Quotes About Adaptation

I ended up doing three very complicated off-Broadway plays that, in certain ways, were not successes in that they were received in a complicated way. But for me they were successes because they forced me to act without singing, which I'd never done before.

The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.

Successful design is not the achievement of perfection but the minimization and accommodation of imperfection.

If Google Books is successful, others will follow.

Biologically the species is the accumulation of the experiments of all its successful individuals since the beginning.

A lot of fashion photographers will do the same sort of image for many years; it's easier to be successful if you do that.

The idea that you can create a template that will work forever doesn't happen in any business. There's some really, really bright people in this business. You can't do the same thing the same way and be successful for a long period of time.

I am a mild introvert. But I have learned to be a very successful extrovert because if you want impact, you have to work with people.

Innovation is critical to the heartbeat of any successful corporation in the industrialized world.

Cannibalization is by far the most difficult feat any established, successful company can pull off.

Companies will need to pursue a more diversified business model, but I think those companies that have what I call a focused diversified business model will be more successful.

The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do.

The smartest and most successful people I know are the people who are constantly evolving, always learning. It does not end with school.

Moving forward, the most successful people in the entertainment industry will be 50 percent social and 50 percent traditional, so working with Disney and being super traditional, it brought a whole different audience to me.

I think we're the first generation to successfully integrate American society.

When you look at the development of the American presidency, you see that the presidents who have had the greatest impact are the ones who fit their times most successfully.

The methodologies and best practices used to develop software can be applied successfully to any challenge in life.

Sometimes in your career, you are at the right place at the right moment. But you have to be aware that eventually you may no longer be the right person for that position. So build your succession and foster for it while you are still at the peak of you career.

I don't succumb to the pressure of expectations. I try to convert it into excitement.

Because I was independent for such a long time, and I was always just feeding my fans - every month, I'd be giving them something new. So I had to adjust to the process of making a record. And after signing with a label, there are just certain things you can't do anymore. It was frustrating at first, but as the months went by, I got used to it.

I will say that when I first came out to the States to work on 'Jericho,' that was the only time that I've ever been frightened about a job, because in America they tell stories over such a long time, and I was petrified that I'd get bored.

I'm still so grounded and so regimented, too. I've developed myself for such a long time - my characteristics and who I am - that if I try to change myself, my origins will pull me back.

I can reinvent myself. This is why I've stayed such a long time in the business: because I always change; I'm never the same person.

I believe that the Premier League is the best league in the world, and having played in the Premier League for such a long time, it is to my advantage, and I know what to expect.