Absence Quotes
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For true peace of mind we must acknowledge whatever fault we live upon, whatever time bomb ticks in our closet, and enjoy our Shangri-la nonetheless. It isn't the absence of the problem; it is how one lives in its presence that matters.
Chungliang Al Huang -
The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.
Wole Soyinka
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Absence of failure does not constitute success.
Chris Alexander -
In the absence of wake-up calls, many of us never really confront the critical issues of life.
Stephen Covey -
Absence makes the heart grow frozen, not fonder.
Judith Viorst -
In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it.
Erwin Rommel -
The absence of disease is not health.
Shawn Achor -
The light was sufficient for him. He was in deeper darkness than that made by the absence of the sun.
Petroleum V. Nasby
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Absence of evidence, as any good archeologist will tell you, is not the same as evidence of absence.
Ben Aaronovitch -
In the absence of truth there is confusion, the essence of truth.
Reggie Watts -
In the absence of truth, power is the only game in town.
Richard John Neuhaus -
While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap.
Ray Kroc -
This absence of basic oversight has allowed individual corruption to flourish system-wide.
Chris Shays -
In the absence of touching and being touched, people of all ages can sicken and grow touched starved. Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight.
Diane Ackerman
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Absence - that common cure of love.
Lord Byron -
Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice.
Michael Crichton -
Besides, love flourishes best in ignorance…or in absence.
Ari Berk -
The saddest human experience is to view alone the scenes one has viewed through other eyes - to walk solitary where one has walked in company - to have its particular barbed shaft aimed at one from every stick and stone that mark familiar ways.
Katherine Cecil Thurston -
My siblings and I were raised like tenants, to be honest. There was a total absence of intimacy in my family, though there was still a great deal of camaraderie among the kids. Things were set up almost like a business, and it had to be managed that way because we were really poor, and there were a lot of mouths to feed.
Sufjan Stevens -
The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
Moliere
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What was dark but the absence of light?
Josh Malerman -
Poverty is the absence of all human rights. The frustrations, hostility and anger generated by abject poverty cannot sustain peace in any society.
Muhammad Yunus -
Yeah, but 'beyond reach' means you want to reach something. It's more than far away; there's an absence. Missing something you can't have.
Cynthia Lord -
Sometimes its not the dark that we are afraid of, but the absence of light.
Carrie Jones