Related Quotes
All quotes about:
adaptation almost assigned book cards deck though works
Here's how adaptation works - almost everything in the movie is in the book in some form. But it's as though the deck has been completely reshuffled and some of the cards have been assigned different values, some of the fours have been made into jacks, and some of the jacks have been made into twos. Walter Kirn
adaptation assumption book criticism directed general main rather simply
I think that my main criticism in that book was directed at the general assumption that adaptation characterizes populations and species, rather than simply the individuals in the populations and species. George C. Williams
adaptation chance experience gave parts
In general, my own experience of writing an adaptation of 'Evening' gave me a chance to get into different parts of the book. Susan Minot
adaptation based cannot certainty conditions education faults slow time
Education must be based on the certainty that faults cannot be atoned for or blotted out, but must always have their consequences. At the same time, there is the other certainty that, through progressive evolution, by slow adaptation to the conditions of environment, they may be transformed. Ellen Key
adaptation adapting beard desperate early interested james quite underneath until war work
I'm quite interested in adapting some of James Herbert's early work. 'The Dark'... But I was always desperate to do an adaptation of 'War of the Worlds' until the Beard stole it from underneath my feet. Neil Marshall
adaptation air blend clothing policy present wear
This new adaptation to our present policy just fine-tunes it a little more on what clothing air marshals can wear to blend in. Brian Doyle
adaptation addressing attitude climate optimists sports
As Americans, we have traditionally been the optimists sporting the 'can-do' attitude. But when it comes to addressing climate adaptation and resiliency, we seem to be more 'can't do' than 'can-do.' Paul Tonko
adaptation bad believe experience firmly good onto risking translated wonderful worth
I firmly believe that you can't get a good movie without risking a bad movie. A good adaptation of your book is worth it because it is such a wonderful experience to see your world translated onto the screen. Cassandra Clare
adaptation continue costs helped higher industry insofar labor moving point stubborn
Ultimately, industry adaptation is helped by higher crude, insofar as fares will continue moving higher, labor costs lower, and at some point even the most stubborn (airlines) may see the need to decelerate.
address both doubtful iraq poetry war
The Vietnam War and the Iraq war, in different ways, both made me feel like I could not not address them. I'm very doubtful about the usefulness of poetry to do that. Robert Hass
address against british-statesman crime greatest majesty particular remove
But I must think that an address to his majesty to remove one of his servants, without so much as alleging any particular crime against him, is one of the greatest encroachments that was ever made upon the prerogatives of the crown. Robert Walpole
addressing deep deeper depth last players recruiting
We're not deep enough, but we're deeper than we were last year. We've just got to keep addressing depth in recruiting and the development of the players that we have.
address agenda applied both current doubts employers focus given government grave income lower mandate middle narrow needs parameters restraint social talks terms truly wage wages whether
Mandate has very grave doubts as to whether the social partnership process, with its current restrictive agenda and parameters can truly address the income needs of those on middle and lower incomes, given the very narrow focus on competitiveness and wage restraint being applied to the talks by both the government and employers in terms of wages in particular.
addressing balance capital economies forward global move national problems role sheltered
Let us move the IMF forward from its old role for an old world of sheltered national economies -- of addressing balance of payments problems -- to a new role in a world of global capital flows. Gordon Brown
address majority meeting people unsafe
Let's have a meeting where I can address everybody's concerns. If at the end of that meeting they still think it's unsafe to go and the majority of people don't want to do it - fine.
address city notions problem programs services turn
Let us turn these notions of ordinances into programs for services that will actually address the problem that every American city has. David Silva
address brief question
Let me address this question in a very brief way, Hu Jintao
address breath fashion information kids lots online parents profiles putting solutions
Lots and lots of parents want their kids' profiles down. But we all need to take a breath and fashion solutions to address the real problem, which is how much information kids are putting online and who are they communicating with online.
