Absence Quotes

1418 Absence quotes by 972 unique authors

But I still always felt the absence of a mother. — Marcel Carne
There is a movement to get an international criminal court in the world, voted for by hundreds of states-but with the noticeable absence of the… — Harold Pinter
In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison. — Derek Bailey
The weather was fine and moderate. The hunters all returned, having killed during their absence three elk, four deer, two porcupines, a fox and a… — Meriwether Lewis
The absence and suppression of justice can only open the way for extremists to exploit such a condition to perpetrate acts of violence against innocents. — King Hussein I
We seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind. — John Robert Seeley
It is the maintenance of slavery by law in a state, not parallels of latitude, that makes its a southern state; and the absence of… — William H. Seward
An absence of meaning opens a gap in time. — Michel de Certeau
The fault I find with most American newspapers is not the absence of dissent. it is the absence of news. With a dozen or so… — I F Stone
The 'peace' the gospel brings is never the absence of conflict, but an ineffable divine reassurance within the heart of conflict; a peace that surpasses… — Walter Wink
This peace is not the absence of anything. Real peace is the presence of something beautiful. Both peace and the thirst for it have been… — Prem Rawat
It is said that courage isn’t the absence of fear but the fortitude to confront fear. And as long as homophobia continues to be an… — LZ Granderson
A libertarian is someone who can believe that the police are no more than a gang of thugs without realizing that in the absence of… — S.M. Stirling
Word is murder of a thing, not only in the elementary sense of implying its absence - by naming a thing, we treat it as… — Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
I didn't choose anonymity.Instead, I chose absence. — Elena Ferrante
Faith is not the absence of doubt; it is continuing to follow Jesus in the midst of doubt. — J. D. Greear
One of the best known, and one of the least intelligible, facts of literary history is the lateness, in Western European Literature at any rate,… — George Saintsbury
And as far as false hope, there is no such thing. There is only hope or the absence of hope - nothing else. — Patti Davis
That which is true must always remain true, though the applications may change greatly from generation to generation. It is the absence of such fundamental… — John Andreas Widtsoe
Absence is the enemy of love and the friend of friendship. — C.J. Langenhoven
In the absence of a great dream, pettiness prevails. — Robert Fritz
I am fooling only myself when I say that my mother exists now only in the photographs on my bulletin board or in the outline… — Hope Edelman
Not every loss was confirmed by an officer at the door. Nor a telegram with the power to sink a fleet. Loss, often the worst… — Kristina McMorris
Evil doesn’t have to be an overt act; it can be merely the absence of good. If you have the ability, the resources, and the… — Yvon Chouinard
I think the absence of socks on men wearing suits and brogues is a problem. They'll live to regret that. — Graydon Carter

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