Quotes About Adaptation

Give up on trying to be original. Every song has been sung, every picture has been painted, and every story has been told. The best one can do is sing, draw, or tell it again well.

Her first name was India-she was never able to get used to it.

Do not look back, do not regret, take life as it comes and make the most of it. That was Ada Mae's way, and in time it would be her daughter's way, too.

Something acquires meaning for an organism to the extent that it relates (either positively or negatively) to the norm of the maintenance of the organism's integrity.

You look at a guy like Drew McIntyre, right? He was released and it actually helped him.

Sometimes, I shot for four films but none of them released because of various reasons. So, I started becoming conscious about the kind of films I do.

A lot of the demos I write are all in English, so releasing music in English isn't translating to English, it's just keeping them in English.

Releasing albums is a thing of the past.

I think since 'Aladdin' my expectations for things releasing and what they're going to do in my career, I've had to really pull them back.

I used to be a rabid reader, but now it's scripts or nothing - network television is quite relentless, and you can't drop the ball.

I owe everything to 'Arrested Development.' It just shows that everybody is kind of a job away from having relevance again.

We believe in global scalability with local relevance.

I tell my son, when your music becomes less relevant, your pathetic comic value might be of some use. So you've got to go with it, you know.

Math education has changed over the years. In the 19th century, they taught spherical trigonometry because one of the biggest applications of mathematics was navigating the ocean. This is no longer so relevant.

I've always liked the idea of taking old dramatic ideas and devices and making them feel relevant or contemporary or whatever.

The advent of cellphones may, in the end, be no more relevant than the ability of laptops to change our written documents into ones using cool new fonts.

I refused to do a lot on mobile Internet until around 2009. But because we didn't start early, it took us some time to figure out what's the important thing, what's the most relevant thing for Baidu.

I feel pressures to stay relevant. To stay interesting and interested. To stay at the top of my game and expand.

Of course I'm proud of what I've done, but I'm interested in what's next. I want to be relevant now, in 2012. I've done my bit for the past. I've only ever been about what's next, really, and I'll be that way until I keel over.

The state of the economy is not the issue when it comes to growing a business. The relevant questions are always: 'What business are you in? Furthermore, is it adapting to the times?'

We have rules that no longer are relevant to the world we're living in. Our regulatory system can't keep up.

I think that we're on a path that Apple was determined to be on since the '70s, which was to try and make technology relevant and personal.

With the rights now in our loving hands, I'm beyond excited to bring 'The Green Hornet' into the 21st century in a meaningful and relevant way: modernizing it and making it accessible to a whole new generation. My intention is to bring a gravitas to 'The Green Hornet' that wipes away the camp and kitsch of the previous iteration.

You need to dismount when your horse is dead. What was relevant 20 years ago is no longer relevant today. Therefore, you need to reinvent yourself.