Quotes About Adaptation

The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change; happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up.

Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life.

The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mood of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change for happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up.

Beware that your Northern laurels do not change to Southern willows.

At the same time, he studiously avoided becoming a textbook player. He wanted to blend the best of the received wisdom into a refined version of his crazy-seeming "harum scarum" style. He wanted to play a slightly different game than everyone else was playing, to be out of sync with the anticipated rhythms, protocols, and conventions.

Amidst the vicissitudes of the earth's surface, species cannot be immortal, but must perish, one after another, like the individuals which compose them. There is no possibility of escaping from this conclusion.

Remember the street car cannot turn out.

Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.

Stop worrying about the world ending today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.

Linus: It was a short summer, Charlie Brown. Charlie Brown: And it looks like it's gonna be a looong winter.

A glacier will frequently move forward one foot while retreating three feet... Which reminds me a lot of myself!

Sometimes I wonder how you can stand being just a dog..." "You play with the cards you're dealt... Whatever that means.

Rats! Sometimes it's very difficult being a dog... Especially when it's raining. You're looking forward to a great breakfast... When it arrives, you're full of joyful anticipation... Then you see the water rise in your dog dish... And you watch your pancakes float downstream!

Those who believe in the "balance of nature" are those who don't get eaten.

We`re not in Wonderland anymore, Alice.

It's complicated." "Yeah? Welcome to Earth. Everything here is complicated.

Everyday in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Everyday in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it has to run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter if you're the lion or a gazelle - when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

I'm trying to play the truth of what I am. The reason it's difficult is because I'm changing all the time.

There is no single answer to any problem in the city. The solution comes from a multiplicity of answers.'"*

The logical response to these converging crises would be to alter our individual and collective behavior in order to stave off disaster. It demands using less energy and raw materials. It means moving more efficiently and moving shorter distances. It means living closer together and sharing more spaces, walls, and vehicles. It means collecting experiences rather than objects.

natural selection has almost become irrelevant in human evolution. There's been no biological change in humans in 40,000 or 50,000 years. Everything we call culture and civilization we've built with the same body and brain."6

What does not change / is the will to change.

What never changes is your desire to change

Babies are always more trouble than you thought — and more wonderful.