cannot newspapers time
Every day I tell myself that reading newspapers is a waste of time, but then... I cannot do without them. They are like a drug. Italo Calvino
cannot concept directly exist measured referred sciences
The situation in the sciences is this: A concept or an idea which cannot be measured or cannot be referred directly to experiment may or may not be useful. It need not exist in a theory. Richard P. Feynman
cannot checked concepts directly good necessary pursue remove science subject true using
It is always good to know which ideas cannot be checked directly, but it is not necessary to remove them all. It is not true that we can pursue science completely by using only those concepts which are directly subject to experiment.
cannot sure suspect
It has not yet become obvious to me that there's no real problem. I cannot define the real problem; therefore, I suspect there's no real problem, but I'm not sure there's no real problem.
cannot few state whatever
Few states, they have the international borders, state borders; in India, there is so much diversity in system. Unity in diversity is our system, so therefore, you cannot take for granted, whatever you do. Mamata Banerjee
cannot characters closing essence explore fallen found love simply throw
We're not closing any doors. What we've found is everybody's so fallen in love with these characters that we have to explore it, but we cannot simply throw out the essence of the show, which is the procedural element. David Shore
cannot country guiding indigenous principles represent
Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable. Barbara Jordan
cannot fellow follower followers inadequate stand
Let no one say that he is a follower of Gandhi. It is enough that I should be my own follower. I know what an inadequate follower I am of myself, for I cannot live up to the convictions I stand for. You are no followers but fellow students, fellow pilgrims, fellow seekers, fellow workers.
cannot voices war
Make no mistake: the anti-war voices long for us to lose any war they cannot prevent. Ralph Peters
casual continue enduring instead labor nervous shall turn ugly
So long as casual labor broods in squalid lairs, in sunless streets, and ugly dwellings are its only habitation, we shall continue to turn out nervous manikins instead of enduring men. Thomas Adams
casual describe event met political remembers since
Mr. Rove remembers they had met at a political event in the 1990s. Since then, he would describe him as a casual acquaintance.
casualties fighting ground invasion mounting national numbers soldiers thousands untold village week
Mounting a ground invasion here with hundreds of thousands, with tens of thousands of soldiers fighting from village to village, week by week, with untold numbers of casualties is not something we think is in our national interest,
casualties exceeded might
Now we find out that the casualties might have exceeded 100.
casualties either greater higher length likely war
Obviously, the greater the length of a war the higher is likely to be the number of casualties in it on either side. Douglas Haig
casual chairs explained giving living men mine moved picked professor push stand time
From one casual of mine he picked this sentence. ''After dinner, the men moved into the living room.'' I explained to the professor that this was Rose' way of giving the men time to push back their chairs and stand up. There must, as we know, be a comma after every move, made by men, on this earth. James Thurber
casual pay
We were casual and they made us pay for it. Ron Wilson
casual chicago formal gotten houston york
New York has gotten more casual, Chicago has gotten more casual but Houston is still kind of formal when it comes to socializing.
casual close feels five food good minutes moon paper pizza restaurant serves space tables tight
I have a restaurant in Milan, and Paper Moon is five minutes away from my hotel, so I always go there for lunch. It's a casual place that serves good salad, pizza and pasta; the space is tight with tables close together, and it feels buzzy. Food comes out fast, too. Nobu Matsuhisa
cynicism deal great hate perhaps unless worse
I hate cynicism a great deal worse than I do the devil; unless perhaps the two were the same thing
cynicism idealism precedes
Idealism is what precedes experience, cynicism is what follows.
cynicism government hope led lost quebec time
Cynicism lost and hope won. For the first time, the government of Quebec will be led by a woman. Pauline Marois
cynicism faithless filled hope people perhaps possibilities stems
Cynicism stems from disappointment. Cynical and faithless people were not always like that. They were filled with possibilities and hope as kids. But they tried and perhaps failed.
cynicism iraq reasons remain took war
My level of cynicism about the reasons that took us to war against Iraq remain just as well-developed as they were before I went. Ted Koppel
cynicism disaster given normal scale touched
Given the normal cynicism of Pakistanis, something like this has never happened. I think the scale of the disaster is something that has touched everyone to the core.
