Quotes About Adaptation

The one thing you have to be careful of is trying to do what other teams and players are doing when you don't have the people to do it yourself.

You know, the one thing I've learnt or value from back in the day is the restraint and discipline you get when you're limited by technology and equipment.

Well, the one thing is nowadays because of Pro Tools and the Internet, when you're starting on an idea, you can really continue on that path until the whole idea is developed and completed, as opposed to before when those were separate processes.

The only thing harder than leaving show business is coming back.

The only thing I admit I can't do with my long nails done is trying to get my card out of the ATM.

You have to compromise all the way. The only thing that counts is the result.

I am no David Beckham. I have not changed my life since I was 15 years old. My family is the only thing that has changed for me.

I have lived by one crucial principle since I was 24 years old. I don't blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don't have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things.

The only thing that frightens me a little is when I'm called Kevin rather than Fred, but that's how people have known me for so many years. So, I can't really blame them.

I believe the only thing constant in life is change. That's just the way it is, no?

The only thing Google has failed to do, so far, is fail.

I think the only thing I've got going for me as an actor specifically is the fact that I can change.

The only thing that being killed off on 'Graceland' helped me with on 'Game of Thrones' is that it made me available to actually do the job.

We think we control our environment, but in fact, it's our environment that controls us. We can't change the world. The only thing we can change is ourselves, by trying to get a better understanding of our own messed-up wiring.

I change my training probably every two months. The only thing that stays consistent is that I've become a pretty psychotic runner.

The problem with the NCAA - it's slow-moving.

The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something new.

The problem with Ebola is that it makes mistakes while it copies itself. The mistakes are actually good for Ebola because they help Ebola change, and as a result of this, as it jumps from one human body to the next, roughly half the time, it's got a mutation.

My first few years in the league, I was relying on my athleticism to get me by, because that's what got me to the NBA. The problem with that is, you end up getting really, really tired by February.

I'm a big fan of good grades. But I am going to suggest to you that you will find that the skills of a student are of somewhat less use to you once you get out into what is sometimes referred to as 'the real world.'

That era of designers being away with the fairies is gone... You've got to live in the real world.

The real world is not in one direction.

To try to teach ignoring technology is to ignore the progress that we have made over the last century. If school is preparation for the real world - a real world that is increasingly technology-driven - then to ignore technology is to become obsolete.

Those who want things always to stay the same are not living in the real world.