Consisted Quotes

“Surely only boring people went in for conversations consisting of questions and answers. The art of true conversation consisted in the play of minds.”

“Same time as every day, Fyl..." she fussed, the rest of the bridge crew seeming to hold their breaths. "TWELVE THIRTY!" came the chorus. The next hour dragged by, in about the same way as the hour before that. At twelve twenty-five, Commander Ortez found himself stepping out of an elevator into an equally mundane grey steel corridor on his way to the mess hall. Turning a corner, he met with a stream of crewmen milling around between shifts. Some off-duty personnel were lounging around in civvies, which consisted mostly of re-revamped 60's hippy fashions. Of all the places on the ship, the mess was the most spacious, (i.e.: it was a big mess.) The command officer’s balcony overhung the rest of the crew dining area. Ortez sat at his usual place, wincing as he remembered to get someone to fix the springs in his chair. An ensign, 3rd class dressed in chef’s white, served him with a plate of what either ended up feeding the chefs latest pet - or strangling it. Marnetti, Barnum and the sciences officer Commander Jaris Skotchdopole filed in, not necessarily in that order, and found seats. After a few bites, Marnetti -- who was the first officer and navigator, put up a hand and signalled a waiter. The lad approached fearfully, appreciating the highlight of his day.”

“The commencement of all labor consisted in the preparation of his own soul.”

“As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices”

“The majority of my patients consisted not of believers but of those who had lost their faith.”

“My mother's menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it.”

“As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.”

“Much of human history has consisted of unequal conflicts between the haves and the have-nots.”

“There is less leisure now than in the Middle Ages when one third of the year consisted of holidays and festivals.”

“If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care then the happiest individual... would be I think an American cow.”