Adaptations Quotes

43 quotes by 40 authors

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
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
The human brain is generally regarded as a complex web of adaptations built into the nervous system, even though no one knows how. — Michael Gazzaniga
The theory of natural selection is the centerpiece of The Origin of Species and of evolutionary theory. It is this theory that accounts for the… — Douglas J. Futuyma
The more I study Nature, the more I become impressed with ever-increasing force that the contrivances and beautiful adaptations slowly acquired through each part, occasionally… — Charles Darwin
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
I see only adaptations - not revolutions. — Gordon Getty
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
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
Some of us have great original ideas and some of us depend on adaptations. — Frank Darabont
Yesterday's adaptations are today's routines. — Ronald A. Heifetz
I am persuaded to think that any climate change is bad because of the investments and adaptations that have been made by human beings and… — Fred Singer
Apart from the hostile influence of man, the organic and the inorganic world are ... bound together by such mutual relations and adaptations s secure,… — George Perkins Marsh
I've quit writing screenplay [adaptations]. It's too much work. I don't look at writing a novel as work, because I only have to please myself.… — Elmore Leonard
Once we start seeing video games that have more memorable characters, you'll see better movie adaptations. — David S. Goyer
Television theatre, as is implied in its name, should rely on adaptations of scripts written for the theatre. — Andrzej Wajda
Our common law is the stock instance of a combination of custom and its successive adaptations. — Learned Hand
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
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
I found, through the process of doing 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower,' that I really love directing movies and I love writing books and… — Stephen Chbosky

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