cynicism teach altruism
Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others. Douglas Horton
cynicism british californians
Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times. Alex Kingston
cynicism i-can mines
Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down. Collis Potter Huntington
debate fiercely healthy open people rather side
makes people think ... and have a healthy debate and an open debate, rather than being so fiercely on one side or the other. Kevin Spacey
debate robust
Let's have a good, robust debate on the issues.
debate medicare time
No one at any time approached him during the Medicare debate.
debate invention
Do not debate! is one of my inventions. Deng Xiaoping
debate hope message political
give hope for a better future, but the political message from our debate is clear. Goran Persson
debate far given involved majority opportunity public view zealand
Given that by far the majority of those involved in the debate have not had the opportunity to view the episode, we feel it is important to give the public of New Zealand that chance.
debate expect fed given impact policy release
Given our forecast, we do not expect that this statistical release will have much impact on the policy debate when the Fed meets,
debate doctor good operating procedure side telling wit worth
On the other side of this debate they are very good at getting votes. And they are very good at being politicians, but I don't think they are worth a wit in the gynecological operating room! I don't want them in that operating room, telling a doctor what procedure to use for my daughter, or my niece. Barbara Boxer
debates finer heard
one of the finer debates that I have heard in 18 years in the House. Charles Schumer
democratic given involved lip major minorities party service terms vote
Minorities give their vote to the Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party has given them lip service in terms of being involved in the party and in being major players. Lynn Swann
democratic government
Mr. Speight undermined the democratic process. The government has been incapacitated, illegally.
democratic experience helpful leadership national positions senate strong washington
Menendez has the experience and leadership positions in Washington already. Menendez in the Senate is also helpful to the national Democratic Party, who want someone strong in there.
democratic future stop
No one can stop the future of democratic Kosovo. Hashim Thaci
democratic involved minister prime served wants
The prime minister wants to appoint these two because they served him through all the democratic manipulations he has been involved in,
democratic hoping supporters votes
What I am hoping for is votes from intelligent and democratic PRD supporters who want change, Vicente Fox
democratic looking office quite race ready somebody
On the Democratic side, we've had somebody looking at it for a long time. From the party's perspective, when you've not had the governor's office in 10 years you're ready for a race like this for quite some time.
democratic east historic iraqi january middle next people society step toward votes
January 30th will be a historic day for the Middle East and the world. The Iraqi people will take the next step toward a free and democratic society as they place their votes for a transitional Iraqi government. Dana Rohrabacher
democratic factors human influenced life people principal respect
The principal factors which influenced my life are 1) nonviolent tactics; 2) constitutional means; 3) democratic procedures; 4) respect for human personality; 5) a belief that all people are one. Bayard Rustin
detectives early evening hours last late morning night spent
(Moeller) spent the evening late last night and into the early morning hours with our detectives and has been cooperating with us so far.
detectives talking
One of our detectives was investigating the possibility that he was violating the restraining order. After talking to him and other witnesses, he was arrested.
detect improvise inner musician pick playing starts structure works
One is improvising when one writes, and you pick up in the same way a musician starts to improvise and detect the inner structure of what he's playing - that's the way it works in the writing of a novel. You pick up the beat. Robert Stone
detection genuine light planet
Now we have our first genuine detection of light from a planet around a solar-like star,
detectives week form
A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week. Ed McBain
detective life spend
I don't feel that I wanted to spend my whole writing life - which is my life - writing detective stories. Ruth Rendell
detection efforts putting vaccine
We are putting more efforts into vaccine and detection research.
detect enthusiasm fans love thrive
And because of the reunion I think we've got more energy and enthusiasm than we've ever had. And it's genuine. I think the fans can detect when you're genuine, when you love what you do, and we love to be there on stage. That's what we thrive on. Glenn Tipton
detect existed experiment field last low needed pattern problem transfer
We don't know how long this pattern has existed because the kind of field experiment needed to detect the problem of low pollen transfer has been conducted by ecologists only for the last 25-30 years or so.
energy exciting great mysteries physics result studying therefore total
We get the exciting result that the total energy of the universe is zero. Why this should be so is one of the great mysteries - and therefore one of the important questions of physics. After all, what would be the use of studying physics if the mysteries were not the most important things to investigate?
