Inconsistency Quotes

93 quotes by 80 authors

Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature. — Joseph Addison
Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next. — Henry Ward Beecher
I am passionate about keeping the human dimension in things. You have to keep the rough edges and the inconsistencies, that's what makes it interesting.… — Jarvis Cocker
Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things because to demystify supposedly 'holy text dictated by god' and show that they are man… — Christopher Hitchens
In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies. — L. Sprague de Camp
The Christian life is stamped by 'moral spontaneous originality,' consequently the disciple is open to the same charge that Jesus Christ was, viz., that of… — Oswald Chambers
By inconsistency and frivolity we stray from the Way and show ourselves to be beginners. In this we do much harm. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
I trust there are none here present, who profess to be followers of Christ who do not also practice prayer in their families. We may… — Charles Spurgeon
If a man would register all his opinions upon love, politics, religion, learning etc., beginning from his youth, and so go to old age, what… — Jonathan Swift
The inconsistency of the institution of domestic slavery with the principles of the Declaration of Independence was seen and lamented . . . no insincerity… — John Quincy Adams
The imaginary expression âˆš(-a) and the negative expression -b, have this resemblance, that either of them occurring as the solution of a problem indicates some… — Augustus De Morgan
Keith Gillespie just lacks a little bit of inconsistency. — Graeme Le Saux
Inconsistency itself breeds vitality. — Kenzo Tange
At bottom, the battle has been waged on moral grounds. The country has debated whether a society for which the dignity of the individual is… — William J. Brennan
No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Inconsistency is my very essence; it is the game I never cease to play as I turn my wheel in its ever changing circle, filled… — Boethius
More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual things, while seeking… — Charles Alexander Eastman
Mankind is made up of inconsistencies, and no man acts invariably up to his predominant character. The wisest man sometimes acts weakly, and the weakest… — Lord Chesterfield
The obscurity, incredibility and obscenity, so conspicuous in many parts of it, would justly condemn the works of a modern writer. It contains a mixture… — Elihu Palmer
But they never notice the following inconsistency: this so-called worst-case event, when it happened, exceeded the worst case at the time. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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