Absence Quotes

1418 Absence quotes by 972 unique authors

We may think of peace as the absence of war, that if the great powers would reduce their weapons arsenals, we could have peace. But… — Nhat Hanh
The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech; he takes a low business-tone, avoids all… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In business, the earning of profit is something more than an incident of success. It is an essential condition of success. It is an essential… — Louis D. Brandeis
All those people who go around saying Life begins at forty, they're notable by their absence. The nerve. — Steve Coogan
What starting your company means: you will lose your stable income, your right to apply for a leave of absence, and your right to get… — Jack Ma
Failure is not the absence of success. Failure is the neglect of trying. — Myles Munroe
In regard to the so-called social contract, I have often had occasion to protest that I haven't even seen the contract, much less been asked… — Robert Higgs
Ronald Reagan's biographer wrote of the former president's final days: "for all the intimate familiarity of that face and body, I did not feel his… — Unknown Author
Without dignity, identity is erased. In its absence, men are defined not by themselves, but by their captors and the circumstances in which they are… — Laura Hillenbrand
In the absence of fear there is little faith. — Michael Palin
Perfection in any endeavor is an aiming point. Let the desire for it push you, but don't let the absence of it stop you. — Ralph Marston
The child in me could not die as it should have died, because according too legends it must find its father again. The old legends… — Anais Nin
In the absence of any written analogue to speech, the sensible, natural environment remains the primary visual counterpart of spoken utterance, the palpable site, or… — David Abram
Coughs seem very common here, especially among the children, though people look strong and healthy, but in the absence of proper statistics one cannot undertake… — Edward Burnett Tylor
Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal instruments for oppression. — John Charles Polanyi
It is the essence of the institutions of liberty that it be recognized that guilt is personal and cannot be attributed to the holding of… — Charles Evans Hughes
Astronomy leads us to a unique event, a universe which was created out of nothing, and delicately balanced to provide exactly the conditions required to… — Arno Allan Penzias
No more we meet in yonder bowers Absence has made me prone to roving; But older, firmer hearts than ours, Have found monotony in loving. — Lord Byron
Achilles absent was Achilles still! — Homer
The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. The friend becomes a… — Elizabeth Bowen
The words, gestures, and threats of our officers were thrown away upon men who had lost all presence of mind and only longed for absence… — Unknown Author
A tree, young or old, if admired, remains a definite vision, and when after long absence it is visited again, the meeting place is approached… — Unknown Author
The alarming thing in China is the almost total absence of primary care. Even in cities, there are no independent doctors' offices or neighborhood clinics,… — Nancy Travis
I have often wondered how anyone who does not read, by which I mean daily, having some book going all the time, can make it… — Unknown Author
The test of Ahimsa is absence of jealousy. — Swami Vivekananda

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