energy fourth helped took
Man, he really took over that fourth quarter. His energy was tremendous. That helped us to the win.
energy key lead major projects reactions variety
Major projects lead to a variety of reactions in the beginning, but once they are launched the reactions become positive. Infrastructure is a key part of energy security. Viktor Khristenko
energy home might money required
Luckily, we grossly underestimated the money and energy required to refurbish the home and surroundings. With more wisdom, we might have passed!
energy great luther plays quick tenacious
Luther plays with so much energy and he's tenacious on his rebounding. Luther's not a great leaper, but he's a quick leaper.
energy inner love shines source
Love is like the sun: has its inner energy source that shines on you
energy far knew love next painting pick scared somebody three
Love is important. I didn't have the energy to be giving it to somebody else in a way that they deserved, and I knew that. So I've always been scared to go too far with somebody I care for because I knew there would come a day when I'd need to pick up and finish a painting for the next three months. That day is inevitable. Dan Colen
energy ensemble exactly lee
Lee has exploded. He's exactly the energy the ensemble needed.
energy excessive less spiritual talk talking
Less talk - more work! There is too much talking going on. Because of excessive talking, spiritual energy is being wasted. Sathya Baba
failure kennedy proverbial thousand utter
There's no question that Kennedy was an utter failure as a passer of laws during his proverbial thousand days. Rick Perlstein
failure human loss might property seems suffering tolerate
Levee failure is not an 'if', it's a 'when'. There seems to be a willingness to tolerate the human suffering and property loss that might come with these events.
failure love matter powerful shapes subject
Love is such a powerful subject matter because it comes in so many different shapes and sizes. It's about timing, fate, failure, redemption. Jim Sturgess
failed forward help race rights simply step
Many of my traditional supporters, especially in the business, women's rights and gun-owner communities, have failed to step forward to help me as they have in the past. Many have simply written-off the governor's race and ceded it to the incumbent.
failures run sitting until
Many organizations have failures sitting in their systems, but they won't show up until they run the transactions.
fail five time whenever work
Set a time and keep it as if it were a really important appointment. You will fail if you say you will work out when you have time. There will always be something else to do. Five a.m., 9 p.m., at lunch, during commercials whenever you get a chance.
failure half seven successes worth
One failure is worth seven and a half successes
failure five follow incidents none operating procedures result standard time
None of these five incidents was a result of a failure to follow standard operating procedures in place at the time the incident occurred,
failed team
One thing this team has never failed to show is resolve.
political
Monday-morning quarterbacking that you see at a political convention.
political debate lifetime
In a lifetime of observing and participating in political debate, I have seen a lot of meanness. Dennis Prager
political rich get-rich
To get rich is glorious.
political world faults
With all its faults, the American political system is the freest and most democratic in the world. Eldridge Cleaver
political democracy
...without equality there can be no democracy. Eleanor Roosevelt
political goldfish gains
If you have any interests you can gain a wider audience for those interests while the goldfish bowl is yours!
political care republican
I don't care what the political establishment says, Republican, Democrat - I'm a problem solver. Elizabeth Emken
political decision used
Everybody makes personal decisions that are right for them and if you're in political life, you're used to having those analyzed. Elizabeth Edwards
political ceilings debt
The Republican argument that raising the debt ceiling encourages additional future spending is logically irresponsible. The debt ceiling has to be raised to authorize spending already approved by Congress. Despite that fallacy, the GOP has been able to score political points with its argument. Eliot Spitzer
president took
On inflation, the president took note: things are bad.
presidents shape
Presidents grow up in the White House. The times shape the man. Thomas Friedman
president going-out want
President Clinton intentionally created a structure that was a little loose. And one that kept him a little in the center. He didn't want one person filtering all the information that went to him. He had always operated with a lot of information coming in and a lot of stuff going out. Dee Dee Myers
president trying firsts
I am not in politics. 'President Mutombo?' No, no, no. There has never been a politician in my family, and I am not going to try to be the first one. Dikembe Mutombo
president looks former
If you look at where presidents come from, they're former governors or senators. Eleanor Clift
president world calm
The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon shook our nation to the core. Americans were deeply frightened, sad, and angry, and they rallied around a President who, at the time, showed impressive certitude and calm.
