Resilience And Adaptability Quotes & Sayings

The author says one of the sources of resilience is the ability to measure and perceive early warning signs so as to adapt. — Andrew Zolli

I get all excited when I think that someone's 1-900 sex call from a cell phone might be passing through my body right now. — David Henry

I can quote you several examples where women were physically and violently hurt by men but at the same time, they were also supported by men. The numbers of course would always be out of proportion. The ones who care are always lesser than the ones who hurt. That is simply a quality vs. quantity argument. A hundred men who hurt you will fail against one man who cares for you. — Shahla Khan

Kickstarter has been such a heads-down thing. — Perry Chen

First, adaptability and resilience require diversity, variation, and fluctuations. Allen (2001) describes the need for this redundancy (that is, having more options or pathways that are necessary to function like a machine) as the law of excess diversity. He is saying that unless there are more pathways or options (called degrees of freedom by mathematicians) than are required to operate efficiently, there is no resilience to changing circumstances. However much diversity seems requisite (Ashby, 1956) for a system to function at a given time, more than this will be required to cope with what is likely to happen in the future. — Jean G. Boulton

For a bird, especially for the more musically inventive, song is the defining characteristic, the primary way by which it knows itself and is known by others. To lose its species song is to lose not just its identity but some part of its presence in the world. — John Burnside

It is amazing that we hesitate to talk about the wrath of God, for fear of making sinners feel fearful. The fear they feel this side of the grave will be nothing compared to the fear they feel when they stand before Almighty God. — Ray Comfort

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less. - Socrates — Leo Babauta

Allen (1997: 17) says: 'The capacity to adapt and respond to external and internal variation, although requiring some "instability" can be the origin of the system's resilience. This is an example of the complexity of some of these issues in which adaptability may allow stasis in a broader sense, and rigidity may lead to collapse.' He is saying that it is being not entirely stable, being able to wobble about, that allows the system to be resilient and almost stable! — Jean G. Boulton

A perversion must be baptized and patronized (the Marquis De Sade and Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch were on to something). — Philippe Lejeune

Happy is the man who knows or even the man who remembers those silent vigils where silence itself was the sign of the communion of souls! — Gaston Bachelard

Evolution is not something to be feared. It's to be celebrated, embraced, and understood. — Sylvia Earle