In the absence of evidence to the contrary, always assume you have the upper hand. — Ronnie Montrose Copy Share Image
I, my own damn self, am not a Tea Party supporter. I disagree with them on social liberties, our overseas wars, Obama's… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Love, it’s such a night, laced with running water, irreparable, riddled with a million leaks. A night shaped like a shadow thrown… — Stuart Dybek Copy Share Image
Never an illness, nor the absence of grandeur, no, nothing is able to kill the best in us, that kindness, dear sir,… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
And then God gave me insight: this was winter. It would end, in time, but not by my own doing. My responsibility… — Mark Buchanan Copy Share Image
Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. What we have missed long enough… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The absence of the will to live is, alas, not sufficient to make one want to die. — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
Success doesn't mean the absence of failures; it means the attainment of ultimate objectives. — Ed Bliss Copy Share Image
Before people crow about the absence of weapons of mass destruction, I suggest they wait a bit. — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
The absence of sentimentalism in Christ's relations with men is what makes His tenderness so exquisitely touching. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
“He imagined himself lying there, unable to sleep, thinking of his mother, separated from her by the unresponsive blankets tucked too tightly… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
I suppose now I'm obliged to wish you happiness in your new life. Although happiness in the absence of indoor plumbing is… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Most clear writing is a sign that there is no exploration going on. Clear prose indicates the absence of thought. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
I took a leave of absence for a year to coach at San Francisco State under Vic Rowen, fully intending to go… — Mike Holmgren Copy Share Image
As a geologist, I love Earth observations, but it is ridiculous to tie this objective to a 'consensus' that humans are causing… — Harrison Schmitt Copy Share Image
Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence! — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Should the king in exile pretend he is happy there? Should he not seek his own country? His miseries are his ally;… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
We have everywhere an absence of memory. Architects sometimes talk of building with context and continuity in mind, religious leaders call it… — Howard Mansfield Copy Share Image
Happiness and strength endure only in the absence of hate. To hate alone is the road to disaster. To love is the… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
Coughs seem very common here, especially among the children, though people look strong and healthy, but in the absence of proper statistics… — Edward Burnett Tylor Copy Share Image
She wanted nothing that he could offer her, except perhaps his absence. — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
The problem in my life and other people's lives is not the absence of knowing what to do but the absence of… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Religion is like our appendix, a vestigial remnant from a primitive past. Perhaps in a few millennia the god of Abraham will… — Jeff Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence. — Herodotus Copy Share Image