president administration serious
I do not espouse the unitarian position. President Clinton's assertion of directive authority over administration, more than President Reagan's assertion of a general supervisory authority, raises serious constitutional questions. Elena Kagan
president should posts
The President's post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics. Abdul Kalam
presidential want strikes
I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to. Abraham Lincoln
regarding
I'm not going to pre-empt anything regarding how my career's going to go because I'm always prepared for the worst. Dominic Cooper
regarding
Regarding our textbooks, the (policy) has been consistent. There haven't been any changes.
regarding scenario vote
in any scenario regarding the one vote in question. W. S. Gilbert
regarding understand
I can understand the skepticism, particularly regarding Estee Lauder, Estee Lauder
rhetoric spending
His rhetoric on everything has been this legislature is spending too much. He also has some pretty significant philosophical differences.
rhetoric
Some of the rhetoric has been embarrassing, even xenophobic.
rhetorical
There's something about rhetorical violence that is ugly and worrying. Mario Cuomo
rhetoric stepped
The rhetoric will be stepped up on trade.
rhetoric time
The rhetoric is much different this time - this time they're really out to get each other.
rhetoric war
It's a war only because we've got the rhetoric of wartime.
rhetoric
They want the rhetoric to end and they want to concentrate on what they do best.
rhetoric partisans solutions
We are looking for bipartisan solutions not partisan rhetoric. Paul Ryan
rhetoric evidence
Rhetoric is cheap, evidence comes more dearly. John Fund
sides
I've always preferred food be on the blander side. Alexandra Paul
sides plates courses
Of course things you don't know about are always nicer'n things you do, same as the pertater on 'tother side of the plate is always the biggest. Eleanor Porter
sides rivals politician
I'm such a failed politician that all of my rivals have disappeared, on both sides. Ehud Barak
sides praying boast
I do not boast that God is on my side, I humbly pray that I am on God's side.
sides argument difficult
It is difficult to be emphatic when no one is emphatic on the other side. Charles Dudley Warner
sides god-is-with-us
God works, and therefore we work; God is with- us, and therefore we are with God, and stand on His side. Charles Spurgeon
sides actors safe
An actor always goes to the safe side. Chloe Grace Moretz
sides action side-effects
No action is without its side effects. Barry Commoner
sides cottages industry
I have always been attracted to the cottage industry side of this business. Derek Bailey
statement
There's no specific mission statement for the 'Toast.' Mallory Ortberg
state
No one state is the same. You wouldn't want to look at that ranking and think 'Minnesotans are getting screwed' because that really isn't the case.
statements
Frankly, I find (such accusations) humorous. A lot of these statements are ideologically or politically motivated.
state sure
For sure he's going to play. It's a state championship game.
states subjects susceptibility
writers do not find subjects: subjects find them. There is not so much a search as a state of open susceptibility. Elizabeth Bowen
state virginia
When we say local, we say the state of Virginia and Maryland.
state systems whether
When the state inspectors look at us, they will see that the systems are in place. You have to have a system whether you have one person or 100.
statement time
Only time will tell. It's not right for me to make a statement now. Sourav Ganguly
state
Iwish the state would have done that, and Ithink they will in two years,
striking time tough
Legislators are going to have a tough time striking that balance.
striking
I'm striking out way too much. I'm not making any adjustments, either. Chris Shelton
striking
It's like striking out in baseball. It's a long way back to the bench. Scott Gomez
strong animal men
Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. The roots of cruelty, therefore, are not so much strong as widespread. But the time must come when inhumanity protected by custom and thoughtlessness will succumb before humanity championed by thought. Let us work that this time may come. Albert Schweitzer
strong cookies wanted
I wanted always to appear strong and in control . . . .Then the cookie began to crumble. Chris Evert
strong belief lord
Nothing binds me to my Lord like a strong belief in His changeless love.
strong men world
Show the world that your God is worth ten thousand worlds to you. Show rich men how rich you are in your poverty when the Lord God is your helper. Show the strong man how strong you are in your weakness when underneath you are the everlasting arms.
