“What I want are words to define myself without the connotations of absence.” — Laurel Gilbert Copy Share Image
Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent. — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
Good health is not the absence of symptoms, it is the presence of peace. — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that he… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away. -Ronald Reagan In the absence of justice,… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
I think you can photograph a certain sliver of human presence in its absence... images taken in the empty rooms, the marks… — Mona Kuhn 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
Except for poverty, incompatibility, opposition of parents, absence of love on one side and of desire to marry on both, nothing stands… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
Incompetence is certainty in the absence of expertise. Overconfidence is certainty in the presence of expertise. — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Sex could be a blissful communion,. But it could also be a weapon, and its absence, sometimes, was required for the establishment… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
I believe that peace is not merely an absence of war but the nurture of human life, and that in time this… — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
The work, the work, the work. This is what the business is all about. This is the fun, the glory, the pleasure.… — Phil Dusenberry Copy Share Image
The poetic impulse is distinct from ideas about things or feelings about things, though it may use these. It's more like a… — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
A month after the scandal broke, I tried to go back to work at the pharmaceutical company after a leave of absence.… — Donna Rice Copy Share Image
Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The coalition government made it clear from the outset that it would proceed with defendant anonymity in rape cases only if the… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Not every loss was confirmed by an officer at the door. Nor a telegram with the power to sink a fleet. Loss,… — Kristina McMorris Copy Share Image
Experiments show that children in unsupervised groups are capable of answering questions many years ahead of the material they're learning in school.… — Sugata Mitra Copy Share Image
I can see now how deeply God's absence affected my unconscious life, how under me always there was this long fall that… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
Peace is a condition of the heart. It's a state of mind, of tranquility, of calmness, and of centeredness. It's an understanding… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
Hidden in all good fortune is misfortune. And in all misfortune is good fortune. It's never going to stay the same as… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
For twenty-five centuries, Western knowledge has tried to look upon the world. It has failed to understand that the world is not… — Jacques Attali Copy Share Image
How do we remember to remember? That's a question I've asked myself often since my time on Duma Key, often in the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I stare into a thin, web-like crack above the urinal's handle and think to myself that if I were to disappear into… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
Never have anything to do with likes and dislikes. The absence of what one likes is painful, as is the presence of… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I've found that photographs from different genres can be extraordinarily generous with each other. I started out photographing myself in a landscape,… — Torbjørn Rødland Copy Share Image
It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Copy Share Image
Courage is not the absence of fear, it is taking a step forward when you are afraid. — Ken McGrath Copy Share Image
Faith isn't absence of doubt. It's belief without proof, not without question. — Rosemary Clement-Moore Copy Share Image
