David Grange Quotes

We have to learn how to work within the limits that are possible, not what is desirable.

Part of being innovative in government is sometimes not trying to plot out the last chapter of the book, but to be open and see what comes back.

When you're failing, there's a very powerful incentive to put ideology aside and just do what seems to work.

Life doesn't care about your vision. Stuff happens, and you've just got to deal with it. You roll with it; that's the beauty of it all.

You've got to deal with the tools you have in hand. I'm a firm believer in that.

The game changes so quickly, and you have to get yourself in a position mentally where you can deal with whatever is thrown at you.

As producers, you always have to go with the flow and be ready to embrace change, and drama and whatever happens.

I feel it's important for anyone to adapt; you never know what kind of situation you will walk into.

Phoney: Here's your problem Fone Bone! We're off the map! Get a bigger map!

There is no map, and charting a path ahead will not be easy. We will need to invent, which means we will need to experiment.

It is essential to grasp the incontestable truth that a Marxist must take cognisance of real life, of the true facts of reality, and not cling to a theory of yesterday, which, like all theories, at best only outlines the main and the general, only comes near to embracing life in all its complexity.

I just try to work with what I'm given and make it the best I can.

The strongest streak in the American character is a fierce pragmatism that mistrust blind ideology of every stripe and insists on finding what really works.

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them.

Life is so unlike theory.

I do believe we're all adaptable, and you're probably more adaptable than you realize.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

In my work, I have never had any use for anything that I have known in advance.

There's just something hypnotic about maps.

We have to deal with the world as we find it. The world of what it takes to get this done.

I'm a pragmatist.

I always try to adjust to the situation.

You can never plan the future by the past.

Creativity has always depended on openness and flexibility, so let us hope for more of both in the future.

My only definition is that I am a pragmatist.