Quotes About Adjustment

A man does not recover from such jolts-- he becomes a different person and, eventually, the new person finds new things to care about.

Compromising with events time moves along.

I was looking at it again, through Daisy's eyes. It is invariably saddening to look through new eyes at things upon which you have expended your own powers of adjustment.

As I watched him he adjusted himself a little, visibly. His hand took hold of hers, and as she said something low in his ear he turned toward her with a rush of emotion. I think that voice held him most, with its fluctuating, feverish warmth, because it couldn't be over-dreamed — that voice was a deathless song.

Do you mind if I pull down the curtain? -Please do. It's too light in here.

Es invariablemente triste mirar con nuevos ojos las cosas en las que uno ha gastado su propio poder de adaptación.

I felt an unpleasantness in the air, a pervading harshness that hadn't been there before. Or perhaps I had merely grown used to it, grown to accept West Egg as a world complete in itself, with its own standards and its own great figures, second to nothing because it had no consciousness of being so, and now I was looking at it again, through Daisy's eyes. It is invariably saddening to look through new eyes at things upon which you have expended your own powers of adjustment

bouleversement and was hurrying into line with his generation.

planting dates accurately, begin collecting your own garden notes. Each season, review your notes to detect patterns, then adjust

I think the correct expression according to Kathryn would be, 'sit on a pointy stick and twirl around,' or, in other words, 'perch, pivot, and rotate.

Hayata ayak uydurmam?z?n tek yolu, kendimizle uyumsuz olmak.

When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville.

You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.

If we decline to become set in our ways, that's good. But it doesn't always feel good. It can be very challenging.

At the beginning, I didn't want to arrive at a big team like Ferrari and say: 'Ok, I want the car like this' - I just wanted to try and adapt to the car and then see if I wanted to make some changes.

I have changed a few things since playing in Europe, and for the better.

I never really felt apprehensive because of my voice because after a while I'd gotten used to it, so I figured it would only be a matter of time before everybody else got used to it.

I am a player who finds it easy to adapt to the circumstances, and I don't think I would have had a problem adapting to England.

I can't play 'Madden' without an index finger!

Not a day goes by that I don't think about my finger, but I don't really miss it.

Antiques Roadshow' was the first job I had taken since my children were born that took me away from them consistently over a period of time. That was a big adjustment for all of us.

The second season is always easier than the first one. When you change, it's always more difficult. You have to adapt to the way your team plays; you have to adapt to your team-mates, to the league, to the referees.

I went to England for five months when I was in high school, by myself, so I did experience a bit of being the fish out of water.

Sometimes I feel like you have to be a different person - you kind of morph into that person that fits in.