Adjusting Quote by Elias Canetti Download Open image “The first effect of adjusting to other people is that one becomes boring.” — Elias Canetti ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Adjusting Boredom Boring Effects Firsts People
Why is it that for many persons changing others is so exciting and so relevant, while changing oneself is so boring and irrelevant? — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The truth is that the first changes are so slow they pass almost unnoticed, and you go on seeing yourself as you always were,… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
Although circumstances may change in the blink of an eye, people change at a slower pace. Even motivated people who welcome change often encounter… — Amy Morin Copy Share Image
I try to have things change before I get bored, and I figure other people might enjoy that too; I try not to let… — Arca Copy Share Image
For many people, change is more threatening than challenging. They see it as the destroyer of what is familiar and comfortable rather than the… — Nido R Qubein Copy Share Image
People soon get tired of things that aren't boring, but not of what is boring. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Change requires leaving our comfort zones and plunging headfirst into uncomfortable situations. It's true this causes some pain and discomfort for a moment, but… — Yehuda Berg Copy Share Image
Everyone knows that not all change is good or even necessary. But in a world that is constantly changing, it is to our advantage… — Ken Blanchard Copy Share Image
People don't like change. But make the change fast enough and you go from one type of normal to another. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
A 'modern' man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble. — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
“The hand which scoops up the water is the first vessel. The fingers of both hands intertwined are the first basket. [p. 217]” — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
The planets survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble. — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
In five minutes the earth would be a desert, and you cling to books. — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence. — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
It is always the enemy who started it, even if he was not the first to speak out, he was certainly planning it; and… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
Aerobic dancing is already adjusting to injury problems and will probably phase out to some extent. — Kenneth H. Cooper Copy Share Image
Every year, you have to keep adjusting. I'm 28; I'm not 19 anymore. You have to work harder now. — Felix Hernandez Copy Share Image
The most successful businessmen were often uneducated when measured by the scholastic standards of the teaching profession. But they were equal to their social… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
It was physically difficult, adjusting to wheelchair life, but I remember a great relief and happiness that I was finally getting somewhere, finding musicians… — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
At first I had no skills in writing comedy. I didn't know what a joke was, but, as someone once told me, your emotions… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
The challenge of co-operation in today's age of quarrel can be achieved by adjusting every situation according to the higher principle of loving God. — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
I think they’re having trouble adjusting to the emotions they have outside of their dreams. At any rate, they keep acting like demented teenagers… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Wise and prudent men and intelligent conservatives have long known that in a changing world worthy institutions can be conserved only by adjusting them… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It’s really critical to have your dream life in your mind so that you’re constantly adjusting and designing your business in such a way… — Blake Roney Copy Share Image
Talent is important, and some background as well. This really is not beginner's school. I want to work with people that have achieved a… — Vlatko Stefanovski Copy Share Image
I don't mean to imply that we are in imminent danger of being wiped off the face of the earth - at least, not… — Eileen Claussen Copy Share Image
The minds of human beings are not always entirely at one with the world in which they live, some people have trouble adjusting to… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image