Famous Quotes & Sayings

The man who sees consistency in things is a wit; the man who sees the inconsistency in things is a humorist.

The key was them making their free throws (14-for-18). We've been consistent all year, but tonight we were having trouble finding the basket.

You want to see what we saw last year, that he was kind of a fireball out on the court. We feel we can get more out of him, being one of the better four-men (power forwards) around. We expect him to be more consistent but we need to see more zip and enthusiasm out of him.

Daniel Handler

And she has a fairly consistent political agenda. She's a baby, so individual liberty is a developing idea in her psyche.

All year long, we've had different guys do it. One of the things that's been real consistent with this team is balance.

All the symptoms are consistent with a parvovirus outbreak.

The downgrade reflects expectations for debt reduction in 2006, which while meaningful is nevertheless insufficient to improve leverage and other key credit ratios to a level consistent with an 'A' rating level.

The future path for monetary policy depends critically on at least a flattening out of interest-sensitive spending, ... It is touch-and-go whether the softness in interest-sensitive spending is sufficient to be consistent with the required degree of overall economic slowing.

The future of Kyrgyzstan should be decided by the people of Kyrgyzstan, consistent with the principles of peaceful change, of dialogue and respect for the rule of law.

The course is playing very difficult, especially with the wind we had today. We just need to play consistent golf and I think we can finish the last two rounds with very solid scores.

The current decline in the price of gas is actually consistent with the usual decline of gas prices at this time of year.

Donyell Marshall

This is only one game. We need to get more consistent because we are winding down to the playoffs.

All investors are looking for consistency and stability. I think the Indonesian government knows this.

Peter Cooper

All her injuries were consistent with a fall down the stairs. When found she was lying with her face down or on the side face down. This indicates she died from asphyxia.

Emmitt Smith

Consistency shows value. It breeds trust. You know that I'm going to show up every week.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Don't be 'consistent,' but be simply true.

Michael Young

We're not expecting him to be Roger Clemens. The stuff has always been there. It's just a matter of consistency and we're starting to see that now.

We still aren't as consistent as I'd like (on defense) but it is improving.

We had some moments, but we didn't have enough consistent moments.

Tom has been pretty consistent for us this year. He's an eight-rebound, eight-point type of guy who plays some nice defense.

Rick Adelman

It's not going to be the same team we saw in there last time. Other than Detroit, they were the most consistent team in the league this year on a game-by-game basis. That's how they got to where they are.

The big thing with him is to gain some consistency to his positive play -- that's all we want out of him.

Peter Costello

These wage costs show that there are real wage increases going on in the community, but they are restrained and consistent with low inflation, provided the economy maintains productivity growth,

Frank Robinson

This is kind of strange -- an individual who's been as successful as he has and as consistent as he has in the American League has struggled this much and this long over the course of this season. I've never seen anything like it before in my days.

This is consistent with this board's pattern of disrespecting shareholder interests in favor of entrenching themselves in their lucrative positions.

This is consistent with the view that the U.S. economy really is on the road to recovery. Consumers are not pulling back. Consumer spending is going to get us into a second half 2001 rebound.

This is consistent with the trend of the Dow all week, ... After rising for two sessions, it pulled back a little Tuesday. Wednesday was good, so we're seeing a little consolidation today (Thursday). We may trade sideways for a little while.

This is consistent with the history of our field. This demonstrates the importance of the participation of government-funded academics.

This is consistent with the continued downtrend in housing demand.

This is consistent with the administration's priorities to invest in programs that support education and health care.

This is consistent with our strategy to participate in the generic market for Pfizer products that become subject to generic competition.

This is consistent with our strategy of delineating ore resources for mining and accordingly bodes well for our plans for production of uranium at Dominion in 2007.

Maurice Cheeks

Once he gets a consistent jump shot, he can be a much more effective player, ... I think people discredit his toughness. He has to keep working on his jump shot.