strong prayer use
It is the habit of faith, when she is praying, to use pleas. Mere prayer sayers, who do not pray at all, forget to argue with God; but those who prevail bring forth their reasons and their strong arguments
strong jesus hate
Look to the cross, and hate your sin, for sin nailed your Well Beloved to the tree. Look up to the cross, and you will kill sin, for the strength of Jesus' love will make you strong to put down your tendencies to sin.
strong passion men
To wait so long/And want a man refined and strong/Is not at all uncommon. And yet to wait one hundred years/Without a tear, without a care/Makes for a very rare woman. So here our tale appears to show/How marriage deferred/Brings joy unheard/Nothing lost after a century or so. But others love with more ardor/And wed quickly out of passion/Whatever they do/I won’t deplore/Nor shall I preach a lesson. Charles Perrault
strong night wind
Hope doesn't require a massive chain where heavy links of logic hold it together. A thin wire will do...just strong enough to get us through the night until the winds die down. Charles R. Swindoll
strong father people
I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic. Diane Lane
unions students active
I have always been interested in politics. I was in the student union before, very active. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
union
I represent the concept that pluralism is essential, union pluralism. I made an oath about this. Lech Walesa
unions communism china
When I was young, communism, which had a certain allure to me, was clearly a failed experiment in the Soviet Union and in China. And yet, anti-communism was as bad. Bill Ayers
unions facts quitting
Reasonable and vicious are quite consistent with each other, in fact, only through their union are great and far-reaching crimes possible Arthur Schopenhauer
unions degrees different
Humans are different in private than in the presence of others. While the private persona merges into the social persona in varying degrees, the union is never complete. Something is always held back. Brian Herbert
unions soviet-union capability
More often than not, Americans and Westerners overestimated the power and capability of the Soviet Union. Alexander Haig
unions classic blokes
Delivering the State of the Union? That bloke couldn't deliver pizza. Clive James
unions sake chance
For I am divided for love's sake, for the chance of union. Aleister Crowley
unions afl cio
The AFL-CIO is a structure that divides workers' strength by allowing each union to organize in any industry, then bargain on its own, even when workers share a common employer. Andy Stern
veterans-day freedom 4th-of-july
It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you. Dick Cheney
veterans-day illinois speech
It is unacceptable that disabled veterans in Illinois rank at the bottom of the list when it comes to disability pay. We owe our disabled veterans more than speeches, parades and monuments. Dick Durbin
veterans-day honor campaigns
It is Veterans Day, when we honor everyone who served in all of the campaigns. We honor them with dignity and respect, and of course mattress sales and tire discounts. Craig Ferguson
veterans-day war should
War should never be thought of as something autonomous, but always as an instrument of policy. Carl von Clausewitz
veterans-day work home
Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They're working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler. Barbara Bush
veterans-day military war
The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums. Arthur Koestler
veterans-day tests thank-you-veteran
Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it until the test comes. Carl Sandburg
veterans-day hands order
In order to insure proper and widespread observance of this anniversary, all veterans, all veterans' organizations, and the entire citizenry will wish to join hands in the common purpose. Dwight D. Eisenhower
veterans-day freedom military
History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
washington-dc politics conversation
In Washington, DC, politics dominate even the most casual conversations. Armstrong Williams
washington
Washington as a Surveyor. We should have been clearer. David Remnick
washington
Remarkably, there are leaders in Washington who don't understand why it's so important for us to have a budget. Susan Brooks
washington
We're considering everything right now, ... The most important thing is to see is what Washington does. Mike Easley
washington ways
I'm not a career politician, so the ways of Washington may be a little obscure to me. Michael Bennet
washington
For sure, Washington is going to be rowdier.
washington wonderful wrong
Deron Washington is a wonderful kid. What he did was wrong and I can't condone it.
washington
I tore all the ligaments around my collarbone. I don't know if I will be able to play (against Washington State). Robert Jordan
wholesale
It is not a wholesale solution, but an important part of what is required.
wholesale
There will be no wholesale demolition of neighborhoods without consent.