(233 quotes found)
“We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways”
Clarence Day
“After you pray, accept, adapt and move on, ... That's what winners do.”
Ann Jillian
“I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”
Jimmy Dean
“I took hostages and prisoners and expected them to adapt to my lifestyle. This relationship is a very 50-50. That's the mistake I made in my past relationships. I've done a lot of work on myself. I'm 16 years sober. I don't run away and I don't take drugs. I deal with the situation and I have a partner in my life who is great and helps me to do that.”
Elton John
“Custom adapts itself to expediency”
Publius Cornelius Tacitus
“Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.”
H. G. Wells
“DRAMATIST, n. One who adapts plays from the French.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people.”
George Bernard Shaw
“Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.”
Fred Perry
