Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.

“Conversely, the absolute absence of a burden causes man to be lighter than air, to soar into heights, take leave of earth abd his…

— milan kundera

Will capitalist economies operate at full employment in the absence of routine intervention? Certainly not. Are deviations from full employment a social problem? Obviously.

— Janet Yellen

Many are observing Ferguson and witnessing the anger, demonstrations, looting and vandalism and calling for quiet. But quiet isn't enough. The absence of noise…

— Jesse Jackson

Cooperation isn't the absence of conflict but a means of managing conflict.

— Deborah Tannen

“I was thinking how most people don't make you feel much of anything at all. Don't make you feel like time spent with them…

— Jane Lotter

Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and…

— Maya Angelou

The absence of God in most spheres of life is perceived to be normal, and even Christians feel it as normal - which is…

— John Piper

It is suggested that in domestic violence at least the presence or absence of a firearm, or of any other type of weapon, is…

— Colin Greenwood

Young men have strong passions and tend to gratify them indiscriminately. Of the bodily desires, it is the sexual by which they are most…

— Aristotle

Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.

— Willa Cather

There, in the center of that silence was not eternity but the death of time and a loneliness so profound the word itself had…

— Toni Morrison

Local and state governments have outrun the federal government. The EPA has served notice that it will enact a rule requiring CO2 reductions by…

— Al Gore

Total depravity means the entire absence of holiness, not the highest intensity of sin. A totally depraved man is not as bad as he…

— William Greenough Thayer Shedd

The work, the work, the work. This is what the business is all about. This is the fun, the glory, the pleasure. It's the…

— Phil Dusenberry

Distance sometimes endears friendship, and absence sweeteneth it.

— James Howell