Quotes About Flexibility

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.

The false self is deeply entrenched. You can change your name and address, religion, country, and clothes. But as long as you don't ask it to change, the false self simply adjusts to the new environment.

He was one of those men who, even in the years of peace, would have advised his congregation that while God may well be honored by the inflexibility of the pious, he might also be honored by the flexibility of the sensible.

He [Rabbi Menasha Levartov] was one of those men who, even in the years of peace, would have advised his congregation that while God may well be honored by the inflexibility of the pious, he might also be honored by the flexibility of the sensible.

For an individual, one of the definitions of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again in the same way and expecting different results. For a government, such behaviour is called...policy.

Names are changed more readily than doctrines, and doctrines more readily than ceremonies.

The main function of consciousness is to maximize flexibility and context sensitivity.

They sent her to the fourteenth floor, which Elle knew was always the thirteenth mislabeled for the people whose idea of the borderline between reality and nonsense was flexible.

A man who falls into a fast-flowing river is wise to swim with the current.

You can't determine for yourself the way things should be. Things change by their very nature. How can you tie down any idea? You can see that you can't.

She understood it was her job to be whatever he needed—if he wanted to take his time, she was Slow-Mo Flo. If he wanted it fast, she was Quickie Chickie. He fucked her how and when he wanted to.

In marriage, compromise nurtures the relationship.

Innovation requires, above all else, a willingness to embrace chaos.

Imagination is like muscle. If you don't exercise it, it shrinks.

I want to establish a wide range and play all kinds of parts. It's that sort of acting career I really respect. I like to turn a sharp left from whatever I've done before because that keeps me awake. That's why I want to be an actor - I don't want to play endless variations on one character.

Something else that separates me from society: Super-Positive Perspective! Where normal people would whine about subpar accommodations, I choose to view it as upscale camping.

I have no problems doing a song or a cameo. You never know what can bring success - just like the role I did in Buddhivanta.'

People like rich applications on their desktop, and there is no reason why you can't have both a rich desktop and a light, cloud-based application framework. Why is it always either/or for people?

There's no reason any company should be limited by its physical environment.

I just think there's no reason to limit yourself to one sport.

I believe there's one rule in Hollywood, and that's that there are no rules.

When you're writing with an artist or for an artist, you have to help them serve their vision. That's the cool part about writing songs. There are no rules.

I think actors become jacks-of-all-trades and masters of none.

None of us has control over the economy, the job market, or anything else in the global sense. But we are 100% in charge of how we respond to challenges that come our way, be it the loss of a job, a career derailment, or some other disappointment.