Quotes About Adjustment

Funny how Underhill could get along with almost anyone, tuning down his manias to whatever the traffic would bear.

There was an old Qeng Ho saying, "You know you've stayed too long when you start using the locals' calendar.

He who does not move with the times is a dead man

Many men who had spent their working lives in the East were terrified of going home to England and living on a pension. Gone were the spacious home, the servants, the ponies, the cars, and the memberships in every club. But

We must learn to tailor our concepts to fit reality, instead of trying to stuff reality into our concepts.

Poppe, once a leading figure at a scientific research institute, found a job as a swimming pool attendant

How one walks through the world, the endless small adjustments of balance, is affected by the shifting weights of beautiful things.

Be patient. Do the best with what you know. When you know more, adjust the trajectory.

Travel works best when you're forced to come to terms with the place you're in.

The best mother is the mother who adapts, and the best children are the children who adapt as well.

The best therapists can do with sadness, anger, and anxiety is to help patients live in the more comfortable part of their set range.

Being traded is like celebrating your 100th birthday. It might not be the happiest occasion in the world, but consider the alternative.

When the facts change, I change my mind.

Any business plan won't survive its first encounter with reality. The reality will always be different. It will never be the plan.

If you're not on the right path, get off it.

Age, habits of business and experience have modified many characters.

I predict that many teams will go out of business and the size of the leagues will be greatly reduced.

In our business, things look like a failure until they're not. It's pretty binary transitions.

If there is a gain and loss in business, feedback control is my business.

It's us fun being a horse when the tractor comes along, or the blacksmith when the car comes along.

You would not believe how loose this car is for two laps after the green. Then, just like that, it's back to how it was before. But, those first few laps, damn, it's loose! JUNIOR NO LIKEY!

Middle age is when you get in the car and immediately change the radio station.

Give wind and tide a chance to change.

I'm afraid I'm not accustomed to the poor light, Mrs James.' 'Look at the sky, father. Keep your eyes on the lightest part of the sky and they'll adapt little by little.