Quotes About Flexibility

He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.

I wish I had a talent for dropping things as well as taking on new ones. It gets to be quite a clutter after a while.

If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?

I wish I could be good at gymnastics.

I wish I was one of those persnickety types who buys guidebooks and studies them, but I don't have the inclination or time. I'm more of a 'get on the plane, arrive at the destination and see what happens' kind of traveler.

I think that no relationship goes completely according to plan or the way you wished it had.

In catering, you're always changing; the client is always dictating to you in terms of their wishes.

Over the years to come, one thing is for certain: if the monarchy wishes to stay relevant and in power, it will have to change more.

Ideas any one can mould as he wishes.

However much a president wishes it, a national problem cannot be knocked out with a single punch. A president must work with the problem as much as against it, turn it into a solution if she can.

I think you've got to play the hand that you're dealt and stop wishing for another hand.

If something is going to happen, whether you want it to happen or not, it is going to happen. And you are much better off cannibalizing yourself, or being ahead of whatever direction the world is headed than you are howling at the wind or wishing it away or trying to put up blockers.

I don't believe in deadlines, I don't believe in telling the enemy when we're going to withdraw.

Our problem right now is that we're so specialized that if the lights go out, there are a huge number of people who are not going to know what to do. But within every dystopia there's a little utopia.

One learns how to change gears within a concert repertoire.

With a smaller setting, you have a lot more freedom and flexibility within a given moment, but not necessarily the velocity you have with a big band.

Obey the principles without being bound by them.

We should be in constant evolution and adapt to the new without ever losing our essence or our integrity.

Without deviation progress is not possible.

We were trained to live by our wits, in any circumstance.

Humans are an infant species, a mere 150,000 years old. But, armed with a massive brain, we've not only survived, we've used our wits to adapt to and flourish in habitats as varied as deserts, Arctic tundra, tropical rainforests, wetlands and high mountain ranges.

I'm like Loki in Nordic mythology: one day I'll be a woman and the next day a snake.

I don't think it makes sense to set high goals about how my ideal woman should be. It is like calling for trouble. That would make one close-minded and not open to meeting different kinds of people.

I think women get caught up too much in having a plan - 'I'm going to get married at this age; I'm going to have a kid at this age' - and then they just try to find a guy who will fit into that picture. I don't want my life to be based on that.