Famous Quotes & Sayings

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 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.

It is really a wonderful thing. And as more people adapt to it, it's going to be a bigger thing.

Scott Jones

It's a great chance to walk around practice and see them do drills, not just explain them on the board. I think we can get more stuff out of this than just going to a clinic and listening to a coach talk. There's a lot of stuff we can adapt to what we need on the high school level.

Ron Howard

It's a fascinating story to adapt and essentially it's a great opportunity to entertain and provoke conversation.

It might be a little different, but I'm sure I can adapt to it. It's a young group of players, and everyone seems to be having fun. It ought to be a great year and a successful year. I'm glad to be a part of it.

Duncan Fletcher

It's a nice surprise and feeling to begin with a win. Our players shaped up well and we did a good job of adapting to the conditions.

It's kind of a committee thing for them now. If you don't keep the quarterback in the pocket, he will really hurt you running the football. We have to shut down the run completely to have a chance to win. If Danville gets their skilled guys in the open field, we are going to have a lot of problems. They don't have Turner, but they have done a great job at adapting their offense to the talent they have.

It's just such a switch going from rescuer to victim, in a sense. It's just about adapting and surviving. You'd be surprised what you're capable of doing when you have no other choice.

It's extremely difficult to lower the coyote numbers. They are an extremely adaptive animal, and extremely effective.

It's exciting to see how sales technology is adapting the roles of salespeople. You have cities like New Orleans now offering full, wireless connectivity, vendors releasing new reporting tools. It's challenging the way salespeople conduct business, and forcing them to respond to customers quicker and more efficiently than before.

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.

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.

It just seems like they had a formula that worked for them for a long time. They need to adapt their formula for the environment.

It's difficult, obviously, when you have a course that sits out here with different wind conditions than the other three. Being able to adapt and able to strategize based upon the wind, I think, is the key here.

It's definitely one of the biggest trends in the industry. What we are seeing is an adaptation of the suburban country club turning into an urban country club.

Reed Sorenson

It makes it a little bit easier for us all to adapt together. I think it's going to be interesting to see how well we do. I think we'll all run pretty decent.

It's like playing in the NCAA Tournament. It forces your players to adapt to the time, the distance, the arena and the crowd. It's a great experience.

Steve Frank

It's flexible. The key point is that it's a very adaptable framework for the issues we deal with today.

It's been a while since we've played a team like that. They are an in-your-face, aggressive team, and we needed to adapt to that. It took us a while to get going.

It's likely that such lags reflect, at least in part, adaptive changes in the invader to suit it to the new environment.

Ben Brantley

Everyone and everything winds up lost in this ... adaptation of Tolkien 's cult-inspiring trilogy of fantasy novels. That includes plot, character and the patience of most ordinary theatergoers.

A writer loses possession of her work as soon as it's reaches its audience. Each reader brings his own experience and prejudice and imagination to the work. Television adaptation just goes one step further, and the novelist has to learn to let go.

As Indian companies strive to be globally competitive, they have realized the importance of investing in information technology and networking to adapt quickly to rapidly shifting market transitions,

That ticket holders were refused entry for two days continuously reflects the (Disneyland) management is lack of the capability to adapt to changing situation. The management is disappointing.