Every writer must reconcile, as best he may, the conflicting claims of consistency and variety, of rigour in detail and elegance in the whole. The present author humbly confesses that, to him, geometry is nothing at all, if not a branch of art.
Be patient, be diligent. Consistency is the key.
Logic is a wonderful invention. It is so wonderful, people often mistake it for reason. Reason, however, requires sense. Logic requires only consistency.
Because interrogations are intended to coerce confessions, interrogators feel themselves justified in using their coercive means. Consistency regarding the technique is not important; inducing anxiety and fear is the point.
Confidence is consistency of thinking about what is possible and how to make it possible.
I would say Lil Wayne [is the best rapper]. He's all about hard work and consistency.
Clarity and consistency are not enough: the quest for truth requires humility and effort.
Pressed caviar has the consistency of chilled tar.
Stupidity is nature's favorite resource for preserving consistency of opinion.
I just do what I feel and what I like. I don't necessarily censor or feel an obligation to have a particular moral standard - I'm willing to wallow in the mud, if necessary. It appears as if there seems to be a consistency in result, but maybe that has as much to do with the roles I choose as it does with how I play them. I do what pleases me.
His was not a small mind bothered by logic and consistency.
Truth isn't beauty. It isn't even always true. Truth is nothing more than consistency of message. I learned that from advertising.
Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn't get more consistent than this year.
Inconsistency is the bugbear of fools! I wouldn't give a damn for a fellow who couldn't change his mind with a change of conditions.
If I can, I shall keep my death from saying anything that my life has not already said.
Our hypotheses are initially rooted in theoretical consistency and elegance, but. . . ultimatel y it is experiment not rigid belief that determines what is correct.
You can't be consistently fair, consistently generous, consistently just, or consistently merciful. You can be anything erratically, but to be that thing time after time after time, you have to have courage.
It is the consistency of the information that matters for a good story, not its completeness. Indeed, you will often find that knowing little makes it easier to fit everything you know into a coherent pattern.
In the end, leadership comes down to consistency and strong, confident action upon which the team can rely - and this doesnt mean imposing a bunch of rules.
As I've been open with my faith, there's a consistency that almost disarms people. They know what they're going to get when they see me. They know what they're going to get when they talk to me.