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Adjust Quotes

Learning to bend without breaking

These adjust quotes range from personal stories of settling into a new country to broader caution about outside efforts to adjust other nations' governments. Read more in Change quotes.

When I came to America, I had some surprises at first, but I could soon adjust.

Quotes by Yuta Watanabe

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Quotes by Will Durant

People make mistakes. And one of the mistakes that the United States consistently made was that it could intervene and somehow adjust people's governments, especially in the Middle East.

Quotes by Wesley Clark

Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast.

Quotes by Tom Peters

Always Quotes

We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.

Quotes by T-Pain

Using KERS and the adjustable front wing is not particularly difficult. Once you've worked out where to use KERS to optimum effect at each track, and in which places you adjust the front wing, it happens pretty much automatically.

Quotes by Robert Kubica

Making comic adaptations means making a lot of choices - you need to adjust the pacing, the dialogue, and in this case, a lot of the cultural references.

Quotes by Raina Telgemeier

I always try to adjust to the situation.

Quotes by Novak Djokovic

Italians are great improvisers. If something unforeseen happens, they throw up their hands, and they adjust.

Quotes by Max von Sydow

Change Quotes

Most rookies coming in, they're a little short on the 3-point line because it's a little further back. But once you adjust to it, you'll be fine.

Quotes by Kevin Knox

I adapt and I adjust to whatever environment I'm in.

Quotes by Kevin Gates

We are shaped by each other. We adjust not to the reality of a world, but to the reality of other thinkers.

Quotes by Joseph Chilton Pearce

Countries like Japan do not have to change their cultures to address their educational shortcomings; they simply have to adjust their policies and practices.

Quotes by Jose Angel Gurria

It has now been over 7 years since Congress last raised the minimum wage to its current level of $5.15 per hour. Since that last increase, Congress's failure to adjust the wage for inflation has reduced the purchasing power of...

Quotes by Jon Corzine

Ensure Quotes

As long as global financial conditions normalize in an orderly fashion, EMEs should have sufficient time to adjust.

Quotes by Jerome Powell

We moved from place to place, and it was hard to adjust to different schools. But we made it.

Quotes by Jason Pierre-Paul

Sometimes that mantle is hard to adjust to wearing but we are at a stage that we are comfortable with it and we recognize how we are perceived and how the real core individual that each one of us has...

Quotes by James Young

It's a tough transition really for theater actors to adjust to television or film, and all of these years later, I still have a tendency to play it too big.

Quotes by Jack Black

In order to address world economic imbalances, countries around the world should make joint efforts to adjust their economic structure.

Quotes by Hu Jintao

Fly Quotes

Adjust your makeup to the light in which your wear it.

Quotes by Helena Rubinstein

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the theme of these adjust quotes?
They focus on adaptation, both personal, like settling into a new country, and political, like questioning outside intervention in other governments.
Is there a quote about adjusting to life in a new country?
Yes, one recalls early surprises after arriving in America but adjusting fairly quickly.
Do any quotes caution against forcing others to adjust?
Yes, one reflects on the mistake of assuming outside intervention could successfully adjust another region's governments.
Is there a quote about moral standards adapting over time?
Yes, one argues that moral codes themselves adjust to fit changing environmental conditions.
How do these quotes connect to broader ideas about change?
Closely. See Change quotes for more on adapting to new circumstances.

Others take adapting as a personal habit, always shaping their response to fit the situation at hand. Browse Always and Ensure quotes for related ideas.