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Consistency Quotes

The quiet discipline behind good work.

This collection treats consistency as a working principle in music and design, useful but never the entire point of the craft. Explore Change quotes for a related angle.

Even as a kid, I was a businessman. I figured out that if you plucked all the berries off my neighbor's tree and smashed them up, they made a Nickelodeon Gak-type consistency. I sold them to all the neighborhood kids...

Quotes by Adam DeVine

To me, style is consistency.

Quotes by Adam Ant

You need to stay in that one position to get consistency that way. Different things are going through your mind when you are playing out right to when you are playing through the middle, so you can't get through that...

Quotes by Aaron Ramsey

I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design, not the primary goal in design.

Quotes by Yukihiro Matsumoto

Best Quotes

Numbers don't lie. I think it's pretty cut and dry what consistency is.

Quotes by Willie Cauley-Stein

My singing wasn't horrible, but my dancing really made it look silly. It's not like I'm a horrible singer that can't sing. But I don't have the consistency or the presentation skills that a good performer has.

Quotes by William Hung

Pressed caviar has the consistency of chilled tar.

Quotes by William E. Geist

Consistency is the paste jewel that only cheap men cherish.

Quotes by William Allen White

It seemed like the more complex the music we were playing, the less able we were to guarantee its consistency.

Quotes by Walter Becker

Change Quotes

Consistency is found in that work whose whole and detail are suitable to the occasion. It arises from circumstance, custom, and nature.

Quotes by Vitruvius

I didn't learn how to swing a golf club until late in my career. And even though I won all those tournaments, I still struggled with consistency, and I relied on my strengths, which were hitting the ball long and...

Quotes by Tom Watson

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.

Quotes by Tom Seaver

I'm not sure that it's possible to write a novel about people who don't transgress or stumble, people who don't surprise themselves with the things they do, people who can explain all their actions with perfect logical consistency. At least...

Quotes by Tom Perrotta

Lack of consistency is a weakness shared by all nations.

Quotes by Tariq Ramadan

Good Quotes

Nosology (from the Greek 'nosos,' meaning 'disease,' and 'logos,' referring to 'study') is not a sport for the timid, and certainly not for those so scrupulous about rules and order that they demand consistency in all things.

Quotes by Sherwin B. Nuland

I needed some stability, which is why I chose not to change from HRC for this season, which was an option that we had. Apart from being the best team in the world, I also needed some consistency.

Quotes by Sete Gibernau

There's a way you have to play the quarterback position in the NFL. Maybe I'm a little bit old school, but I think you have to play the game in the pocket with consistency.

Quotes by Ron Jaworski

But change must always be balanced with some degree of consistency.

Quotes by Ron D. Burton

In any team sport, the best teams have consistency and chemistry.

Quotes by Roger Staubach

Great Quotes

As you say, the way string theory requires all these extra dimensions and this comes from certain consistency requirements about how string should behave and so on.

Quotes by Roger Penrose

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the Consistency quotes page focus on?
It treats consistency as a working tool in music and design, useful for good craft but never the entire point of the work itself.
Why do people search for consistency quotes?
Consistency is prized in both creative and professional settings, so readers look for language that frames its real value clearly.
Do these quotes agree on what consistency means?
Not entirely; one voice ties it to circumstance and custom, while another defines it simply and plainly through honest numbers.
Is complexity discussed alongside consistency here?
Yes, one line notes that more complex music made it harder to guarantee consistent quality across performances.
What page pairs well with this collection?
Try Great quotes for more on excellence and craft.

Older design philosophy here pairs consistency with circumstance and custom, while a sharper modern voice ties it plainly to honest numbers. See also Best or Great quotes.