Consistency Quotes - Page 9

• My own diagnosis of my problem is a simpler one. It's that I share 50 per cent of my genome with a banana and 98 per cent with a chimpanzee. Banana's don't do psychological consistency. And the tiny part of us that's different - the special Homo sapiens bit - is faulty. It doesn't work. Sorry about that.

  Sebastian Faulks

  Sorry, Special, Different

  Sebastian Faulks (2007). “Engleby: A Novel”, Doubleday Books

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• My commitment is not to consistency but to the Truth.

  Anthony de Mello

  Commitment

  "One Minute Nonsense". Book by Anthony de Mello, p. 31, 1992.

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• I feel like some of the best talent is on TV right now, with the writing, acting and great directors. I've also been looking for the consistency of work that TV provides for you. And, I always thought it would be really interesting to live with a character for months, if not years.

  Christina Ricci

  Writing, Character, Years

  "Christina Ricci Interview PAN AM; Says Robert Pattinson Is “Absolutely Lovely” in BEL AMI". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 26, 2011.

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• The personality is defined by its inconsistencies, not its consistencies. It's what makes us unique and who we are.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Unique, Personality, Who We Are

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2011). “The Guardian”, p.11, Macmillan

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• Only three or four outs directly affect the outcome of any given game...One of the greatest challenges of pitching is to recognize these critical situations and rise to the occasion with consistency and a competitive spirit.

  Tom Seaver

  Softball, Sports, Motivation

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• One things guys have to remember is consistency... You can't make up for three years of eating poorly in just one workout.

  Apolo Ohno

  Workout, Years, Guy

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• ...the rarest of all human qualities is consistency.

  Jeremy Bentham

  Quality, Utilitarianism, Humans

  John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, John Troyer (2003). “The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill”, p.11, Hackett Publishing

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• I think what children need is love, security, stability, consistency, and kindness.

  Rosie O'Donnell

  Children, Kindness, Thinking

  "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. March 25, 2002.

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• Constancy is the complement of all the other human virtues.

  Giuseppe Mazzini

  Virtue, Constancy, Humans

  "Life & Writings of Joseph Mazzini".

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• All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal and regenerative as the giving of alms, intellect and morality, consistency and principles are miserably inadequate.

  Walter Benjamin

  Time, Giving, Principles

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• I always say that you could publish trading rules in the newspaper and no one would follow them. The key is consistency and discipline. Almost anybody can make up a list of rules that are 80 percent as good as what we taught people. What they couldn’t do is give them the confidence to stick to those rules even when things are going bad.

  Richard Dennis

  Keys, Giving, Discipline

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• I always say you could publish rules in a newspaper and no one would follow them. The key is consistency and discipline.

  Richard Dennis

  Keys, Discipline, Ruling

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• Have a relentless commitment to consistency of message. It might be the 15th time you’ve given the speech, but some people may never have heard it. Or, some people may have heard it four times but it’s the first time they’ve internalized it.

  David M. Cote

  Commitment, People, Four

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• I like the consistency of a TV show, but I like it for three months out of my year, not nine.

  Allison Mack

  Years, Tv Shows, Three

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• The only time to take the step towards change is now. Even if they're baby steps, start today! Consistency is important because you must make time to work on your goals. Even if there is little you can do, you must!

  Hrithik Roshan

  Baby, Goal, Important

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• The advent of Google+ and the emergence of the personalized web means this is more true than ever. Brands, and their advertising partners, must wake up to this challenge and define themselves with clarity, consistency and authenticity. Otherwise they just might find themselves shouting in a ghost town.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Mean, Challenges, Google

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• It comes down to consistency-if you want to be a great shooter, you have to shoot the same way every time.

  Ray Allen

  Want, Way, Shooter

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• The plane of consistency is the abolition of all metaphor; all that consists is Real.

  Gilles Deleuze

  Real, Metaphor, Planes

  Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari (2004). “EPZ Thousand Plateaus”, p.77, A&C Black

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• The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room, each believing himself in mortal peril from the other, whom he assumes to have perfect vision. Each side should know that frequently uncertainty, compromise, and incoherence are the essence of policymaking. Yet each tends to ascribe to the other a consistency, foresight, and coherence that its own experience belies. Of course, over time, even two armed blind men can do enormous damage to each other, not to speak of the room.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Believe, Men, Essence

  "The White House Years". Book by Henry Kissinger, 1979.

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• Character creates consistency, and if your people know what they can expect from you, they will continue to look to you for leadership.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Character, People

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• One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential.

  Maya Angelou

  Motivational, Running, Courage

  "Pray It Forward: Daily Meditations" by Rowena Holloway, iUniverse, (p. 34), August 1, 2007.

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• Consistency is what counts; you have to be able to do things over and over again.

  Hank Aaron

  Basketball, Able

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• The whole question of imagination in science is often misunderstood by people in other disciplines. ... They overlook the fact that whatever we are allowed to imagine in science must be consistent with everything else we know.

  Richard P. Feynman

  Knowledge, Science, Imagination

  Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew Sands (2015). “The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. II: The New Millennium Edition: Mainly Electromagnetism and Matter”, p.678, Basic Books

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• A skeptic, I would ask for consistency first of all.

  Sylvia Plath

  Firsts, Skeptic, Asks

  Sylvia Plath (2007). “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.120, Anchor

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• Success isn't always about 'greatness'. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work gains success. Greatness will come.

  Dwayne Johnson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Twitter post from Jun 8, 2012

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