- Nov 07, 2020
Consistency Quotes
The quiet discipline behind good work.
This collection treats consistency as a working principle in music and design, useful but never the entire point of the craft. Explore Change quotes for a related angle.
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, style is consistency.
- Design
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I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design, not the primary goal in design.
- Look
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My singing wasn't horrible, but my dancing really made it look silly. It's not like I'm a horrible singer that can't sing. But I don't have the consistency or the presentation skills that a good performer has.
- Chilled
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pressed caviar has the consistency of chilled tar.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Consistency is the paste jewel that only cheap men cherish.
- Like
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It seemed like the more complex the music we were playing, the less able we were to guarantee its consistency.
- Nature
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Consistency is found in that work whose whole and detail are suitable to the occasion. It arises from circumstance, custom, and nature.
- Golf Club
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't learn how to swing a golf club until late in my career. And even though I won all those tournaments, I still struggled with consistency, and I relied on my strengths, which were hitting the ball long and high, and I could chip and putt with the best of 'em.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not sure that it's possible to write a novel about people who don't transgress or stumble, people who don't surprise themselves with the things they do, people who can explain all their actions with perfect logical consistency. At least it's not possible for me to write that sort of novel.
- Nations
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lack of consistency is a weakness shared by all nations.
- Meaning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nosology (from the Greek 'nosos,' meaning 'disease,' and 'logos,' referring to 'study') is not a sport for the timid, and certainly not for those so scrupulous about rules and order that they demand consistency in all things.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020