Absence Quotes

1418 Absence quotes by 972 unique authors

The appalling crackdown that we witnessed in Hama and other Syrian cities on 30 and 31 July only erode the regime's legitimacy and increase resentment.… — William Hague
The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought. — Vaclav Havel
Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity. — William Hazlitt
When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind. — Victor Hugo
Where there is an absence of international political leadership, civil society should step in to fill the gap, providing the energy and vision needed to… — Daisaku Ikeda
Simplicity is not the absence of clutter, that's a consequence of simplicity. Simplicity is somehow essentially describing the purpose and place of an object and… — Jonathan Ive
Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. — Samuel Johnson
Religion cannot and should not be replaced by atheism. Religion needs to go away and not be replaced by anything. Atheism is not a religion.… — Penn Jillette
The war on terror, if this is a war on terror, can only be won by a sincere regional and international cooperation. All have to… — Hamid Karzai
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously. — Henry A. Kissinger
While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap. — Ray Kroc
Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most. — Joseph Wood Krutch
For the signifier is a unit in its very uniqueness, being by nature symbol only of an absence. — Jacques Lacan
To return after long years of painful absence to some place which has been the scene of our former joys, and whence the force of… — Samuel Lover
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel… — Nelson Mandela
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism. — Karl Marx
I think I am a very kind person. I think I'm joyful, but I could be kinder and I could be more joyful. I do… — Dave Matthews
Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair. — Rollo May
Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended… — John Stuart Mill
The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity. — Edna St. Vincent Millay
It is definitely true that the fundamental enabling technology for electric cars is lithium-ion as a cell chemistry technology. In the absence of that, I… — Elon Musk
I'm constantly reading books on God or the absence of God and atheism. — Liam Neeson
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the… — Jawaharlal Nehru
You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea. — Earl Nightingale
The human father has to be confronted and recognized as human, as man who created a child and then, by his absence, left the child… — Anais Nin

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