Modern Adaptation Quotes & Sayings

The artist is not the transcriber of the world, he is its rival. — Andre Malraux

Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline. — George Eliot

Humans are built to move. We evolved under conditions that required daily intense physical activity, and even among individuals with lower physical potential, that hard-earned genotype is still ours today. The modern sedentary lifestyle leads to the inactivation of the genes related to physical performance, attributes that were once critical for survival and which are still critical for the correct, healthy expression of the genotype. The genes are still there, they just aren't doing anything because the body is not stressed enough to cause a physiological adaptation requiring their activation. The sedentary person's heart, lungs, muscles, bones, nerves and brain all operate far below the level at which they evolved to function, and at which they still function best. — Mark Rippetoe

The human has no genetic adaptation to modern industrialized products and needs to be careful with prolonged exposure to these for good health. — Steven Magee

To divert myself from a troublesome fancy, it is but to run to my books; they presently fix me to them, and drive the other out of my thoughts, and do not mutiny to see that I have only recourse to them for want of other more, real, natural, and lively conveniences; they always receive me with the same kindness. — Michel De Montaigne

We affirm the neutrality of Science ... Science is of no country ... But if Science has no country, the scientist must keep in mind all that may work towards the glory of his country. In every great scientist will be found a great patriot. — Louis Pasteur

It always astonishes me when anybody does anything — F Scott Fitzgerald

On top of all that, you're naked. And while I'm going to hate myself for this later, could you put on some clothes? At least just for a little while, so I can think. Then you can go right back to being naked. All the time. With my full blessing. — Lish McBride

A dream is always a place, but when you tell it, it becomes a story which is neither dream nor place. — Brian Castro

You can't get more racist than hating black conservatives just because they're black. — Greg Gutfeld

Let's not allow the voice of the people to be overwhelmed by the siren song of those who opposed regulation, who demanded that government should stand aside and let finance and business run the show. — David Blunkett

My main point about films is that I don't like the adaptation process, and I particularly don't like the modern way of comic book-film adaptations, where, essentially, the central characters are just franchises that can be worked endlessly to no apparent point. — Alan Moore

Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines. Holy — Janet Evanovich

Two contestants would sit either side of a table, with a glass in front of each of them. — Douglas Adams

But if our sex would but well consider and rationally ponder, they will perceive and find that it is neither words nor place that can advance them, but worth and merit. — Margaret Cavendish

It's too late to be studying Hebrew; it's more important to understand even the slang of today. — Henry David Thoreau

Your life wasn't meant to be a struggle; it was meant to be an adventure. Start living the adventure now! — Marshall Sylver

I like the laid-back, polite, respectful courteous personality cowboys have. Guys almost lay down their life for you if they're your friends. You exist on a handshake rather than a signed contract. — Jeff Kent