Quotes About Adjustment

As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.

When I came off the boat I was very proud of the thick calluses which had developed on my feet. But now, I am struggling to get into my favourite high heels which is a shame, as I have so many.

I had to relearn how to ride a horse like an ape. I had to change how I jumped off and how I gripped them with my thighs and distribute my weight differently.

I do feel like I have a lot more confidence now. I can shot list the episode before I start, but then, as things happen on set, I know how to adjust so I can still execute the scene completely, and I still know how to make my days.

Things happen. Things change. It's part of life.

Things happen, you have bad shooting days, the defense kind of figures you out.

Everybody thinks that I did this and I did that, but I just went along with the times.

As any Brit will understand, things get a little easier when you don't have to be number one any more. Really, the fall of an empire is not as bad as everyone thinks. It's like retirement. People fear retirement, but it can turn out be rather pleasant.

Old third basemen become first basemen, and old first basemen become designated hitters.

The way I see it, the third series of 'Downton Abbey' is all about change and how each character adapts to those changes.

Elevate those guns a little lower.

Adults sometimes become impatient in the midst of Plan B and head for Plan A or Plan C.

Difficulty seeing the "grays"; concrete, literal, black-and-white thinking Difficulty deviating from rules or routine Difficulty handling unpredictability, ambiguity, uncertainty, or novelty Difficulty shifting from original idea or solution Difficulty adapting to changes in plan or new rules Difficulty taking into account situational factors that would suggest the need to adjust a plan

Making yourself switch to your left hand is thus an exercise in self-control. You can resolve to use your left hand instead of your habitual right hand for brushing your teeth, using a computer mouse, opening doors, or lifting a cup to your lips.

When you were out, you were out, and the team, your friends, whatever you were dealing with moved on—as you did.

Dünyada her felaketin içinden en az zararla s?yr?lman?n yolu hayata uymak, muhite uymak, hiç sivrilmemektir.

You can live here as you expect to live there.

Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.

We get along by a symbiotic adjustment of habits and with a minimum of that pale-mauve hostility you often find among women.

Humanity is so adaptable [...] Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.

Humanity is so adaptable, my mother would say. Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.

That is a reconstruction, too.

Having fun has always been high on my mother's agenda. She has as much fun as possible, but what she means by this phrase cannot be understood without making an adjustment, an allowance for the great gulf across which this phrase must travel before it reaches us. It comes from another world, which, like the stars that originally sent out the light we see hesitating in the sky above us these nights, may be or is already gone.

When your main game's over, you can always move your chessboard elsewhere.