Famous Quotes & Sayings

That seems to be where they did a pretty good job of adapting the highway technology and producing a barrier that has potential to be better than we have currently.

Hugh Johnson

That's a growth stock that is trading at an unusually high price-earnings ratio compared to growth, ... It's being priced as a rather racy e-commerce company. They've done a really good job (of adapting to the Internet) -- that company thinks great, they have a great culture.

Derek Bok

Apart from finding a first job, college graduates seem to adapt more easily than those with only a high school degree as the economy evolves and labor-market needs change.

The kids, the ones that are stars, good players, it doesn't matter. They adapt to it, but the kids that play National every day are going to be shocked when they go to the other courses.

All of Eastern North Carolina is in a state of transition. We're adapting to changes in industry and needs. It will probably take a generation or two before we get there.

Michael McDonald

A lot of times businesses grow so fast they don't know how to handle the workload. But I wanted to be able to adapt my techniques.

They may have adapted to using different types of habitats.

Tony Dungy

They got cut(-blocked) at first, but once they got adapted to that and got a feel for how Atlanta was blocking, they showed up and hustled around and did some good things.

Masayoshi Son

They don't change that much. And that means their growth or adaptation to the new generation is getting somewhat lagged behind the new trend.

Elton John

I took hostages and prisoners and expected them to adapt to my lifestyle. This relationship is a very 50-50. That's the mistake I made in my past relationships. I've done a lot of work on myself. I'm 16 years sober. I don't run away and I don't take drugs. I deal with the situation and I have a partner in my life who is great and helps me to do that.

It was definitely tough. I had to adapt to it. Every team I went up against, there was somebody bigger than me.

Debbie Allen

The screenwriter's role was very instrumental, because it's difficult to take a stage play and adapt it for the screen.

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.

Jim Courier

His game may not be obviously adaptable to grass, but his attitude is,

Choosing a home that can be adapted to meet your future needs in the event of illness or reduced mobility should also be considered.

But in all that, I had not done an adaptation of classic Indiana fiction.

If you were to know us, my husband is extremely eccentric. He's never held a real job; he's an artist. He's had many years to be himself and never had to change or adapt to anyone. People find him very interesting. I think I'm eccentric too because I love the blend of classic with whimsy. That's what this farm is all about now.

In order to continue strengthening our connection to young people in today's digital age, it became clear that we needed to adapt our organizational structure in the same way we have always adapted our programming to meet our audiences' ever-changing tastes.

In addition to mitigating climate warming, we should also be focusing on how to adapt. In the last few years people have realized that climate change will happen. Adapting is not a choice - it's something we need to do.

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.

He's the only guy on the team that really commands a double-team. ... That says something about a freshman. Now we have to be able to adapt when that occurs to take advantage of the double-team.

Adriano Galliani

Gallas still has one year left in his contract with his club. All I can say is we like French players because they are able to adapt better to our football than the rest of the Europeans.

Robert Gallery

He's such a natural runner, and he's already adapting to how we play. I know I'm excited. He's so positive, and he can get to the outside, and we're just looking forward to getting him in a game and getting him loose.

Jacques Villeneuve

I don't think that American drivers going to NASCAR are taking the easy way out because as I said, the racing is amazing; it's just that it's easier to adapt to what you grow up with. American drivers grow up with NASCAR, they know NASCAR, and that's where they want to go.

I don't know if we have ever taken out a flavor and brought it back to the market, but the landscape continues to change and we want to be as flexible as possible to adapt to the changing landscape.

Jamie Langenbrunner

It was a little tighter than I thought it would and what you're used to, but I think we adapted pretty well and played with some discipline.

Jerry Bailey

I took a hold of him to see how much he would turn off, thinking of the future and a mile-and-a-half. He turned off fine. He was certainly there for everything he needed through the stretch. I think he is adaptable to about anything.

James Hansen

It's not something you can adapt to. We can't let it go on another 10 years like this. We've got to do something.

Nick Saban

It's not really true to (the Bears) character and nature in the past to do that (during an exhibition game), ... But I thought our staff did an outstanding job with adapting in the game. That's probably why we had more success in the second and third quarters than we did in the beginning of the game.

Hugh Laurie

It's not his physical gait that is transforming, ... It's the having one hand. It's being one-handed. I find that much more constricting than walking with a limp. Actually walking with a limp is not that troubling. But to be one-handed, to drink a cup of tea and put two sugars in, and open a door and answer a telephone -- it all becomes incredibly time-consuming. Every scene, for me, is about, where am I going to park the cane? When I pick up this, where am I going to put the cane? That's a physical constraint. But, you know, you adapt incredibly quickly. Human beings do. We're very quick.