My parents have been incredibly supportive from perhaps the first real independent decision I made to become a vegetarian at 11 which was certainly not consistent with their diet at the time.
I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design not the primary goal in design.
But active programming consists of the design of new programs rather than contemplation of old programs.
I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.
All violence consists in some people forcing others under threat of suffering or death to do what they do not want to do.
Our nature consists in motion complete rest is death.
In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion misery and death.
Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.
Part of courage is simple consistency.
Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger but in seeing it and conquering it.
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
One isn't necessarily born with courage but one is born with potential. Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind true merciful generous or honest.
Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically but nothing consistently without courage.
All literature consists of whatever the writer thinks is cool. The reader will like the book to the degree that he agrees with the writer about what's cool.
For too long our country's version of an energy policy has consisted of Americans waking up every day and wondering how much it will cost to drive to work how much it will cost to keep their business running how much it will cost to heat or cool their homes.
Diaspora starts about a thousand years from now. Most of human civilisation has moved inside computers essentially a major branch of our descendants consists of conscious software.
One of the things I've always personally tried to stress with this band was to have some kind of visual aspect and to be consistent with it - like not to change.
Constitutions should consist only of general provisions the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.
The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies continual growth constant change the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal.
For changes to be of any true value they've got to be lasting and consistent.
The same things we've done the past couple of seasons. We've worked on the engine and clutch. We'll try and pick up the performance and consistency of the car and go back out there.
Business today consists in persuading crowds.
Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.
Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.