You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills.

Jim Rohn

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

David Brinkley

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

If the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?

Gloria Steinem

If you surrender to the wind, you can ride it.

Toni Morrison

Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do not let your path deviate from the quiet and steadfast insistence on full opportunities for your powers.

Franz Boas

Science always has its origin in the adaptation of thought to some definite field of experience.

Ernst Mach

I really enjoyed writing the adaptation of 'Into The Woods.' I thought it was wonderful to not be the director, frankly. I really enjoyed that aspect of it.

James Lapine

I think that Mr. Obama is not just inexperienced; he is also hampered by a distinct inner emptiness - not an emptiness that comes from stupidity or a lack of ability but an emptiness that has been actually nurtured and developed as an adaptation to the political world.

Shelby Steele

I'm not afraid to play ugly - look at 'Adaptation.' I looked like a turd that a cat had coughed up.

Nicolas Cage

In all works on Natural History, we constantly find details of the marvellous adaptation of animals to their food, their habits, and the localities in which they are found.

Alfred Russel Wallace