#ada

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but rather the one most adaptable to change. ↗

— Leon C. Megginson

#change #charles-darwin #darwin #intelligence #misattributed

Dorothea: "What the fuck are you?" Nix: "A man who wanted to be a God...then changed his mind. ↗

— Clive Barker

#horror #horror-movies #macho #change

...my body has become another country and I feel like an unemployed illegal alien how will I survive where I do not belong I belong with you ↗

— Patrick Califia-Rice

#change #longing #poem #change

For [Stephen] Harper, a national daycare plan bordered on being a socialist scheme, a phrase he had once used to describe the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. For [Paul] Martin, whose plan would have transferred to the provinces $5 billion over five years, the national program was what Canadianism was all about. "Think about it this way," [Martin] said. "What if, decades ago, Tommy Douglas and my father and Lester Pearson had considered the idea of medicare and then said, 'Forget it! Let's just give people twenty-five dollars a week.' You want a fundamental difference between Mr. Harper and myself? Well, this is it. ↗

— Lawrence Martin

#canadian #canadian-history #canadian-politics #health-care #healthcare

Change. Adapt. Bend so as not to be broken. Let opportunity guide your actions. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

#adaptation #bending #breaking #change #chi-ro-jin

The ears were large, flaring forward, the eyes limpid amber, in which the pupil floated like a glittering jewel, changing color with shifts of the light:  obsidian, emerald, ruby, opal, amethyst, diamond. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#lemurs #madagascar #change

If something is not to your liking, change your liking. ↗

— Patricia Ryan Madson

#change

Adapt to your surrounding but remain flexible for growing. ↗

— Ashley Porter

#change #growth #change

Madam: If you discover any more comets, can you not wait until they are announced by the proper authorities? ↗

— George Phillips Bond

#any #authorities #discover #madam #more

I consider it a mutual duty, that we owe to each other, to communicate in a spirit of the utmost frankness and candor. Let it ever be done with unlocked hearts. ↗

— Charles Frazier

#communication