Quotes About Adaptation

Change is such hard work.

The church is blending into the community by embracing what the world enjoys and, in turn, bringing inside the church the world's ideas and interests.

Many churches have molded their programs around the community—not the Word of God.

The world I once knew as a boy has changed dramatically . . . I don't even recognize the world we live in today.

There is a strong movement, especially in Protestantism, to recast the Christian message in order to make it acceptable to modern man.

The nation's image has become more like a chameleon—accepting whatever trend marketers concoct. Gone are the days of reverencing a holy God in the church or within ourselves. Yet the Bible tells us, "Happy is the man who is always reverent" (Proverbs 28:14 NKJV).

The kind of society we live in can contribute to loneliness. Mobility and constant change tend to make some individuals feel rootless and disconnected.

Some may contend that the way for the Church to make the world a better place is to become like it. But whenever the Church does this, it ends up compromising its spiritual authority and losing its influence. Instead of changing the world, the world changes it.

Too many so-called Christians are like the little chameleon which adapts its coloration to that of its surroundings. Even a critical world is quick to recognize a real Christian and just as quick to detect a counterfeit.

Music is always changing and the changes are unpredictable.

From a constant dripping forever running, as the story goes, even stone is hollowed into a cleft.

I don't think it's changed that much. A lot of people talk about the change, but to me, everything changes, teams change, one year it's the Celtics, next year it's Philadelphia. It changes all the time.... [But] it's still basketball. The games are played different ways. Coaches influence a lot of it. But overall I think it's a great game and I still love it.

You know, over 30 years, I've seen a lot of things happen. I've seen the League go from power players to pound it down inside, to really incorporating the three-point shot in the last eight to 10 years. So it's really been interesting to watch the game as it's progressed throughout the years.

Retirement is fine for some people, but I got bored. I'm used to more of a fast-paced life.

I was sad and lonely...but it was due to my own awkwardness..so I could stand it... and I even got used to it.

Nature repeats herself, or almost does: repeat, repeat, repeat, revise, revise, revise.

Constraint inspires creativity

Opportunity is manufactured

Larry Wall, who created the programming language Perl, once said, "When they first built the University of California at Irvine they just put the buildings in. They did not put any sidewalks; they just planted grass. The next year, they came back and put the sidewalks where the trails were in the grass. Perl is just that kind of language. It is not designed from first principles. Perl is those sidewalks in the grass." Hashtags, @replies, and retweets emerged in just that way.

When they first built the University of California at Irvine they just put the buildings in. They did not put any sidewalks; they just planted grass. The next year, they came back and put the sidewalks where the trails were in the grass. Perl is just that kind of language. It is not designed from first principles. Perl is those sidewalks in the grass." Hashtags, @replies, and retweets emerged in just that way. Shortly

After all, C++ isn't a perfect match for Java's design aims either.

Legacy code" often differs from its suggested alternative by actually working and scaling.

Equity thus depending, essentially, upon the particular circumstances of each individual case, there can be no established rules and fixed precepts of equity laid down, without destroying it's very essence.

Frost You may wake up one day and find yourself extinct