Quotes About Adaptability

What have I always told you? Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory — let the theory go.

When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.

Sir, if someone took a Buddhist holy book and flushed it down my toilet, the first thing I would do is call a plumber!

If you get all tangled up, just tango on.

I don't make plans, because life is short and unpredictable–much like the weather!

I've been an improviser since I was in my twenties. There's really no failing in improv. You just go on to the next thing.

Theer's no use saying pigs conner fly, when you see them catching swallows.

Them as can't bend, like as not they break.

The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.

Equanimity is a quality of being centered in yourself, though at the same time being exquisitely sensitive to the forces that are at work all around, or else you will be vulnerable to being tossed around by the sorts of unexpected waves that crash in on every life.

The only principle I'm prepared to absolutely commit to, with absolute certainty, is that I can change my mind.

La adaptabilidad es la clave del más apto, y la extinción de una especie representa la evolución de otra.

One of the things non-aboriginal Canadians learned from aboriginal people over the last 400 years is you don't have to be one thing. That's a European idea. There's multiple personalities, multiple loyalties. You can be a Winnipegger, a Manitoban, a Westerner.

I'm always interested in trying to investigate different personalities. I want to keep myself guessing and keep the fear element alive, so that I don't get too comfortable.

For this group, because we have so many big personalities, I think the manager also has to have a big personality but in a way that sort of knows how to deal with everything.

Everybody's got a lot to their personalities. You're not just one element. There are some days you want something that can be a bit stricter or a bit more disciplined or something a bit more floaty and a bit freer.

I'm a chameleon. That's my personality in the band.

My personality is I enjoy constant change and mixing it up.

Gary Ross is amazing. He's just - he always has a billion ideas of what he wants, but has a very clear perspective also; he just makes it work. He really does. He's trying different things and making everything look amazing.

I'm half-black, half-white, so I basically put it like this: I can fit in anywhere. That's why I write so many stories from so many different perspectives, because I've seen so many.

I don't have any rules about what to wear when I go out. I go through phases. Sometimes I'll go out in jeans and a top and not even wear heels. Sometimes I want to be more sexy, in a dress and heels.

I think it's an amazing thing, the way people can change and open up. It shows how humanity is still alive in the world and how we can get better. We're the most adaptable, phenomenal machines ever created.

When you speak of the Pat Rileys, the Phil Jacksons, you have to speak of Don Nelson and the success that he has had in the game.

Phil Jackson was a brilliant basketball coach, not just because of the offense that he employed, but it was so many other things that went into it.