A Quote by Ian Tattersall

Hominids typically haven't so much adapted to change, as they have accommodated to it.

Ian Tattersall

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Adapted Change Hominids Much

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Ian Tattersall
Born: October 5, 1945

Accommodated; that is, when a man is, as they say, accommodated; or when a man is, being, whereby a' may be thought to be accommodated,?which is an excellent thing.

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare has been adapted by Akira Kurosawa. 'Dangerous Liaisons' has been adapted into a Chinese movie. 'Blood Simple', the Coen brothers movie, was adapted by Zhang Yimou.

Ng Chin Han

Adversity is just change that we haven't adapted ourselves to yet.

Aimee Mullins

It is a very strong rule in drama, and in life, that people remain true to their basic natures. They change, and their change is essential for drama, but typically they only change a little, taking a single step towards integrating a forgotten or rejected quality into their natures.

Christopher Vogler

The majority of astronauts have to change their eyeglasses while in space. They bring eyeglasses with them and typically change a few months into the mission.

Scott Kelly

We have all been hypnotized into thinking that we are smaller than we are. Just as an undersized flowerpot keeps a mighty tree root-bound or a little fishbowl keeps goldfish tiny, we have adapted, adjusted, and accommodated to a Lilliputian life. But place the same tree in an open field or the fish in a lake, and they will grow to hundreds of times their size. Unlike the tree or goldfish, you are not dependent on someone else to move you. You have the power to move yourself. You can step into a broader domain and grow to your full potential.

Alan Cohen

Auctions typically are an opportunity for you to be able to acquire what you're looking for at a lower price; typically, the auctioneer sets the opening price at much lower than the retail price and certain interest develops and as more people come in it drives the price up.

Alexander Gilkes

The more highly adapted an organism becomes, the less adaptable it is to any new change.

Ronald Fisher

part of the humor of living on this backward planet is listening to the hominids rationalize their predations.

Robert Anton Wilson

You typically find stereotypical female characters that are people pleasers, where they are wives and girlfriends, typically, who are in the background.

Haley Bennett

Mayors typically don't do the things we're trying to do... Revolutionaries aren't typically Mayor.

Chokwe Lumumba

Typically, a position change is more for instructional league and winter time. It's just a more relaxed situation. A player can make some mistakes and learn from them. That's the proper way to go about a position change, for me.

Ryne Sandberg

Typically, when you sell your story rights to a movie production company, they can do whatever they want with it. The writer is typically not involved anymore.

Watt Key

It is an error to believe that Christ did not teach a determined body of doctrine applicable to all times and to all men, but rather that He inaugurated a religious movement adapted, or to be adapted, to different times and different places.