"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimagininative."
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"The constancy of the wise is only the talent of concealing the agitation of their hearts."
"You accuse a woman of wavering affections, but don't blame her; she is just looking for a consistent man."
"the more i live, the more i realize what strange creatures human beings are. some of them might just as well have a hundred legs, like a centipede, or six, like a lobster. the human consistency and dignity one has been led to expect from one's fellow-man seem actually non-existent. one doubts if they exist to any startling degree even in oneself."
"Too much consistency is as bad for the mind as for the body."
"At the heart of mastery lives consistency"
"Consistency is the DNA of mastery"
"Consistency is the hallmark of the unimaginative."
"Those who conduct themselves with morality, integrity and consistency need not fear the forces of inhumanity and cruelty."
"Confidence is consistency of thinking about what is possible and how to make it possible."
"Consistency shows value. It breeds trust. You know that I'm going to show up every week."
"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."
"Traditional corporations, particularly large-scale service and manufacturing businesses are organized for efficiency. Or consistency. But not joy. Joy comes from surprise and connection and humanity and transparency and new...If you fear special requests, if you staff with cogs, if you have to put it all in a manual, then the chances of amazing someone are really quite low."
"Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect - simply a confession of failures."
"Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings."
"Consistency is only suitable for ridicule."
"Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties."
"With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall."
"His was not a small mind bothered by logic and consistency."
"Good acting is consistency of performance."