Quotes About Consistency

Magic has a fondness for patterns and repetition.

An effective tsar could be harsh provided he was consistently harsh. Rulers are often killed not for brutality but for inconsistency. And tsars had to inspire trust and respect among their courtiers but sacred reverence among the peasantry, 90 per cent of their subjects, who saw them as "Little Fathers." They were expected to be severe to their officials but benign to their peasant "children": "the tsar is good," peasants said, "the nobles are wicked.

An effective tsar could be harsh provided he was consistently harsh. Rulers are often killed not for brutality but for inconsistency.

God exists since mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exists since we cannot prove it.

Anyone who is desperate or alone will agree there is comfort in routine.

It's hard keeping everything the same when the same things look and feel so different

We don't change the plan of the building to fix a mistake done by a builder.

The idea of a rational bureaucracy, of skill, merit, and consistency, is essential to all modern states.

Constancy is the chimera of love.

Years fly by, but the heart stays in the same place.

Romance isn't about proving to someone you love them with flowers and greeting cards and chocolate. Or even a lock on a fence. It's a daily reminder. It's saying, I choose you. Today and every day.

Of all the things a body loves, predictability is one of them.

Real success is doing things right every day by not forgetting to express love to your friends.

Habit is everything, even in love.

People, like dogs, love repetition. Chasing a ball, lapping a course in a race car, sliding down a slide. Because as much as each incident is similar, so it is different.

And you'll always love me won't you? Yes And the rain won't make any difference? No

When you make many films with the same actors you can develop a special understanding with them. I love working with people I know and that I trust.

Don't be silly. I'll write you twice a week.

There's a love that never changes, no matter what you've done.

Anyone that has a job that takes them away from home, I think, can understand the difficulties in maintaining consistency, not only with your family and those you love but with your friends.

If you really love something just continue doing it.

In love and friendship, small, steady payments on a gold basis are better than immense promissory notes.

To be consistent, those who argue that abortion is "unnatural" would have to say: no penicillin, no lightning rods, no eyeglasses, no DDT, no radar and so on.

Economists, market advisers, political oracles, and clairvoyants all know this basic rule by heart: if you can't forecast right, forecast often.