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Quotes About Adjustment

We transform the world, but we don't remember it. We adjust our baseline to the new level, and we don't recall what was there.
~ Daniel Pauly
Our world and our state have been transformed, but, in contrast, we as people have not been.
~ Ruth Ann Minner
The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding.
~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Sometimes the transition from being in control of your life to having absolutely no control is swift, but other times it is so gradual that you wonder exactly when it truly began.
~ Mickey Rooney
I'm all for whatever transitions the book properly to a movie.
~ Gillian Flynn
I think it was hard at first for my dad to transition to being immobile.
~ Jeb Bush
Any time you do tax reform, you really need to have a transition period.
~ Thom Tillis
You always have years when you go through transition and the side needs to be rebuilt. Or you have changes in terms of managers.
~ Petr Cech
The transition from an English father to a Punjabi stepfather demanded an adjustment that was far from easy for a 10-year-old boy who had just lost his father.
~ Ruskin Bond
It's always hard for a guy who's been in a system for seven years and then to transition into another system.
~ Matt LaFleur
Graduating from college and starting your life as an adult is a giant transition no matter what.
~ Maggie Rogers
At first when I first went to the Chiefs, there was a huge transition from what we had done in New England to a team that was rebuilding.
~ Matt Cassel
It was a really tough transition going from rugby league to AFL.
~ Israel Folau
Many Americans don't know anyone in the military, so they aren't aware that, on average, a military child attends six to nine schools by the time he or she graduates from high school. Through each transition, the children have to leave their friends, try out for new sports teams and adjust to a new school community.
~ Jill Biden
Transitions don't always go smoothly; you need a recovery process.
~ Louis DeJoy
I never translated from my days in the Navy to being a congressman.
~ Eric Massa
I recently have had a full hip replacement and a liver transplant, and I'm getting used to the medication.
~ Evel Knievel
People don't buy horses to ride around any more for transportation. I just think the world changes. As a business, we have to make the proper adjustments.
~ Troy Carter
How can you develop more flexibility as a family, especially with an anxious daughter? First, it can be helpful to practice in the safety of your own home. Change seats at the dinner table. Serve breakfast for dinner. Make beds with the pillows in the opposite direction. Mix up the bedtime routine or which one of you wakes the kids in the morning. Little changes can have a big impact on your daughter learning flexibility.
~ Sissy Goff
Adaptability is a most desirable habit or quality for success in life.
~ Sivananda Saraswati
I try not to wear anything I have to fidget with - there's nothing worse than wearing something and pulling down the hem and re-adjusting the top. My pet hate is when girls wear those strapless dresses and spend the whole night yanking them up.
~ Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Everything's something you can't do until you have to do it.
~ Sophie Hannah
My life has changed, and I'm changing with it.
~ Sophie Kinsella
There is no sense in crying over spilt milk.
~ Sophocles