Quotes About Inconsistency

Once he makes up his mind, he's full of indecision (on Dwight D. Eisenhower).

A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn't mean in winter.

A man who doles out sweets, and slaps, with the same hand.

These labels, usually not carefully chosen or given much thought, go on to form your beliefs. These are hazards with relatively accurate and descriptive labels—what about when you unwittingly use labels that are ambiguous, inconsistent, or inaccurate?

Because humans are complicated beasts, the monster said. How can a queen be both a good witch and a bad witch? How can a prince be a murderer and a saviour? How can an apothecary be evil-tempered but right-thinking? How can a parson be wrong-thinking but good-hearted? How can invisible men make themselves more lonely by being seen?

The answer is that it does not matter what you think, the monster said, because your mind will contradict itself a hundred times each day.

The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.

For many bore false witness against Jesus, but their testimony was inconsistent.

But even their testimony was inconsistent.