Adaptation Quotes

204 quotes by 182 authors

The ecstatic state of wholeness is bound to be transient because it has no part in the total pattern of â€˜adaptation through maladaptationâ€™ which is… — Anthony Storr
If man--if each one of us--abdicates his responsibilities with regard to values; if each one of us limits himself to leading a trivial existence in… — Jacques Ellul
Every living thing is an elaboration of a single original plan. As humans we are mere increments - each of us a musty archive of… — Bill Bryson
....shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle. — Pliny the Elder
I see only adaptations - not revolutions. — Gordon Getty
Archimedes constructing his circle pays with his life for his defective biological adaptation to immediate circumstances. — Ernst Mach
The Yoga of the Dream State has always held to be one of the fastest, most efficient ways of reaching a plateau experience of subtle… — Ken Wilber
remember this: When you cross my doorstep, you have already been raised. With what you have learned...you know the difference between right and wrong. Do… — Maya Angelou
The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one… — Abraham Lincoln
I've made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or… — Satyajit Ray
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others… — Thomas A. Edison
Much is now being said about evangelism; but before we get effective evangelism, we have to get effective evangelists. Evangelism is useless unless it is… — Evelyn Underhill
Adaptation is a profound process. Means you figure out how to thrive in the world. — John Laroche
Some of us have great original ideas and some of us depend on adaptations. — Frank Darabont
Resilience, timing, adaptation - these are the three pillars upon which the emergent properties of interacting systems rest. When the systems are the economy and… — John L. Casti
The Westerner is less a person than a continuing adaptation. The West is less a place than a process. — Wallace Stegner
Science always has its origin in the adaptation of thought to some definite field of experience. — Ernst Mach
All failure is failure to adapt, all success is successful adaptation. — Max McKeown
You do not need to do many different exercises to get strong - you need to get strong on a very few important exercises, movements… — Mark Rippetoe
When the most learned evolutionists can give neither the how nor the why, the marvels seem to show that adaptation is inexplicable. Yet those who… — Norman Macbeth

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