Majority decisions tend to be made without engaging the systematic thought and critical thinking skills of the individuals in the group. Given… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In a general way, the literature of the twentieth century is essentially psychological; and psychology consists of describing states of the soul… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Emma was a shocking driver, simultaneously sloppy and petrified, and for the first fifty miles had been absent-mindedly driving with her spectacles… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
They are enthusiasts, devotees. Addicts. Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent. They… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about an absent father is, for a child, you don't know he's absent. You just think he's... tardy. — Jonathan Majors Copy Share Image
For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with an absent one; for if the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If measure and symmetry are absent from any composition in any degree, ruin awaits both the ingredients and the composition... Measure and… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“You may not appreciate the presence of good health, but you will definitely regret the absence of good health, because health is… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
... if we are ashamed to imitate our Lord's sufferings, which He endured for us, and to suffer as He suffered, it… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
It's Simon, he's missing." Ahh." said Magnus delicately "Missing what exactly?" Missing!" Jace repeated "As in gone, absent, notable for his lack… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Anger clearly has its proper place at work, which is neither wholly absent nor ever present. The manager who is an emotional… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
They were not mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, they were absent in the Constitution and they were invisible in the new… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Religion has always been a matter of community building; a matter of building precisely those relations of compassion, fellow feeling and -… — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
A FRIEND IS A PERSON . . . With whom you can be sincere. . . . To whom you never need… — Alfred Armand Montapert Copy Share Image
The very serpents bite their tails; the bees forget to sting, For a language so celestial setteth up a wondering. And the… — Nathalia Crane Copy Share Image
Operas elucidate, in a way sometimes absent in other theatrical productions, the very human fact that in every hero, there is a… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
Gray is the color... the most important of all... absent of opinion, nothing, neither/nor. — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
The pain of loneliness is one way in which he wants to get our attention. We may be earnestly desiring to be… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
The profession of music is lacking in horse sense, not only because the commonplace variety of horse is absent from its operations,… — Harry Partch Copy Share Image
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination. [Lat., Factis ignoscite nostris Si scelus ingenio scitis abesse… — Ovid Copy Share Image
“I am amazingly absent; I believe I am the most absent creature in the world.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I feel bad because I haven't been able to say anything to the fans to let them no why I've been absent.… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
People who want to express themselves need to be given an opportunity. For me, it's a very fundamental premise: you break the… — Bob Buckhorn Copy Share Image
I am absent altogether too much to be a suitable instructor for a law-student. When a man has reached the age that… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The kinds of roles dogs fill can be hard to come by in human relationships. We touch the dog or the pet… — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
