Lacked Quotes

143 Lacked quotes by 133 unique authors

Had it taken her this long to discover that she lacked some simple mental trick that everyone else had, a mechanism so ordinary that no… — Ian Mcewan
Even Alexia, spinster that she was, was given an allowance large enough to dress her to the height of fashion— although she did tend to… — Gail Carriger
I’d always been afraid of sick people, and so had my mother. It wasn’t that we feared catching their brain aneurysm or accidentally ripping out… — David Sedaris
We had little or no emotion. We lacked the capacity to feel fear, to experience love, to enjoy the sensations of happiness and delight.The finest… — Michael Scott
I wanted to be a psychological engineer, but we lacked the facilities, so I did the next best thing - I went into politics. It's… — Isaac Asimov
Dinosaurs are extinct today because they lacked opposable thumbs and the brainpower to build a space program. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Talking of the local Sheriff, Jake Valentine, tall and skinny and his wife Myra, "She was a short woman, maybe five feet tall in her… — Karin Slaughter
I pulled out box after box, setting them haphazardly around the room. My organization lacked something -- like, say, organization ... — Richelle Mead
The words burned on her tongue, but Minerva couldn’t give them voice. What a hopeless coward she was. She could pound on his door at… — Tessa Dare
She wasn't looking her best; her hair was coming down, for she had shed hairpins as she'd run, and her face lacked powder and lipstick.… — Betty Neels
Alcohol was for people who basically wished to be dead but lacked the courage to kill themselves. — MacDonald Harris
I never knew I lacked so much confidence until I met you — Karuho Shiina
For one week, all I could think about was drinking margaritas--well, that and running my tongue along Reyes's teeth--but I didn't have salt--or Reyes's teeth.… — Darynda Jones
Without training, they lacked knowledge. Without knowledge, they lacked confidence. Without confidence, they lacked victory. — Julius Caesar
And because he felt like he might burst open and because he lacked the dexterity in English to say all that he was thinking--how in… — Jess Walter
We can never change the story that made us what we are. It's a story accumulated by the manifold complexities-its capacity for astonishment and horror,… — Douglas Kennedy
I've been hit on plenty of times, mostly by men with little finesse who thought what was between their legs made up for what they… — Megan Hart
I pranced around the room like a blind moose, but what I lacked in grace I made up for in effort. — Kiera Cass
As Jeremy Bentham had asked about animals well over two hundred years ago, the question was not whether they could reason or talk, but could… — Chris Bohjalian
And all my endeavours are unlucky explorers come back, abandoning the expedition; the specimens, the lilies of ambition still spring in their climate, still unpicked;… — Gavin Douglas
My childhood lacked affection and ambience. — Jacqueline de Ribes
Postmodernism came nowhere close in quality to Modernism at its apogee, not least because that later style wholly lacked the social impetus that animated the… — Martin Filler
No tyrant, however evil, has yet lacked ready hands to execute his most abominable will. To read how eagerly men have rushed to serve the… — Richard Jefferies
If the truth be told, we are a society that is dripping in racism. This is not in the least surprising. For the best part… — Martin Jacques
Drug manufacturers could afford to sell AIDS drugs in Africa at virtually any discount. The companies said they did not do so because Africa lacked… — Barton Gellman

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