Quotes About Adjustment

I'm probably an actor that tends to, instead of putting things on, think about it more in terms of taking away what's not in the character, until I'm left with what is. If that makes sense. That's probably a particularly American way of working, but maybe not. The end of any movie is a readjustment.

I don't over-sing anymore, which I used to suffer from terribly because I couldn't hear myself.

Nothing stays the same

They must come to face the facts about their illness and its cause and must learn to feel worthwhile and lovable. At the end of this difficult and arduous process they should be able to transfer their learning to other persons in the social environment and be able to make the necessary adjustment for living in the larger world.

It was physically difficult, adjusting to wheelchair life, but I remember a great relief and happiness that I was finally getting somewhere, finding musicians to work with that were sympathetic.

We all get used to things we once swore we could never live with

Change rained fast and furious on me for the next fortnight.

Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.

It is not the strongest among us who survive. Nor is it the most intelligent. It is those among us who are the most adaptable to change.

Wasn't there some belief about how if you drop a frog into boiling water, it will jump right out? But if you put it in cold water and turn up the heat gradually, it will allow itself to slowly cook to death?

It wasn't the same. I'm pretty good at making the best of things, but it wasn't the same.

Alys told her that it was the way of women, to tote a newborn and then adjust as it grew until by the time the child was plump and heavy, the weight seemed naught.

If you can't do what you want, do what you can.

Koudelka puzzled over this attempted readjustment of his point of view, then let it bounce harmlessly off his impermeable habits of thought.

It's never too late to save something," he said sternly. "Might not be what you wanted, is all.

We don't always get what we want out of life. It's how we handle what's left that matters. – Matt Jacobs (hero)

What we did not possess we had to make for ourselves or learn to do without, but the little I learned helped me to build a defense against the change that time would surely bring, to teach me that to live was to change, and that change was the one irrevocable law. Nothing remained the same.

Quit crabbing," Bert said mildly. "We're here now, and we've got to like it.

altered brands.

He could not immediately regain his balance.

as if growing more accustomed to the burden that she bore and more reconciled to Bill's absences.

That's why babies cry so much. All of a sudden having a body is a lot to deal with.

wriggled to avoid the lump that always seemed directly under

A year earlier, restaurants had been asking if he wanted a booster seat; now they asked if he'd like a drink.