Best 20 quotes in «inconsistent quotes» category

The traditional arguments for the existence of God have been fairly thoroughly criticised by philosophers. But the theologian can, if he wishes, accept this criticism. He can admit that no rational proof of God's existence is possible. And he can still retain all that is essential to his position, by holding that God's existence is known in some other, non-rational way. I think, however, that a more telling criticism can be made by way of the traditional problem of evil. Here it can be shown, not that religious beliefs lack rational support, but that they are positively irrational, that the several parts of the essential theological doctrine are inconsistent with one another, so that the theologian can maintain his position as a whole only by a much more extreme rejection of reason than in the former case. He must now be prepared to believe, not merely what cannot be proved, but what can be disproved from other beliefs that he also holds.

Outbreaks of unvarnished truths in the backyard of our true self can be very precious and inspiring, even though we might inconsistently be tempted to give in to the exhilarating perfume of fables and fairy tales or to flattering praise and fiction. ("The day the mirror was talking back")

In business, it is better to be consistently bad than inconsistent.

A single observation that is inconsistent with some generalization points to the falsehood of the generalization, and thereby 'points to itself'.

Trends are about as fickle as the direction of the wind; as are the legacies of those who flow with them.

If two norms conflict, if they are mutually inconsistent, then at least one of them must be false.

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-violent structure of society.

If the Constitution says that marriage is between a man and woman, then things that are inconsistent with that would be inconsistent with the Constitution.

I retain the opinion that council entry is inconsistent with non-co-operation as I conceive it.

If we played like that every week, we wouldn't be so inconsistent.

Irresponsible power is inconsistent with liberty, and must corrupt those who exercise it.

It's not that our family has no taste, it's just that our family's taste is inconsistent.

Is is seldom possible to say of the medievals that they *always* did one thing and *never* another; they were marvelously inconsistent.

It's no secret that I didn't love 'An Officer And A Gentleman' then, and I certainly don't love it now, so at least no one could accuse me of being inconsistent.

There is nothing inconsistent about having a conservative outlook and being vigorous.

Psychotics are consistently inconsistent. The essence of sanity is to be inconsistently inconsistent.

The proposition that humans have mental characteristics wholly absent in non-humans is inconsistent with the theory of evolution.

The problem with being consistent is that there are lots of ways to be consistent, and they're all inconsistent with each other.

We all think we know what happens after death. But maybe it's going to be not only weird but also dorky and comic and inconsistent.

When you have an inconsistent season, you learn a lot about yourself and your pitching.