Continuity Quotations

Vision is perhaps our greatest strength... it has kept us alive to the power and continuity of thought through the centuries, it makes us peer into the future and lends shape to the unknown.

Some people think that English poetry begins with the Anglo-Saxons. I don't, because I can't accept that there is any continuity between the traditions of Anglo-Saxon poetry and those established in English poetry by the time of, say, Shakespeare. And anyway, Anglo-Saxon is a different language, which has to be learned.

I want to be a traditional king first and foremost, building on the tradition of my predecessors standing for continuity and stability in this country, but also a 21st-century king who can unite, represent and encourage society.

Every soul and spirit has some degree of continuity with the universal spirit, which is recognized to be located not only where the individual soul lives and perceives, but also to be spread out everywhere in its essence and substance, as many Platonists and Pythagoreans have taught.

I'm introverted, and I pay attention to my muse... Record companies used to go mad and say 'We don't know the deal with you. You have no continuity at all. You give us 'Addicted to Love,' and you're a rock n' roll star, then you give us 'She Makes My Day,' and what's that?' But that was a hit, too. It either gets across or it doesn't.

Ancient Egyptians went to great lengths to avoid change; they couldn't entirely do so, of course, but did preserve a cultural continuity for almost four thousand years.

I spent most of the '60s, when I was starting to try to write novels, living and working in Greece and Turkey. These are countries where the ancient past is interfused with the daily present, and I remember being struck with wonder at the constant sense of continuity and connection, the reminders that lie in wait for you at every turn.

One thing that I know and I feel Nigerians will celebrate is continuity and peace.

It's been a continuity right from the beginning - that longing to weave together perceptions, to affirm the richness of us as human beings both as performers and audience members.

There's always, I guess, a philosophy that if you come in, you want to change all the parts, you want to change everything over. I've always tried to preach that consistency and continuity are very, very important. So if I know the baseball people, and I know they're competent and could do the job, I don't see any reason to replace them.

Chaos is the first condition. Order is the first law. Continuity is the first reflection. Quietude is the first happiness.

Continuity is one of the things I like about New England.

We do not believe that the Marxist program, which embodies the continuity of the experience of the actual class struggle and real revolutions of the last one hundred and fifty years, is a definitely closed book.

My children were brought up with their grandparents, and I was brought up with my grandparents. I think the continuity of moving through life together gives people a certain pride and sense of security.

Christianity is a religion of continuity and discontinuity as well. It's about what stays the same and what changes in the twinkling of an eye. Both are necessary truths, but sometimes it's important to accentuate the discontinuity, the sudden leap, the way you go up a tree, Zacchaeus, and come down a saint.

By the age of 50, I would like to know that I'm not dead - that there's some continuity to my life.

Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual.

Finally, strategy must have continuity. It can't be constantly reinvented.

The trouble with calling a book a novel, well, it's not like I'm writing the same book all the time, but there is a continuity of my interests, so when I start writing a book, if I call it 'a novel,' it separates it from other books.

So companies have to be very schizophrenic. On one hand, they have to maintain continuity of strategy. But they also have to be good at continuously improving.

The characteristic feature of modernity is criticism: what is new is set over and against what is old, and it is this constant contrast that constitutes the continuity of tradition.

A lot of people think that there has to be extreme continuity in an album, but if you look at my background, it's variety! I want to see some variety in an artist, I want to be entertained, I want some depth. Show me some different styles!

Although there exist in the world today some microbes of the soul, such as discrimination and aggression, science was and still is the core of progress for humanity and the continuity of civilization.

I envy those Hindus and Buddhists who have in their religion philosophy and ancestor worship which build in the believer a continuity with the past, and that most important ingredient in the building of a nation - memory.

Within the narrow confines of Permanent Washington - the journalists, lobbyists, and congressional lifers who are the city's avatars of centrism and continuity - Ford is considered the beau ideal of American leadership.

The modern era of continuity planning began under President Ronald Reagan.

We are a little more comfortable and have a little more continuity than we did at this point last season.

We've asked them repeatedly to produce a lease. A lease shows that there will be a continuity of care, that they'll be there, and not just on a month-to-month basis.

What this bill intends to do is have continuity of care.

With these young players and the different paces of their maturation processes and with the success we enjoyed in the second half last season, anything can happen. I think there will be improvement over last year and that this will be a very exciting team to watch; the core of that team we expect to have significant continuity for seasons to come.

It was all recorded and mixed and there's more continuity in it more direction.

Wood floors give it a warmth that works well with the openness and transparency of the units, the way in which the wood extends out to the balcony. It gives it a continuity of surface, and people can then put down carpet or rugs or whatever they want.

We have to get some continuity in our lineup. We've got to get away from the juggling act we've had going on here all year.

