Adaptation Quotes

204 quotes by 182 authors

There's nothing wrong with a plan, but remember Von Moltke's famous dictum that no plan survives first contact with the enemy. The danger is a… — Tim Harford
Once we start seeing video games that have more memorable characters, you'll see better movie adaptations. — David S. Goyer
I think there's really only been one successful video game adaptation, and that was probably 'Tomb Raider.' Whether or not you thought it was a… — David S. Goyer
The great mystery of adaptation is that true fidelity can only be achieved through lavish promiscuity. — David Hare
What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immovable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of… — Jaimal Yogis
Television theatre, as is implied in its name, should rely on adaptations of scripts written for the theatre. — Andrzej Wajda
The exercises of practical life are formative activities, a work of adaptation to the environment. Such adaptation to the environment and efficient functioning therein is… — Maria Montessori
The real security of Christianity is to be found in its benevolent morality, in its exquisite adaptation to the human heart, in the facility with… — Thomas B. Macaulay
Man is a pliable animal, a being who gets accustomed to everything! — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Our common law is the stock instance of a combination of custom and its successive adaptations. — Learned Hand
Slowly we adjust, but only if we have to. — Ellen Goodman
The present era grabs everything that was ever written in order to transform it into films, TV programs; or cartoons. What is essential in a… — Milan Kundera
Every mutation through a new combination of genetic factors that provides the organism with a new opportunity for coming to terms with the conditions of… — Konrad Lorenz
Most writers are unhappy with film adaptations of their work, and rightly so. 'Field of Dreams,' however, caught the spirit and essence of 'Shoeless Joe'… — W. P. Kinsella
It is a miracle of harmony, of the adaptation of the free inner life to the outward necessity of things. — John Crowe Ransom
My mother came from St. Thomas. I heard that melody and all I did was actually adapt it. I made my adaptation of sort of… — Sonny Rollins
The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are… — Larry Sabato
I adore book-to-film adaptations when they're done well, and I'm more lenient than many readers when it comes to what counts as 'done well.' For… — Maggie Stiefvater
After Strangelove I also started work on an adaptation of The Collector. — Terry Southern
Thus, races arose from an original coding which God pulled out as needed for adaptation to the environment. — Walter Lang

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