Consistently Quotes - Page 21

• The clich? that women, more consistently than men, turn inward for sustenance seems to mean, in practice, that women have richly defined the ways in which imagination creates possibility; possibility that society denies.

  Patricia Ann Meyer Spacks

  Women, Mean, Practice

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• In my almost ten years in the House of Representatives, I have voted consistently to allow companies to drill for oil and natural gas in environmentally friendly ways.

  Virgil Goode

  Oil, Years, House

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• I think that people, despite my law enforcement background, view me as taking these consistently progressive stands, and I think that, philosophically, there is a desire to get at that person. But I think the stands I have taken are totally consistent with a person who is looking at things realistically, factually.

  Eric Holder

  Taken, Thinking, Views

  "Holder highlight reel: Attorney general’s most memorable moments, clashes", www.foxnews.com. September 25, 2014.

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• You know, I consistently change in my own life so the roles I'm suitable for also change, and that's a really nice thing about this profession.

  Chris Klein

  Nice, Roles, Profession

  "Q&A: Chris Klein on 'American Reunion' and His Hero Harrison". Interview with Elizabeth Durand, www.mtv.com. July 09, 2012.

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• Well, it's been an interesting career. Since I last appeared on 'Top Of The Pops,' I've been doing about 150 live shows every year. The live shows have always been well received and they consistently worked, it's just the records that haven't been very good.

  John Otway

  Years, Careers, Interesting

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• In order to gain the respect of your players in the locker room, you can't just perform on Saturday. You have to do it consistently during practices, meetings, and in the weight room.

  Junior Seau

  Football, Player, Order

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• Although I voted against the initial resolution approving the war in Iraq, I have consistently voted to support our troops with much-needed armor and supplies.

  Ed Pastor

  War, Iraq, Support

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• Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.

  Buzz Bissinger

  Dog, Thinking, Persons

  "Buzz Bissinger’s Trip". Interview with Maddie Oatman, www.motherjones.com. May/June 2012.

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• The most consistently successful commanders, when faced by an enemy in a position that was strong naturally or materially, have hardly ever tackled it in a direct way. And when, under pressure of circumstances, they have risked a direct attack, the result has commonly been to blot their record with a failure.

  B. H. Liddell Hart

  Strong, Military, Successful

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• Life isn't about wishing you were somewhere, or someone that you're not. Life is about enjoying where you are, loving who you are and consistently improving both.

  Hal Elrod

  Inspirational, Happiness, Attitude

  FaceBook post by Hal Elrod from Mar 29, 2013

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• The only people I have ever seen paint successfully, consistently, with great authority, unselfconsciously and without fear of failing were about four years old.

  Brian Johnson

  Years, People, Four

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• Often your 'fixes' are actually removing capabilities that you had, because they were 'too confusing to the user'. GNOME seems to be developed by interface Nazis, where consistently the excuse for not doing something is not 'it's too complicated to do', but 'it would confuse users'.

  Linus Torvalds

  Confusion, Confusing, Complicated

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• Interestingly, however, we found that participants consistently underestimated their intake of the candies on their desks yet overestimated how much they ate when the candies were farther away.

  Brian Wansink

  Desks, Found, Participation

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• The greatest happiness in life is to be truly and consistently creative.

  Peter Koestenbaum

  Happiness, Creative, Life Is

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• One way to develop faith and confidence is simply to practice using it. If I were to ask you whether you're confident that you can tie your own shoes, I'm sure you could tell me with perfect confidence that you can. Why? Only because you've done it thousands of times! So practice confidence by using it consistently, and you'll be amazed at the dividends it reaps in every area of your life.

  Tony Robbins

  Motivational, Practice, Shoes

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.312, Simon and Schuster

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• The Following and Hannibal are really well made, but the tone is very consistently dark.

  Carlton Cuse

  Dark, Tone, Made

  Source: collider.com

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• My team has been very unreceptive about the fact that I consistently show them that I train slightly differently than they do, that I consistently show them that I am in better shape for ski racing than anyone else on the team.

  Bode Miller

  Team, Racing, Shapes

  "Bad boy bode" by Bill Saporito, James Graff, Helen Scott-Smith, www.theguardian.com. January 28, 2006.

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• The one great principle of the English law is, to make business for itself. There is no other principle distinctly, certainly, and consistently maintained through all its narrow turnings.

  Charles Dickens

  Law, Principles, Bleak House

  1852-3 Bleak House, ch.39.

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• The advantage of literature over life is that its characters are clearly defined, and act consistently.

  Jerome K. Jerome

  Life, Character, Literature

  Jerome K. Jerome “The Selected Work of Jerome K. Jerome”, Library of Alexandria

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• Once again, the vice president has acknowledged that he dares to follow where Bill Bradley has boldly led. ... The only consistency in Al Gore's positions is that he has consistently been less willing to lead with bold proposals of his own, but consistently followed in the footsteps of other leaders.

  Anita Dunn

  Leader, Consistency, President

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• Fuzzy thinking leads to hesitancy in acting. Clear thinking makes it easier to act boldly and consistently.

  Steve Pavlina

  Thinking, Acting, Fuzzy

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• Imagine your mind as a garden and thoughts as the seeds you plant. Habitual negative, unhealthy, self-critical thoughts produce the weeds and thistles of depression, discontent, and anxiety in the garden of your mind. Luckily, the opposite is also true. Consistently planting positive, healthy, constructive thoughts will yield a crop of beautiful feelings, such as gratitude, love, and joy.

  Sue Thoele

  Beautiful, Weed, Gratitude

  Sue Patton Thoele (2008). “The Mindful Woman: Gentle Practices for Restoring Calm, Finding Balance, and Opening Your Heart”, p.52, New Harbinger Publications

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• We can't wait any longer for a path to full and equal citizenship. Now, this is where I differ with everybody on the Republican side. Make no mistake, today, not a single Republican candidate, announced or potential, is clearly and consistently supporting a path to citizenship. Not one. When they talk about legal status that is code for second-class status.

  Hillary Clinton

  Mistake, Class, Waiting

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• 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.

  Maya Angelou

  Consistency, Have Courage, Merciful

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• For conservation to be successful it is necessary to take into consideration that it is a characteristic of man that he can only be relied upon to do anything consistently which is in his own interest.

  Prince Philip

  Successful, Men, Humanity

  Speech at the World Wildlife Fund: British National Appeal Banquet, London, 1962. "The Environmental Revolution: Speeches on Conservation, 1962-77", 1978.

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