Consist Quotes

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.

Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.

The Church, during the apostolic age, did not consist of isolated, independent congregations, but was one body, of which the separate churches were constituent members, each subject to all the rest, or to an authority which extended over all.

I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.

The great art of films does not consist of descriptive movement of face and body but in the movements of thought and soul transmitted in a kind of intense isolation.

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.

So far, 44 States, or 88 percent of the States, have enacted laws providing that marriage shall consist of a union between a man and a woman. Only 75 percent of the States are required to approve a constitutional amendment.

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 happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

Poetry does not consist of words alone; there must be sentiment and fancy, combination and arrangement.

Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.

Actually, the year anniversary of what you just heard, my son Grahame and I are going to be in a play together, and I'm acting for the first time in front of an audience that doesn't consist of a high school drama class.

Happiness does not consist in self-love.

Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.

I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.

We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.

The jury consist of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.

Every year the progress of advanced capitalist society makes our population consist of more and more isolates. This is because of the infrastructure of the economy, especially electronic communications.

A committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections.

Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.

There will be some tracks on the next album which that will consist of mostly noise and feedback, whereas others may just have guitar parts and samples.

Material goods consist of useful material things, and of all rights to hold, or use, or derive benefits from material things, or to receive them at a future time.