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Quotes About Modification

Any plan is bad which is not susceptible of change.
~ Bartholomew of San Concordio
Desire is the actual essence of man, in so far as it is conceived, as determined to a particular activity by some given modification of itself.
~ Baruch Spinoza
Rearranging furniture, adding some candles, or making even small tweaks can really make the difference.
~ Anthea Turner
In a lifetime, the recipe always needs amending - more of this, a little less of that, what to do now that the cake has fallen.
~ Deb Caletti
Some of the recipes in the book have evolved for us. Many haven't.
~ Thomas Keller
You're not always going to be able to run in and blast someone out. Sometimes it might be different lines and lengths, change-ups or reductions in pace.
~ Jofra Archer
Renaming a class at one level is really easy; you just change the name. But how do you change all the references to that class and all the imports?
~ James Gosling
There's always things you can refine and polish.
~ Jill Ellis
As a director, you have to understand what is happening - if I don't understand it, you can't make changes.
~ Marjane Satrapi
Change in my work happens not in revolutions - it's more evolutionary.
~ Wolfgang Tillmans
I always found one-day cricket a lot harder. I had to change my game.
~ Alastair Cook
I ain't what I used to be, but who the hell is?
~ Dizzy Dean
We do not merely destroy our enemies, we change them. Do you understand what I mean by that?
~ George Orwell
Ultimately, I made my range wider because I wanted to suit each publication that I worked for. Talk about reinvention - I'm like the Madonna of photography.
~ Mario Testino
I adapt my workouts to what my needs are.
~ Kate Levering
You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works.
~ Van Morrison
I like to customize my tights by cutting them myself to create a stirrup or convert the look into a capri.
~ Mary Helen Bowers
Times have changed. The athletes have changed.
~ Joe Namath
There is a certain generation who have grown up being able to mash up, to tinker with, every system they've ever encountered.
~ Jennifer Pahlka
We've been tinkering with nature for tens of thousands of years - look at a poodle! So we've created all sorts of organisms and biological things that wouldn't be here were it not for us.
~ Frances Arnold
Every single one of my books had its title changed almost as we were going to press, for all sorts of different reasons.
~ Susan Orlean
The man had added to his body in a way that was brave and timeless and beyond adornment.
~ Sarah Hall
The revolution has to be customised
~ Scott Rosenberg
I just like to switch things up all the time. Like when it comes to singing, I try to find a different character for each song.
~ John Frusciante