In the South, there was absence of any leadership corresponding in breadth and courage to that of Abraham Lincoln. — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
The English language lacks the words 'to mourn an absence.' For the loss of a parent, grandparent, spouse, child or friend we… — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
Reinvigorating the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, making sure that in our Department of Education, where we see evidence of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When a person disappears, everything becomes impregnated with that person's presence. Every single object as well as every space becomes a reminder… — Doris Salcedo Copy Share Image
A morality that holds need as a claim, holds emptiness-non-existence-as its standard of value; it rewards an absence, a defect: weakness, inability,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Absence is the figure of privation; simultaneously, I desire and I need. Desire is squashed against need: that is the obsessive phenomenon… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
The concern now is whether policymakers even understand the meaning of evidence. Whether there is any truth to this descriptor of "fact-free… — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share Image
The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then… — Tammy Bruce Copy Share Image
Health is not simply the absence of illness. Real health is the will to overcome every form of adversity and use even… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
I don't necessarily think there's a difference in terms of how the film industry and the ad industry view visual effects. If… — Joshua Rogers Copy Share Image
In the absence of evidence, the scientist says, 'I don't know,' but the religionist says, 'I believe.' — David Eller Copy Share Image
Loneliness is the absence of satisfaction...it is the opposite of companionship..it is the feeling of being found but still being lost..it is… — Anm Copy Share Image
We can better see what we don't have. The other man's grass is always greener and now we can actually go and… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
I believe the only reality is how we treat each other. The morality comes from the absence of any grander scheme, not… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
In 1916 I was discharged from military service, or rather, given a sort of leave of absence on the understanding that I… — George Grosz Copy Share Image
If the myth of pure evil is that evil is committed with the intention of causing harm and an absence of moral… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Children know by instinct that hell is an absence of love, and they can pick out theirs without missing. — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
People tend to see modernism as the opposite of a celebration. They see it as a fracturing and an art built round… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence: the connections-sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great cost, but often magnificent-that… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
If optimism is important, it's because many outcomes are determined by how much of it we bring to the task. It is… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I dont miss anyone. If I did I would do something about it. Besides, some people come back...in dreams. Thats when theyre… — Shalini Copy Share Image
Absence is absence, you know? The loss of someone can be just as devastating if they're alive as if they're dead. — Adam Silvera Copy Share Image
It’s been easier to convince people to hand over half their income, their children to war, and their freedoms in perpetuity -… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
