Quotes About Versatility

By taking a shape, by having a visible plan, you open yourself to attack. Instead of taking a form for your enemy to grasp, keep yourself adaptable and on the move. Accept the fact that nothing is certain and no law is fixed. The best way to protect yourself is to be as fluid and formless as water; never bet on stability or lasting order. Everything changes.

That is the power of formlessness — it gives the aggressor nothing to react against, nothing to hit.

I do so like all-encompassing words. Verb, adjective, noun. Yes, you are shitted.

When the only tool you own is a hammer . . ." "Every problem begins to resemble a nail.

There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good.

I want to be remembered as somebody that tried to respect her integrity as an artist and as a person. And I don't want to be in any box. I don't want to be one thing.

Nature has not fitted man to any specific environment.

We're not just horror fans. We're film fans. I love action films. I want to do action films. I want to do romantic comedies. I love all this stuff. So, if I find the good material, I'll do it.

But I've always been hard to cast, I've never been an ingenue, I've never been the romantic lead. I'm an actor; give me the script and I do what I do and hope it's good.

How many times can you play an action character, or a quirky romantic? Every actor has to find his own way to make each character unique.

I would love to get into feature films; Im willing to do an action flick, Im willing to do a romantic comedy.

I'm adaptable. A nomad, my mom always says." Zoe raised an eyebrow. "Your mom?" "Well I wasn't spawned.

He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.

I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music - that makes it exciting.

Consistency is the playground of dull minds

any attempt to define the characteristics of modern society is akin to defining the color of a chameleon.

I've always thought of myself as an 80 percenter. I like to throw myself passionately into a sport or activity until I reach about an 80 percent proficiency level. To go beyond that requires an obsession that doesn't appeal to me. Once I reach 80 percent level I like to go off and do something totally different; that probably explains the diversity of the Patagonia product like - and why our versatile, multifaceted clothes are the most successful.

I'm interested in everything. I don't see why Borges can't work along with Neil Gaiman, or Stephen King can't be mixed with Balzac. It's just storytelling, it's different ways of using codes and images and words and sounds.

There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?

All things have different uses. Fine horses can travel a hundred miles a day, But they cannot catch mice Like terriers or weasels: All creatures have gifts of their own. The white horned owl can catch fleas at midnight And distinguish the tip of a hair, But in bright day it stares, helpless, And cannot even see a mountain. All things have varying capacities.

Be firm on principle but flexible on method.

If the only tool you have in your toolbox is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail.

am someone who needs to adjust to everything.

It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.