Quotes About Adaptability

Hardships are arbitrary, Locke. You never know which particular quality in yourself or a fellow is going to get you past them.

You think I'm inclined to walk in on a day like today and deliberately twist his breeches? If your father says 'bark like a dog,' I say 'What breed, Your Honor?' 

Don't be afraid to mess up. You can always drive a new screw or patch a hole. You just have to have the confidence to fix it.

You know what else I've learnt? That it's all right not to ride the crest of the wave. Every time a wave comes along I retreat, and I haven't come to any harm yet.

I think we're living in a time when size is not a strategic advantage, necessarily.

It is easy to replace man, and it will take no great time, when Nature has lapsed, to replace Nature.

I'm one of the artists that even though I love my soulful stuff, I love to turn up and have a good time and that's another side of me. As long as it doesn't veer away from who I am, I'm down with it.

I never put myself in a box. I like to have various different types of songs and different genres and situational songs. No matter is going on, I have something for that time or era.

I do a lot of different things, sometimes at the same time, and it's very difficult to figure out where I fit.

The surgeries were the hardest scenes for me because it's literally balancing so many balls in the air, at the same time, and each surgery is different.

You're better off missing a bus or an airplane once in a while than you are getting there too early all the time.

We live in a time where improv is king and people love improv, and I think there's a time and a place for that and people who are really good at structuring improv.

Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She's ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.

A crisis + time = humor.

It seemed like we were losing every night for a different reason. Now we're winning a different way every time. It's a great feeling.

A good plan will therefore include alternative actions, the choice between them being left open until the passage of time indicates which is feasible and which is not.

I always take my time when picking out outfits at home, but I will say I can change pretty quick when I'm in a hurry.

For me, directing is like writing with meat. I can write live, in real time, and change things and be confident that I'm helping the movie.

Sometimes many publishers prefer that you write the same book every time, but I have a low boredom threshold so that isn't going to happen.

I can't have a daily routine. I feel really overwhelmed a lot of the time. I don't take much comfort in routine, but if I don't start, I could really get eaten alive by my industry.

I tend to plan as I write. And I want to leave myself open and the character open to keep on going until it seems to be the time to stop.

What's weird about the cinema business is that you have to have a thick skin while remaining vulnerable as an artist. It comes with time. You get dumped, your heart gets broken.

People that are really smart and that can learn new things can almost always find a role in the company as time goes on.

By being remarkable, being genuine, you can be worth connecting with. And you don't have to have it figured out perfectly the first time - you can adjust.