Adaptivity Quotes & Sayings

This love of money is the curse of American, and for the sake of it men will sell honor and honesty, till we don't know whom to trust, and it is only a genius like Agassiz who dares to say, 'I cannot waste my time in getting rich,' said Mrs. Jessie sadly. — Louisa May Alcott

I was always a sci-fi and fantasy geek. I was in the 'Lord of the Rings' club and all my cool friends made fun of me. — Melissa De La Cruz

Your father is dying."
"Drat!" said the Prince, "That means I shall have to get married. — William Goldman

I was exceedingly affected, says he, upon the occasion. But was ashamed to be surprised by her into such a fit of unmanly weakness-so ashamed that I was resolved to subdue it at the instant, and guard against the like for the future. Yet, at that moment, I more than half regretted that I could not permit her to enjoy a triumph which she so well deserved to glory in-her youth, her beauty, her artless innocence, and her manner, equally beyond comparison or description. But her indifference, Belford!-That she could resolve to sacrifice me to the malice of my enemies; and carry on the design in so clandestine a manner-yet love her, as I do, to frenzy!-revere her, as I do, to adoration!-These were the recollections with which I fortified my recreant heart against her-Yet, after all, if she persevere, she must conquer!-Coward, as she has made me, that never was a coward before! — Samuel Richardson

Religious tolerance has developed more as a consequence of the impotence of religions to impose their dogmas on each other than as a consequence of spiritual humility in the quest for understanding first and last things. — Sidney Hook

Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me a chance to do my best. — Karen Blixen

The only journey of knowledge is from the depth of one being to the heart of another. — Norman Mailer

Besides, isn't it confoundedly easy to think you're a great man if you aren't burdened with the slightest idea that Rembrandt, Beethoven, Dante or Napoleon ever lived? — Stefan Zweig

Can you just kill me? Carry me out in a box?" I looked up at her. "Do you even have a gun?""What kind of bodyguard would I be if I needed a gun to kill someone?" Becca smiled — Nichole Chase

Stuffing is my favorite food in the world! I actually have been known to go buy stuffing and make it in the middle of summer. — Emma Roberts

Evolution is more about adaptivity than adaptability. — Raheel Farooq

Success is not easy. But it is worth the price. — William Wrigley Jr.

Let us never forget that our chief danger is from within. The world and the devil combined, cannot do us as much harm as our own hearts will, if we do not watch and pray. — J.C. Ryle

Thoughts can follow you anywhere. — David Levithan

A fellow with the inventiveness of Albert Einstein but with the attention span of Daffy Duck. — Tom Shales