Consistency Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Consistency.
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“Cantilenam eandem canis.”
“Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.”
“Inconsistency is the only thing in which men are consistent.”
“Of course I'm inconsistent! Only logicians and cretins are consistent!”
“If a person never contradicts himself, it must be that he says nothing.”
“Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.”
“Nemo doctus unquam mutationem consilii inconstantiam dixit esse.”
“Consistency is the enemy of enterprise, just as symmetry is the enemy of art.”
“I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own tastes.”
“When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?”
“Wikipedia: Consistency”
“Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)”
“Psychotics are consistently inconsistent. The essence of sanity is to be inconsistently inconsistent.”
“Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.”
“Consistency is a virtue for trains: what we want from a philosopher is insights, whether he comes by them consistently or not.”
“Of right and wrong he taught
Truths as refin'd as ever Athens heard;
And (strange to tell) he practis'd what he preach'd.”
“The problem with being consistent is that there are lots of ways to be consistent, and they're all inconsistent with each other.”
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.”
“A silly ass … wrote a paper to prove me inconsistent. … Inconsistency is the bugbear of fools! I wouldn't give a damn for a fellow who couldn't change his mind with a change of conditions.”