We did everything in our power, but when your three biggest girls foul out, there's not much you can do. We couldn't get any continuity in the second half because the kids couldn't be as aggressive as they were in the first half. It really threw us off balance.

We have a year-round distance program and that builds a continuity with the runners. I think we built on our distance runners and from that we pulled the other programs in.

The external disk storage systems market growth continued to accelerate through the year. Data growth was one driver, but the availability of affordable systems that support multiple tiers of storage to address data protection, business continuity requirements, and online, active archives also contributed.

There is no doubt that companies are more aware than ever before about the importance of business continuity assurance. But we think this survey also uncovers several areas where perceptions of the barriers for making it happen are a bit skewed and where even enlightened IT teams need to adopt better practices.

We're looking to get healthy and get all of our kids back. We want to get our continuity going and to do that we need to get everybody back.

The protection of intangible cultural heritage and maintaining the continuity of the national culture constitute an essential cultural base for enhancing cohesion in the nation.

We won the game - and we can improve on it. Continuity is so important on the offensive line. These guys are going to keep getting better.

Memory holds together past and present, gives continuity and dignity to human life... the companion... the tutor, the poet, the library, with which you travel.

Maybe just the talent level is up a little bit, and the continuity and stability of our coaching staff is solid. Now our athletes know and understand what the coaching staff wants, and we're all in sync.

Obviously, it's a great thing to honor your country and to get that type of experience on such a big stage, but we're a little bit selfish in wanting those guys back as soon as possible. With so many new faces in camp this year, ideally you'd like to have all of them around as much as possible to establish chemistry and continuity in your lineup. But it's a great experience for Vernon, who's getting the most playing time of anyone.

Obviously, he's smart at a lot of things, but he was always able to come up with a few ways we could attack a team and exploit our offense. Once we got some continuity and a stable lineup late in the season, he was tremendous. He was a great asset for our program.

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I am confident that Tom's direction and guidance will ensure strategic continuity and sustained financial discipline, and he is already well known to our investor community.

I am a first-time director given an opportunity to pursue an artistic ambition I would not likely have the chance to elsewhere. The budget is excruciatingly tight, I am regularly abused and I expect to be fired sometime before we shoot. It's nice to see that, at Miramax, continuity has been maintained.

I believe there was a fear that damage would be done to the fire district if that were to happen, ... When you have a disruption in the continuity of the district like that, it's not good for the district and I think that's what they were thinking when they held the meeting to approve the contracts.

I anticipate doing the same thing. You do (want to play them more), but you also understand the big picture. For the most part, what we have to do is we have to have a good practice session this week. I think it's very, very important to get some continuity going with our offense. It really just boils down to what we're going to become on offense and play to our strengths. That's the whole key between now and when we open up at Kansas City.

I can't say that it's been any one thing that you can point to and say, 'That's the problem,' ... It's a lot of little things that add to the bigger picture. Defense wins games, and we haven't been playing it. We've been very inconsistent. Offensively, the continuity hasn't been there. It's one or two passes and a shot goes up. Our execution hasn't been there, and that's why we've lost some of these games that we could have won.

For several years after '95, we had continuity with a core group of players. This day and age, keeping a team together is hard to do, and it keeps getting worse and worse.

I don't think we're going to change the technical specifications dramatically. Change costs money. Continuity and stability is one of the best things we can provide. Based on that, I don't think we're going to change the specs dramatically.

I don't think we're going to change the technical specifications dramatically, ... There won't be radical changes to the technical specs, and that's a tribute to the specs we have now. The reliability and performance we have is outstanding. Change costs money. Continuity and stability is one of the best things we can provide. Based on that, I don't think we're going to change the specs dramatically.

I don't think we've done enough here on our continuity-of-government plan, ... It isn't enough to just have continuity in the executive branch. We need it in the judicial branch and the legislative branch.

For us to add him (Francis) to our team is only going to be a plus. Then it's just about us getting that continuity and then going out and playing and getting some wins.

Given this hockey club and the years and the growth, I think it's just great for the organization. A big part of this decision revolves around things like building and growing together, continuity and stability.

When I am occupied with a work that requires continuity - a novel, for example - I write every day.

His number one objective will be to stress continuity. Continuity means more interest rate increases, so that means the dollar can keep going up.

His work in the developing world has afforded him a deep understanding of the many challenges of development. He knows what a remarkable institution this is, he appreciates its outstanding team of development professionals, and I know he will bring continuity to its programs and its mission of fighting poverty.

He is satisfied there will be continuity in the leadership of the enquiry.

Ken Oliver thought it was an opportunity to bring some continuity to the entire road.

I think in the NFL, continuity is something that is helpful, but it's not the end all. In a league where injuries are so prevalent, you're used to guys moving in and out.

