"Don't be consistent but be simple true." — Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Don't be consistent but be simple true."
—
Oliver Wendell Holmes
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
166 Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes has 166 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!
-
We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it…
-
I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose.
-
We call those poets who are first to mark, Through earth's dull mist the coming of the dawn, Who see…
-
The Indian is but a sketch in red crayon of a rudimental manhood. To the problem of his relation to…
-
I firmly believe that if the whole material medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the…
-
Youth longs and manhood strives, but age remembers.
-
What we most want to ask of our Maker is an unfolding of the divine purpose in putting human beings…
-
The sea drowns out humanity and time. It has no sympathy with either, for it belongs to eternity; and of…
-
Whatever comes from the brain carries the hue of the place it came from, and whatever comes from the heart…
-
The best servant does his work unseen.
-
See how he throws his baited lines about,/And plays his men as anglers play their trout.
See all 166 quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes »
More Consistent Quotes
This quote is filed under Consistent Quotes,
one of 660 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
If you look at the themes that he struck from the minute he started running for president through today, there…
— David Axelrod
-
I'd like to be a more consistent starter. I'd like a smoother transition from crouching to running. I have to…
— Donovan Bailey
-
I wasn't just pro-choice, I was pro-everything, until I started taking everything off the table and began looking at things…
— Glenn Beck
-
All girls hit that phase where they like the bad boy. I grew out of that really young and I…
— Kristen Bell
-
As a matter of international law, the United States is in an armed conflict with al-Qa'ida, the Taliban, and associated…
— John O. Brennan
-
We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights…
— Martin Van Buren
-
In baptism, new Christians become part of a body of fellow believers who are called to spiritually encourage one another…
— Tony Campolo
-
McDonald's is almost 50 years old. For 47 years we had a pretty consistent track record of being able to…
— Jim Cantalupo
-
I can think of a lot of words to describe Senator Kerry's position on Iraq; 'consistent' is not one of…
— Dick Cheney
-
Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
-
I guess I'm fairly insistent and maybe consistent. If I decide I'll do something, I generally will.
— Jarvis Cocker
-
This is a serious problem of major concern, and we have got to approach it in a way that is…
— Janet Reno
See all 660 Consistent Quotes »