Absence Quotes

1418 Absence quotes by 972 unique authors

Absence of pain makes anything possible — Nicole Blackman
What I affirm is the intuition that where God's presence is no longer a tenable supposition and where His absence is no longer a felt,… — George Steiner
Distance sometimes endears friendship, and absence sweeteneth it. — James Howell
If one starts with the assumption that, in the absence of specific Congressional authority, a fixed rule of law precludes contracting officers from providing in… — Felix Frankfurter
Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists... When we are parted, we each feel the lack of the other half… — Edmond de Goncourt
In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value. — Alan Greenspan
Being brave isn't the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it. — Bear Grylls
Total absence of humor renders life impossible. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Sport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be compensated for. — Pierre de Coubertin
Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair. — William Cowper
Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. — William Cowper
In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless. — Aleister Crowley
I seem to enjoy telling stories with a central absence, with a lacuna tunnelled into them. — Junot Diaz
There are a couple of strategies for writing about an absence or writing about a loss. One can create the person that was lost, develop… — Junot Diaz
Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence! — Edsger Dijkstra
Civility is not not saying negative or harsh things. It is not the absence of critical analysis. It is the manner in which we are… — Richard Dreyfuss
Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others. — Wayne Dyer
The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw. — Havelock Ellis
In Chicago, you have an absence of strong family units, and that absence gets filled by gangs. You have a failure in the school system,… — Lupe Fiasco
The bond between a parent and child is the primary bond, the foundation for the rest of the child's life. The presence or absence of… — Jane Fonda

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