Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Schwimmer

I've commissioned an adaptation of 'The Jungle', by Upton Sinclair, a story of a young immigrant from Lithuania to the meat-packing industry of Chicago in 1904, and the rise of the unions in America.

Drew Gooden

I've been coming doing my job and going home. That's what this has become for me. I've been in so many different awkward positions every year. I can adapt to my surroundings.

Gary Kemp

We monitor all of our burns in the park and have been working with Los Alamos National Lab to develop some projects cross-boundary, ... Fire has been here for thousands of years and there are many species ecologically dependent on fire. They have adapted to it and are dependent on it.

What's going to be very interesting in '08 is how they adapt using the lessons that they learned from this one with regard to not only these problems, but also something else, which was actually a bright spot - their coverage of the Olympics through nontraditional media was actually very encouraging. They got a lot of Web-site hits. There were a lot of people consuming these Olympics one way or the other over the Internet and on high-definition television.

We will obviously keep a close eye on what the situation is and adapt to that as well.

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.

The military constantly has to adapt to the society it recruits from.

Josh Wise

The midget has such a short wheelbase and it is such a momentum car. I'll get out of the sprint car some nights and get into the midget and it feels like something is loose on the midget because it wants to twitch all over. It is fun to test how adaptable you are in a race car from one to the next.

I'm not sure how many people were aware that 'Othello' was black, so when she did that play, she opened everyone's eyes, ... Her adaptation of that play was very fresh when she did it. It was something new that people had never seen before, which was typical of her personality.

I'm not sure adaptive management will protect wilderness.

In Latin America, the pace is slower, it is more technical. In Europe, it is faster, but I haven't had any problems adapting to it.

Chris Wooding

In my head, scenes are shot from certain angles; there are camera pans, all of that kind of stuff. Converting those visuals to comic format was mostly a matter of adapting them to the rhythm of paneling.

It's pretty clear in the district there's going to be changes. People are going to have to adapt to changes. It's hard all around. If you didn't have to do any of it, you wouldn't.

Desert adapted plants, once they're established, they need very little supplemental water. Some of the other plants that we use in the desert, even if they're desert adapted, may not be native to this region, and so they may need additional water supplies.

Then there are those (stores) caught in the middle, we are feeling the competition ... you have to adapt ... it's very competitive.

Even with their combined support, the cost of mounting a production has proved to be too much. We have continued to do fine productions, and I've found it even more challenging because we have to adapt productions to the recital stage, and yet we're doing full productions with sets, lights and everything.

Even when people emigrate to another country; they are still a piece of our history. Its interesting to see such a large number here and how they have adapted to life in another country over the years.

Joe Carnahan

'The Blacklist' was really right place, right time. I read the script and met with Jon Bokenkamp, John Eisendrath, John Fox and John Davis, and we just hit it off. They understood that I was not so much trying to adapt to television, but adapt a cinematic style to the things that we were gonna do.

Francis Coppola

The book is inherently difficult to adapt to the screen, and we've never quite found the right combination of director and writer to do it justice until now.

The basis for contents on the Internet is shifting from text to video and Korean portals are adapting themselves to the change well.

The best way to adapt a game is not to look at the medium as being inferior to film.

The Bay Area is exceptionally innovative and continually reinvents itself. While we have our challenges, it is important to stress that the Bay Area's economy is one of the strongest and most adaptive on the planet. The region has very high productivity, strong large businesses, dynamic small companies, and top-notch talent, not to mention one of the most attractive physical settings and climates in the United States.

Nicholas Sparks

The best part of having a movie adapted is knowing that more people will become familiar with my work.

The attitude is right so they are adapting very quickly and we are delighted with the way the cricket has been going.

Seimone Augustus

That helps motivate us. We witnessed everything that happened firsthand and the way we had to adjust and adapt to the situation. The Katrina victims really helped inspire us.

Tampering with a successful tradition can be very risky. We feel the change went well last year so we are adapting and doing it again.

Taking steps to reduce drug costs doesn't have to hamper drug development, as drug makers claim. Adapting policies and tools already in widespread use around the world could produce major savings for U.S. consumers without compromising the quality of medical care.

It's clear that the program is adaptable to deal with changing circumstances. This is an arms race, and it's never going to be over. Testers are always going to be sprinting to catch up to those that would avoid and evade testing. That's a given.

It's definitely a good thing, it's been around for a couple of years in vehicle tracking fleets and it's now being adapted more and more in aircraft.

Carter Ham

This is a very lethal, and unfortunately, adaptive enemy that we are faced with inside Iraq,

After three weeks off, we're anxious to get back to competing. The conditions down there will be quite firm, so we'll have to adapt to that. I feel like we gained some confidence from our last tournament and hopefully we can use the lessons we learned there to improve again this week.

John Logan

Any adaptation - and I've done three in my career. I did 'Sweeney Todd' and 'Hugo' and 'Coriolanus.' It's important to find what makes it a movie as opposed to just a film presentation of a stage play.