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Consisting Quotes

Lines on what things are made of.

This page gathers quotes built around the word "consisting," used to define what something is composed of: medieval armor plates, a national legislature, or a nation's debt. It's a useful companion to Government quotes for readers interested in how institutions are described.

The distinction between the old and the new formulations consisting in the incorporation of the concept of the rate of chemical reactions is so great that it immediately asserted itself in the objective development of catalysis.

Quotes by Wilhelm Ostwald

Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces or plates of solid iron, adapted to the different parts of the body.

Quotes by Thomas Bulfinch

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.

Quotes by Robert South

In marked contrast to the University of Wisconsin, Biochemistry was hardly visible at Stanford in 1945, consisting of only two professors in the chemistry department.

Quotes by Paul D. Boyer

Body Quotes

The house I grew up in had large plate-glass windows, which birds frequently crashed into headfirst. My father helped me assemble a bird hospital, consisting of a few shoe boxes, some old rags, and tiny dishes for water and food.

Quotes by Patti Davis

I refer, of course, to the debts our nation has amassed for itself over decades of indulgence. It is the new Red Menace, this time consisting of ink. We can debate its origins endlessly and search for villains on ideological...

Quotes by Mitch Daniels

A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.

Quotes by Ludwig Wittgenstein

The Legislature of Lower Canada, consisting chiefly of Roman Catholics, could hardly be expected to support a church which they were taught to consider heretical, and in Upper Canada the scanty means at the disposal of the Government, precluded all...

Quotes by John Strachan

Nationalism - in other words, the dividing of the church into bodies - consisting of such and such a nation, is a novelty, not above three centuries old, although many dear children of God are found dwelling in it.

Quotes by John Nelson Darby

Government Quotes

I feel fully decided that we should all go to Europe together and to work as if an established Partnership for Life consisting of Husband Wife and Children.

Quotes by John James Audubon

A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various and powerful interests, combined into one mass, and held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in the banks.

Quotes by John C. Calhoun

For many years I had heard about an underworld consisting of people who act out a vampire fantasy while I was living in New York. Fortunately for me there are also several books on the phenomena.

Quotes by James Patterson

A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.

Quotes by James Madison

Often, I'll do a quick workout in my hotel room consisting of exercises for the legs, glutes, abs, and arms with my own body weight. Also, I always have a jump rope, a medicine ball I can inflate, and a...

Quotes by Izabel Goulart

Great Quotes

It is clear to all that the animal organism is a highly complex system consisting of an almost infinite series of parts connected both with one another and, as a total complex, with the surrounding world, with which it is...

Quotes by Ivan Pavlov

The same law takes place in a system, consisting of many bodies, as in one single body, with regard to their persevering in their state of motion or of rest. For the progressive motion, whether of one single body or...

Quotes by Isaac Newton

Surgical Anatomy is, to the student of medicine and surgery, the most essential branch of anatomical science, having reference more especially to an accurate knowledge of the more important regions, and consisting in the application of anatomy generally to the...

Quotes by Henry Gray

The appendages of the skin are the nails, the hairs, the sudoriferous and sebaceous glands, and their ducts. The nails and hairs are peculiar modifications of the epidermis, consisting essentially of the same cellular structure as that membrane.

Quotes by Henry Gray

Because most startups are lean and scrappy organizations consisting of a limited number of people and supported by an even smaller number of resources, startups cannot afford to have any slackers on board. When you fail, you cause an 'epic...

Quotes by Clay Clark

Me Quotes

We expect to foster a conservative governing philosophy consisting of limited government and respect for traditional American virtues.

Quotes by Betsy DeVos

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes use the word consisting?
These are quotes that define a subject by listing its parts, such as armor consisting of iron plates, a legislature consisting mostly of one religious group, or debt consisting of accumulated spending. The word is used to itemize composition rather than to make a broader statement.
Why would someone search for consisting quotes?
Writers, students, and researchers sometimes look up how a specific word is used in real sentences, especially one as structural as "consisting," to see natural examples of definition-by-composition in historical and technical writing.
Is there a historical quote in this collection?
Yes, one describes plate armor as "suits consisting of pieces or plates of solid iron" that replaced mail armor by around 1300, offering a concrete look at how military technology was described in older texts.
Does this page touch on politics or economics?
It does. One quote uses "consisting" to describe a national legislature made up chiefly of one religious group, and another applies the word to accumulated national debt, calling it a modern equivalent of an old economic threat.
Is there a scientific example among these quotes?
Yes, one quote discusses formulations in chemistry consisting of the concept of reaction rates, showing the word used in a technical, scientific context. For more on structured, institutional language, see Body quotes.

From physical armor to abstract "Red Menace" debt, these quotes show how writers itemize a subject's parts to make an argument about it. See also Great quotes for related historical and civic reflections.