Absent Quotes
Not an angel of the air,
Bird melodious or bird fair,
Be absent hence!
William Shakespeare
Every actor has a natural animosity toward every other actor, present or absent, living or dead
Louise Brooks
We emphasize that such a form of communication is not absent in man, however evanescent a naturally given object may be for him, split as it is in its submission to symbols.
Jacques Lacan
Achilles absent was Achilles still!
Homer
Hate can only flourish where love is absent.
William C. Menninger
As work weeks get longer and leisure time shrinks, people are becoming sicker, more distracted, absent, unproductive, and less innovative.
Brigid Schulte
Love is unconditional and incomprehensible. And I believe it's possible to love absent of mutual respect.
Sufjan Stevens
We learn to believe by believing. We learn to love by loving. The practice of acting on a certain thing, even (or especially) when feeling is absent, embodies the entire "how" of growth.
Eugenia Price
I often think of you all, one cannot do what one wants in life. The more you feel attached to a spot, the more ruthlessly you are compelled to leave it, but the memories remain, and one remembers - as in a looking glass, darkly - one's absent friends.
Vincent Van Gogh
History is various and sinuous and no essential part of the human spirit is ever wholly absent from it.
Benedetto Croce
It's a whole nother aspect of this life that most people have no idea about. There's the loved ones, the wives, the girlfriends, the children. Some of the people out here are fathers and mothers. Whether you mean to or not, you end up neglecting your family in a lot of ways. Even if you do your best to keep in touch, the fact of the matter is that you're physically absent.
Chuck Ragan
If he does go, the change will be doleful. Suppose he should be absent spring, summer, and autumn: how joyless sunshine and fine days will seem!
Charlotte Bronte
