A Quotes
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“Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it sure makes the rest of you lonely.”
“Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Prolonged absence makes the heart forget.”
“Absence makes the heart grow fonder… or forgetful.”
“Absence makes the heart grow frozen, not fonder.”
Source: Necessary Losses: The Loves Illusions Dependencies and Impossible Ex
“Absence makes the loins grow hotter.”
Source: Driving Heat
“Absence may or may not make the heart grow fonder, but it certainly freshens the eye.”
Source: Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales
“Absence of conflict creating intents is itself Moksh (Ultimate Liberation).”
“Absence of defects does not necessarily build business... Something more is required.”
“Absence of disease is “NOT” good health.”
Source: The Unfinished Book About Who We Are
“Absence of emotion is not maturity," she said, "though it's easy to mistake. Part of maturity is learning to deprioritize emotion, prevent it from taking the reins. But a large part is perspective, long-term decision making.”
Source: Phantom Pains
“Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.”
“Absence of failure does not constitute success.”
“Absence of gratitude is the mark of the narrow, uneducated mind. It bespeaks a lack of knowledge and the ignorance of self-sufficiency. It expresses itself in ugly egotism and frequently in wanton mischief. We have seen our beaches, our parks, our forests littered with ugly refuse by those who evidently have no appreciation for their beauty. I have driven through thousands of acres of blackened land scourged by a fire evidently set by a careless smoker whose only concern had been the selfish pleasure gained from a cigarette.”
“Absence of hope is war.
Absence of justice is life.
Absence of death is suffering.
and absence of love is darkness.”
Source: Our Days :A Survival Odyssey
“Absence of obstacles, Is not a sign of achievement. Absence of obstacles, Indicates a lack of movement.”
Source: Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier
“Absence of occupation is not rest.”
Source: The poetical works of William Cowper: Complete ed., with memoir, explanatory notes etc
“Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.”
Source: Poems of William Cowper ... With an introductory essay by James Montgomery ... Second edition
“Absence of pain makes anything possible”
Source: Blood Sugar
“Absence of proof is not proof of absence.”
“Absence of proof isn't proof of absence.”
Source: Orphan's Destiny
“Absence of Quality is the essence of squareness.”
“Absence of questions is not proof of answers.”
Source: Arjun: Without a Doubt
“Absence of self is the enemy of wisdom.”
Source: The Lacetier
“Absence of worldly misery - that is called eternal bliss.”
“Absence really can make the heart grow fonder, even when the [man's] feet wander.”
“Absence taught me what presence never could. Some exits aren’t losses they’re loud confirmations.”
“Absence, like death, sets a seal on the image of those we love: we cannot realize the intervening changes which time may have effected.”
“Absence, the highest form of presence.”
Source: The dead
“Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.”
Source: The Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson: Novels, Short Stories, Poems, Plays, Memoirs, Travel Sketches, Letters and Essays (Illustrated Edition): The Entire Opus of Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer, containing Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped, Catriona and A Child's Garden of Verses
“Absent a lot of surprises, stocks are relatively predictable over twenty years. As to whether they're going to be higher or lower in two to three years, you might as well flip a coin to decide.”
Source: One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In
“Absent a sense of the preciousness of one's own life, why respect the life of anyone else?”
Source: You Were Born for a Reason: The Real Purpose of Life
“Absent geopolitical crises, the role of government policy isn't as big as people think in the short run. In the immediate term, the potential to ignite an escalating trade war without really intending to ought to be high on our list of US dangers as should dangers of popping credit bubbles either internationally or here at home.”
“Absent in body, but present in spirit.”
“Absent opens a door to a view of Iraqi life we have seldom seen. With a compassionate eye Khedairi explores a community, damaged by wars and sanctions, struggling for survival.”
“Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear.”
Source: Poetical works
“Absent parents aren't abusive per se. They're neglectful. They love in a very imperfect way. There are parents like that, and they do love their daughters and sons, but they're not parents in the way that we might think of it.”
“absent pleasures are not bad”
Source: Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming Into Existence
“Absent scandal, a federal judge can serve for decades on the bench, underscoring the importance of appointing judges who have a proper understanding of their constitutional role.”
“Absent the edge, we drown in numbness.”
“Absent the net, we certainly couldn't have organized in 190 countries around the world. It's no substitution for face to face interaction - that's why we have "days of action" where people are in real contact with each other - but it's the cheap (and low-carbon) way to do an awful lot of the planning and organizing. And we can build, for $20k, a website as good as one Exxon can build for $20 million.”
“Absent the rapid mobilization of climate advocates at every level - and the pooling of all their energy, creativity, and resources into a coordinated, no-holds-barred campaign - we will soon be crossing the threshold into climate hell.”
“Absenteeism runs rife, with too many unethical doctors willing to supply fake illness certificates. "My dentist was flummoxed when he was asked by a Finanza major to provide his wife with a (false) certificate claiming he’d been performing oral surgery on her on a day she had skipped work. But he did it. “What else could I do? I mean, I might need the guy for a favor sometime.”
Source: My Home Sweet Rome: Living (and loving) in Italy's Eternal City
“Absently Ed’s hand strayed to the head of the dog beside him. “Gold fever,” he grinned. ‘We're due for another epidemic.” ‘The massive dog pushed Ed’s knee with his muzzle as if he, whose ancestors had drawn the sleds of more than one gold-maddened horde, understood the vainness of the quest.”
Source: Derry’s Partner
“Absently, Quinn reached for the sheet to replace it over the aged mirror, but the back of his hand brushed against the cold surface and a strange shiver ran up his arm and down his spine. ~ "The Mirror”
Source: Christmas Lites
“Absently, she brushed back some of the hair from her face, and she saw as Jaguar's eyes followed how the long strands slid across her throat. Though his dark skin did not show pallor as clearly as Lord Daryl's had, Turquoise could tell Jaguar had not fed yet, and she recognized the hungry look in his black eyes.
Testing, she stood, the movement appearing reluctant. "I"ll leave you to your work if you'd like."
He answered the way she had expected him to. Not raising his gaze from her throat, he said, "Come here." Though the words were an order, the tone left room for argument.
For a moment, Turquoise almost felt guilty. She was intentionally manipulating him. A feeding vampire is an easy target; most of them completely lost sense of their surroundings as they drew blood. Jaguar did not even try to catch her mind as his lips fell to her throat. If she had been armed, it would have been revoltingly easy to kill him.”
Source: Midnight Predator
“Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.”
“Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty.”
Source: Taggerung
“Absolute and entire ugliness is rare.”
“Absolute and utter submission at the feet of the helpless, is the secret to life.”
Source: Generation Corazon: Nationalism is Terrorism
“Absolute atheism starts in an act of faith in reverse gear and is a full-blown religious commitment.”
Source: A Maritain Reader: Selected Writings