I think when you are trying to sell a university to students, it is very important to have continuity at the leadership positions.

I think the continuity of faith and of the people, 175 years ago or today, it's still a congregation of faith and belief, congregation of service.

It is going to get worse before it gets better. If we've lost trust in e-mail as a business continuity device, we're losing trust in the Web as a business continuity device.

I think we have the continuity we've lacked for years, thanks to the hard work of Mancini.

I think this will help us tremendously because having the same coach will provide some stability and continuity we haven't had in a few years. Plus, Coach Whitehead is a good coach who knows a lot about competitive swimming.

I think that the continuity of what I do as an editor with what I did when I started out 40 years ago is very direct. The delivery system is changing and will continue to, but the actual interaction between publisher and author is exactly the same.

I think that we've had some great players over the last five years. The other thing that's important is we have had continuity in the staff.

I will make continuity with the policies and policy strategies of the Greenspan Fed a top priority,

I think there needs to be a collegial, modest approach to try to bring the court together so that we have some idea of continuity and what these decisions mean and their staying power,

Just as we sought to have continuity and commitment from coaches and players ... so was our commitment to having a home.

James raises the bar for everyone on our team with his winning attitude. We are very positive about the continuity of our racing program with James on board.

(Last year) definitely helps. Will Daniels had to step up; we had a number of guys that had to step up. That certainly helps you, because they went through a baptism by fire and got some quality minutes. Now, you have to continue to build continuity and continue to build chemistry with each and every game.

I think continuity has been a problem in selection and our cohesion and confidence has suffered.

Our continuity is still good. Of course, there was a little rust and we had a lot of anxiousness. But guys played with a lot of energy.

Our whole game was solid today. This is now the fourth game in a row where we had almost the same lineup. We haven?t been able to do that for four months. Now we are starting to have lines stay together for more than one game and some continuity is coming onto out hockey club.

Our biggest challenge is looking at where those individuals have been displaced to. We're doing our best to look at continuity of care for those individuals.

Planning is critical. . . . Business continuity and contingency planning is what this is all about.

Our patience wasn't there and the tempo and continuity in our offense was off.

Our medical director is monitoring it and leading the creation of the business continuity plan.

Our members will be supportive of the principle of continuity of care.

Such criticism is most unfortunate. In matters of foreign policy, there should be continuity and bipartisan support.

That continuity from year to year is important.

I think our offensive line is as good as any in the Atlantic 10. Their continuity is extremely important to our success.

I think I'm going to have to look at some things from the recruiting standpoint. We have not had the level of continuity in this program like Kentucky has had, in terms of having three, four seniors every year.

I still think you can get a sense of continuity doing it this way.

Julius Baer's business model is very similar to that of the three private banks and GAM. The sale of the complete unit pays special attention to the preservation of continuity between clients and their advisers creating value for all parties.

The acquisition makes great strategic sense for FedEx and it will allow us to operate as a foreign wholly owned enterprise. That will give us complete control over our operations and enhance our business continuity and improve speed to market.

The arrangement capitalizes on our strong current retail trading position and will enhance future revenue streams through greater availability and continuity of the quality and range of Rangers product.

That's the major issue. We have people who have to tell their stories two or three times a year to a new face because there is such a high turnover rate. What makes mental health services work is the continuity of care and a significant turnover affects the quality of care.

Mike has been a wonderful mentor and role model as we have worked together over the past several years. He was successful in developing a very capable team that will ensure continuity going forward.

We hope that we will have some continuity for the decision-making process. What I envision is a tremendous amount of the design to come from the schools' staff. And taking staff, administrators and people from the community, and then taking members of the committee and injecting them into those committees.

We hoped to key off of that and we try to. But right now we're just fighting through so many things injury-wise and just to have continuity at practice. We're not really where we want to be.

Without continuity and without the core of players bringing a lot of experience to this tournament we would have had no chance. We have an average of 100 national team games among our 22 players.

We couldn't be more pleased with the outcome of these discussions. We have been able to streamline and solidify our television presence for the long term through this alignment with two very strong network partners and an exclusive cable provider. These agreements will drive enormous value to sponsors. And it's a big win for our fans, because these television partners will provide the continuity and quality of coverage that will bring out the drama of the season-long FedEx Cup competition, while also positioning The Players Championship for maximum impact and fan interest.

We could never make that run offensively. We couldn't ever get any continuity offensively because of turning the basketball over.

to maintain continuity with the policy and policy strategies under the Greenspan era.

We had considered moving the rides to Wyman Park or the Eastern High School campus, but everything would be so decentralized. It just would have killed the continuity of the fair.

We haven't gotten any continuity back there with guys being comfortable playing together. It's tough. That can make you a step slower.