Famous Quotes & Sayings

Larry Wall

It's there as a sop to former Ada programmers.

Gloria Steinem

Of course, we can change. We're very adaptable. But it takes a while.

There's a lot of things GM and Ford are still grappling with if they're going to adapt to these niche markets.

Hugh Johnson

There's an old adage on Wall Street: bull markets climb a wall of worry. Needless to say, there are a lot of worries out there.

There's an adage that the Fed cuts or hikes one time too many.

At first, her body was not able to adapt to the workload. It's something she wasn't used to in high school. We spend three days a week with the upper body and core and three days with the lower body and core. She's come a long way.

Joel Kinnaman

A big moment for me was when I did a play that was a new adaptation of Dostojevskij's 'Crime and Punishment,' and I played Raskolnikov. It was actually the first thing I did when I got out of acting school.

Patricia Briggs

Adam didn't approve of Wal-Mart.

I think our guys really adapted well in the third quarter. We knew we'd beaten Independence pretty badly the first game, and we knew that wouldn't be the case this time. Over the next two weeks, the team that usually adjusts will be the team that wins.

Maurice Cheeks

I think NBA players can adapt and certainly Coach K can adapt to NBA players.

Mikaela Shiffrin

I just have tried to adapt to the constant changes that happen all the time in my schedule and try and find any sort of mini-predictability and balance within my very unpredictable life.

By increasing in-region development and procurement, these companies can better adapt to US tastes and preferences while insulating themselves from currency fluctuations.

Tony Juniper

Climate change is the most urgent and serious challenge faced by the global community ? and we need leadership to adapt the global economy to deal with it, ... The Prime Minister?s move away from a target-based approach could have disastrous consequences.

I'm pleased with our performance on the weekend. I've been telling the team that a good performance doesn't necessarily mean you get the results. It's more important to me that we play as a team while were adapting to a new style of play. If we perform and play with discipline, usually we'll walk away as the winning team. I can honestly say that everybody played well this weekend.

Jake T. Austin

I'm pretty versatile. I'm able to adapt to an environment and the way I view things based on who I'm with.

Chris Burke

I'm just going to out there, relax, make the plays that I'm supposed to make and hopefully help the team out until Adam can get back out on the field.

I'm just looking for a school I feel comfortable with. If I can adapt to the environment, I'll have a great year at that school - or a great two years.

Roger Federer

I'm satisfied to have won and relieved it's over. It was not easy. I didn't play great but you need time to adapt to the surface.

If norms change, the military has to adapt to the changes or get left behind.

I'm very satisfied with the team's performance at our first spring tournament. We improved throughout the day and implemented our new serve-receive system very well. The team played with composure and consistency all day while competing against a wide variety of teams that each had different styles and strengths. The team adapted very well to this challenge, and the weekend proved that not only have our physical abilities improved, but so have our mental ones. Players were multi-tasking the strategic part of the game while also easily executing physical skill - a true sign of a veteran team.

(The film) came with the idea that (my sister and I) would adapt the stories of Joyce Carol Oates. I had read three different short stories of hers. And so what I wanted to do was to find a way to link all of her stories together. It ended up definitely being an adaptation, but also our own sort of overall story. We were just trying to imagine the life of that character.

Tsui Hark

The film is adapted from a novel, and in fact the novel's seven warriors are all male,

The companies that can quickly adapt their business models, product and service offerings, and industry relationships to meet the industry's changing dynamics will be the ones to succeed in the long run. And with all these changes taking place, the companies that stay too close to their comfort zone will most likely get swamped by the innovators.

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

David Belle

The evolution of Parkour sort of happens with time and age as you change, and the body has a certain memory of Parkour. There is a sort of thing that remains intrinsic, but then the choreography will adapt to whatever the necessity of each particular film needs.

Mark Few

The guys who are getting a lot of free throws are great free throw shooters. J.P. shot like 500 every day this summer. He's the most meticulous, driven worker. There's a reason why they're shooting like that. Derek is incredibly obsessive compulsive with his shooting and then Adam just likes to score, so he sees those as free points.

The hiring of Rob Katz is a sign of business as usual. He is familiar with the business more so than anyone but perhaps Adam Aron.

The good thing is that we can move a lot of our kids around and still be all right. Our girls really adapt well to different positions and that's certainly a strength. We're going to play with that for a while and hopefully we'll find a lineup that will give us a good chance in the long run.

Ian Bell

The guys adapted well early on, when it did a little bit, and overall it was a good day for us.

Bob Willis

The industry is right on course and sailing smoothly. The only clouds we see are ASPs (average selling prices) continuing to fall, but the industry is adapting well by lowering manufacturing costs and branching out into added-value markets.

Jared Diamond

The Indian civilizations of Central and North America remained entirely without pack animals; and it took thousands of years for the corn that evolved in Mexico's climate to become modified into a corn adapted to the short growing season and seasonally changing day-length of North America.