Quotes About Adaptability

if you are humble, you are capable of learning – and the capacity to learn is the capacity to improve.

In a complicated, fast-changing world the intelligent path is to let go of being a Knower and embrace being a Learner.

To flourish in this turbulent and tricky world, a strong, agile, curious mind is an essential.

The next time you think that there's something that you "can't live without", wait for a week and then see if you're still alive or not

grown up poor in the midst of Southern California affluence, graduated from Stanford Law School, and held a series of jobs, including corporate lawyer, developer of vast Southern California orange groves, and deputy chair of

a thing isn't much good if it can't stand being made fun of.

Resist telling people how something should be done. Instead, tell them what needs to be done. They will often surprise you with creative solutions.

Call me crazy, but I think we do the best living when we have a Plan B.

Having an open mind. You don't have to be who you are when you can't help it.

The hell with the toilet paper. I'm grabbing the the Steaks. I can always wash my ass, I'm feeding my ass.

When things go wrong, don't be wrong, let things be wrong.

Life hurts, and sometimes it hurts a great deal. We are extraordinarily flexible, possess genetic programming to survive, even prevail, and we gain resilience as we age, and yet we still hurt easily.

Creativity implies deviance from past procedure. Habits are consistent with it. Habits often destroy creative ideas before they see the light of day. Habits include conceptual blocks, which not only occur because of the mechanisms of our limited brains but also are imparted by socialization, education, and professional specialization. Creativity requires System 2 thinking and more work for your mind.

But a line sergeant told me something I never forgot. 'Don't think about it before it happens, and don't think about it when it's over.

My siblings and I spent hours playing tricks and teasing one another. It was our way of dealing with realities over which we had no control.

Mostly I just suck up what life throws my way, stomp on it, and then keep going. I don't dwell much on what I am or how I got this way. It just is. I just am. I'm Max, and whatever form I take, it's good enough for me.

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Fang pondered. It always amazes me how he's able to seem so calm at the absolute worst times. Sometimes he seems like a droid—or a drone. Fang of Nine. Fang2-D2.

You can't go up and down emotionally along with their roller-coaster whims.

Actors are like Swiss Army knives - we're ready to use any lever at any moment. But I learned long ago that, unfortunately, this industry only sees the one thing sticking out that they know us from, and that's the only thing they can imagine.

I don't have a set way of dressing or a uniform, though I kind of wish I did. But then again, I also love that I can be any sort of character I want - that's a little bit of the actress coming out of me.

I don't want my writing to be so unique that when you apply it to different genres, it seems like the previous show that people know you from.

When I started acting, I made a conscious decision that I wanted to be a character read and not a leading man. I didn't want to do the same thing again and again. I wanted to push and challenge myself. I find and embrace new and unique challenges in all mediums.

Try out lots of different options early in your career. Then watch the responses: how you feel, what the market values, what people appreciate about you. It's the only way to find work that's uniquely right for you.