Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rachel Joyce

The story of Harold Fry and his unlikely pilgrimage began as an afternoon play for radio. For many years, I have been writing plays and adapting novels for 'Woman's Hour' and the 'Classic' series. So this was originally a three-hander play, broadcast one sunny afternoon on BBC Radio 4.

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 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.

Brad Boyes

So far I'm adapting pretty well. The biggest thing is that the guys on the team make it a lot easier, especially the older guys.

Frank Williams

So after 27 years of Williams adapting to change and competitive challenges, I am actually very optimistic about next year.

That seems to be where they did a pretty good job of adapting the highway technology and producing a barrier that has potential to be better than we have currently.

Hugh Johnson

That's a growth stock that is trading at an unusually high price-earnings ratio compared to growth, ... It's being priced as a rather racy e-commerce company. They've done a really good job (of adapting to the Internet) -- that company thinks great, they have a great culture.

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

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.

Nick Saban

It's not really true to (the Bears) character and nature in the past to do that (during an exhibition game), ... But I thought our staff did an outstanding job with adapting in the game. That's probably why we had more success in the second and third quarters than we did in the beginning of the game.

Kurt Cobain

I'm disgusted with having to deal with the commercial side of our band at the moment and as a reaction, I'm becoming more uptight and complaining more. And it feels like I'm adapting a rock star attitude.

Jiang Zemin

I hope the people of all circles in Hong Kong will do still a better job in adapting themselves to the new Hong Kong after 1997 and become better masters of Hong Kong and of our great motherland.

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

Stephen Gaghan

It tackles, hopefully in an interesting way, things that are going on right now. We're talking about oil and oil politics, about the war on terror and about how families are adapting

Ahmed Zewail

In adapting to life in the melting pot of America, I discovered that the same soft power of science has a huge influence in building bridges between cultures and religions - and has the potential to do so with the Muslim world.

Adam McKay

I am actually talking about possibly adapting 'The Boys,' by Garth Ennis, which would not be a comedy, but an action movie with comedy elements to it.

Joe Barton

I believe the earth's climate is changing, but I think it's changing for natural variation reasons and I think mankind has been adapting to climate as long as man has walked the earth.

Bryan Fuller

One of the things that's important for anybody adapting source material that is primarily a male buddy picture is to find ways to latch on to strong female characters in the piece and bring them to the forefront and celebrate their point of view alongside the men; otherwise, it becomes a sausage party, and it's a singular point of view.

Gautam Gambhir

I grew up playing on unprepared surfaces where your wicket depended on quickly adapting to the bounce. As a kid, I could never differentiate off-spin from leg-spin. All I looked to do was to try to hit the ball before it pitched.

Gail Sheehy

Adapting to our Second Adulthood is not all about the money. It requires thinking about how to find a new locus of identity or how to adjust to a spouse who stops working and who may loll, enjoying coffee and reading the paper online while you're still commuting.

We knew very little about them, and it helped us because we want to work on adapting during the game. We didn't know what we were getting in to, and we knew that effort had to be the number one thing or we wouldn't come out with a victory.

We will give them (players) good minutes in important situations. The new members are adapting well to our style of play.

Beatrice Lillie

Happiness for the average person may be said to flow largely from common sense -- adapting one-self to circumstances -- and a sense of humor.

Jacques Villeneuve

Normally the good teams stay in front when there is a regulation change, the teams that do the most testing and have the most budget end up adapting fastest. From pre-Christmas testing it's very difficult to know because not every team was running with V8s, so it's really impossible to know where anybody stands at the moment.

Kevin Corrigan

Coming off a short week, the game is more about your match-ups and less about adapting to the other team, so we're going to focus more on ourselves.

That's how you get to learn pitchers, and he is adapting to that very well. Brett is very astute at what he's doing. He's taking it seriously and getting a good read.

All of Eastern North Carolina is in a state of transition. We're adapting to changes in industry and needs. It will probably take a generation or two before we get there.

As government and public scrutiny intensify, managed care executives need to be adept at making staff accountable for improving operational efficiencies, successfully adapting to new regulations, and increasing customer satisfaction. This type of change requires complex leadership skills and highly evolved leaders.

Fascinating story. Did you think about adapting it to the stage?

Drew Goddard

Every project is different. Adapting 'Robopocalypse' would be totally different than adapting, say, 'Hunger Games.' Each project has its own life and its own identity. You get into trouble when you think there's one single way to approach everything. Each project, there's a different way to attack it.

Every day, without fail, we are tested when we make decisions on what to do or what not to do, what to build or what not to build, what to allow or what not to allow. By evolving and adapting our policies to keep the parks relevant to the public we serve, we ensure that future generations will have the same opportunities for enjoyment of park resources that we have today.