Adaptation Quotes

204 quotes by 179 authors

A lot of period pieces we see are adaptations of novels - we always know the story. — Joanne Froggatt
Once we accept violence as an adaptation, it makes sense that its expression is calibrated to the environment. The same individual will behave differently if… — Paul Bloom
The right question to ask from a Darwinian prospective is what was it about bipedalism that was so advantageous? Why did it lead to a… — Donald Johanson
Making comic adaptations means making a lot of choices - you need to adjust the pacing, the dialogue, and in this case, a lot of… — Raina Telgemeier
The respiratory mechanisms of birds are definitely adapted to the function of flight, as evidenced by the fact that birds which do not fly (Apteryx,… — August Krogh
The issue of doing an adaptation of a book is the theater of the mind, and so you always face that. — Dana Brunetti
Like springs, adaptations can only go downhill. — John Simon
I think that my main criticism in that book was directed at the general assumption that adaptation characterizes populations and species, rather than simply the… — George C. Williams
When you talk to crews that went to Mir or have gone up to International Space Station, they say that you go through different phases… — Laurel Clark
Any adaptation is a translation, and there is such a thing as an unreadably faithful translation; and I believe a degree of reinterpretation for the… — David Mitchell
Because of my medical and ideological training, I am accustomed to saying that life is adaptation and symbiosis. — Tabare Vazquez
I adore doing classic adaptations, but I also feel their frustrations and their limitations. — Andrew Davies
In every place you go, you still have to adapt to the atmosphere, adapt to the nature of it and understand the humans living on… — Simphiwe Scientist Dumi
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. — Unknown Author
The nature of culture is evolution. The practice of culture is adaptation. — Kelvin Chau
Fortunately, both television adaptations and the film I've been involved with are pieces of work that I'm proud of, so I'm very happy for people… — Jenny Agutter
They give me the money, I give them the book. Having input into the adaptation would be kind of like selling a house and coming… — Robert B. Parker
Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed. Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring. — Henry Miller
The films that I've done before were original stories most of the time, I did two adaptations before this, but they were mostly original stories… — Walter Salles
Hell is a state of mind! Hell is the loss of our adaptation mechanism that controls our inner demons, and our human wickedness that has… — Rev Richard Skaff

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