Adaptation is the transformation of an organism by incorporating the environment into its extended cognitive system.

Adaptation is the desire to control environment.

Adaptation is inherent in man. There are no conditions to which a person cannot grow accustomed, especially if he sees that everyone around him lives in the same way.

Adaptation is a necessary faculty of that scoundrel, man. He can grow used to everything.

Ambition is the golden mean between sloth and greed.

Ambition is overrated — Climbing is performed in the same posture as creeping.

Ambition is like hunger : it obeys no law but its appetite.

Ambition is most aroused by the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

Competition is man's driving force — Men do not desire merely to be rich, but to be richer than other men.

Competition is for losers — all failed companies are the same: they failed to escape competition.

Competition is sure to bring out the best in products and the worst in people.

Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs.

Conflict is not possible without communication.

Conflict is avoided most on account of mutual respect.

Conflict is inevitable but not necessarily bad.

Conflict is the force that drives a theatrical writer.