(170 quotes found)
“Every acquisition of accommodation becomes material for assimilation, but assimilation always resists new accommodations.”
Jean Piaget
“From our point of view, however, any interpretation of Genesis which accommodates the standard system of evolutionary geological ages is a clear-cut compromise with atheistic evolution, and it is very sad that Christians who profess to believe the Bible as the Word of God will not acknowledge this.”
Henry Morris
“The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community.”
Ruth Benedict
“The aim of a true achievement must lie, not in futile efforts towards the complete accommodation of man to circumstances in which he chances to find himself, but in the maintenance of a kind of candid discontent, in the face of the very highest achie”
Walter Horatio Pater
“You may laugh at a friend's roof; don't laugh at his sleeping accommodation”
Kenyan Proverb
“They're being very polite and accommodating. They're doing everything they can to tell you nothing.”
Barry Cohen
“This rule is a transparent attempt to accommodate the industry.”
Arjun Makhijani
“To complete the heating loop system, we'd make 5-degree angle welds in the black pipe to accommodate the curvature of the building. To say the least, this was very time consuming. We had three [ twoman] welding crews working non-stop on the primary loop for four months.”
Andrew Fox
“Because of the high demand, we were not able to accommodate everyone who came to the park.”
Bill Ernest
