living organisms are but leaves on the same tree of life. The various functions of plants and animals and their specialized organs are manifestations… — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
The proof given by Wright, that non-adaptive differentiation will occur in small populations owing to "drift," or the chance fixation of some new mutation or… — Julian Huxley
Unless man can make new and original adaptations to his environment as rapidly as his science can change the environment, our culture will perish. — Carl Rogers

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