Lacking Quotes

438 quotes by 389 authors

I can't do fiction unless I visualize what's going on. When I began to write science fiction, one of the things I found lacking in… — William Gibson
Personally I always feel like I could use a little more of poetry apothegmatic power in my own work but we're always lacking something. — Junot Diaz
If your religion doesn't respect the rights of other religions, it is lacking something. — Roger Ebert
If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost. — Gustave Flaubert
Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth. But due to rapid population growth, the wealth per capita… — Keith Henson
When scrutiny is lacking, tyranny, corruption and man's baser qualities have a better chance of entering into the public business of any government. — Jacob K. Javits
Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other. — Carl Jung
The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human… — Johannes Kepler
Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless. — Franz Liszt
Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be… — Niccolo Machiavelli
I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that - the ghosts you chase you never catch. — John Malkovich
Much historical fiction that centers on real people has always been deficient in information, lacking in craft and empty in affect. — Hilary Mantel
The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force. — Andre Maurois
I don't say we are a defensive team. I say we are a strong team in defensive terms, but at the same time lacking sufficient… — Jose Mourinho
If honest of heart and uprightness before God were lacking or if I did not patiently wait on God for instruction, or if I preferred… — George Muller
Yes, now I understood for the first time that my soul was not so poor and empty as it had seemed to me, and that… — Max Muller
I try to be really hippie about things. I'm uptight in all the ways that are really important, but the things my husband and family… — Amanda Peet
In Israel, a land lacking in natural resources, we learned to appreciate our greatest national advantage: our minds. Through creativity and innovation, we transformed barren… — Shimon Peres
I don't really get off on the anonymous love of strangers, which I think a lot of actors do. They're lacking something in their own… — John C. Reilly

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