Quotes About Adapting

Let's all sing the redneck national anthem: Settle for what you can get.

The women that loomed large in my life were all getting small.

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. ~ Joseph Campbell

I have found that-- just as in real life--imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.

Just because you're great at something doesn't mean you're good at everything.

What's so fascinating and frustrating and great about life is that you're constantly starting over, all the time, and I love that.

I like going everywhere. And I love starting new things.

...love is never stationary.

God's people should plan for a voyage of a thousand years, but be prepared to abandon ship tonight.

You must give up the life you planned in order to have the life that is waiting for you.

was about staying rooted while also growing. It was about having one foot planted on firm, familiar ground, while another toed new and unfamiliar ground.

At some point, your physical ability, it can't be the only thing you rely on.

When you start writing fiction, you have to learn to invent, and it's very hard at the beginning to stop relying on facts and what you've heard.

I follow life's changes, continue with my time-outs, and remain curious about what's next.

Please remember that as you become a more extraordinary human being, every element of your outer world must change accordingly. Just has to. So the more remarkable you become, the more remarkable will be the professional and personal life you'll create.

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

I remember my mom would read the newspaper, and if she saw a place that was cheaper in rent, we were gone. She'd pack everything up, move the furniture and we were out of there.

I think the things that I learned that stick with me are things you often repeat, even today, which is never stop learning.

You just try to learn and see what you can put in your repertoire, and that's what I try to do.

When I wrote 'Grand Illusion,' I was making it up as we went along. I wrote this stuff and tried to do the best job I could.

I think I found roles which weren't the roles I thought I'd be doing but they were the kind that brought me where I never imagined myself to be.

I'm an immigrant and I will stay an immigrant forever.

Sometimes in the world, there's such pressure to follow a certain path that we forget the importance of learning as we go.