Absent Quotes

See also Core English Vocabulary (A) Quotes

I agree with Walter Murch`s theory that digital will never have the emotional or visual power of regular film, because audiences respond to absences. Regular film has a split second of blank screen between each shot, which the audience`s brain has to automatically fill in. Digital doesn`t have that, so it doesn`t engage the audience in the same ways. In all modernist literature, the most present thing is what`s absent. Like the opening of The Sound and the Fury, where they`re looking between the fence. Or in Closer the most important parts, the relationships, are missing and have to be filled in by the audience. Absences are crucial.

- Natalie Portman

Paul Riser tells it in an interesting way; he dissects it and tells the structure, you know, `you don`t mention that part here.` But that`s what`s interesting about it and the people who are absent are interesting too.

- Bob Saget

A couple people are absent that I love like Cosby and Seinfeld are not there, for obvious reasons, and Chris Rock doesn`t tell the joke.

- Bob Saget

The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.

- Michael Caine

At dramatic rehearsals, the only author that`s better than an absent one is a dead one.

- George S. Kaufman

Every actor has a natural animosity toward every other actor, present or absent, living or dead.

- Louise Brooks

A committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent.

- Herbert Beerbohm Tree

He`s just put it all together. He`s a fantastically talented, strong, gifted athlete. But with all those characteristics sometimes comes absent-mindedness and lack of attention to detail. Those are some of the things we can`t have as shortstops. So that`s what we worked on. Everything else has kind of blossomed.

- Barry Larkin

Where are the heirs? They should be here. They have been completely absent.

- George Butler

A wide group of Minnesotans have been working on improving results for kids since the early 1990s, ... What we`re seeing is the outcome of a long development process of school accountability and improvement that would have happened absent No Child Left Behind and absent Cheri Yecke.

- Steve Kelley

Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of the reason and the will to choose good with the assistance of grace; evil, when grace is absent.

- John Calvin

Speak no evil of an absent friend. (Non male loquare absenti amico)

- Titus Maccius Plautus

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

Absent in body, but present in spirit.

- Aaron Harang

The absent are always in the wrong.

- Abby Myers

Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.

- Ade Jimoh

To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent.

- Adolfo Kalach

A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.

- Albanian Proverb

Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased.

- Alison Morano

It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only the ignorant and narrow-minded gossip, for they speak of persons instead of things.

- Allison Hine

A gentleman has his eyes on all those present; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absent.

- Allison Hine

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.

- Amy Coleman

Greater things are believed of those who are absent.

- Andreu Guarneri

Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.

- Andrew Ciferri

(Discrimination isn`t always conscious, or maybe it`s just absent-minded.) I don`t believe for a minute anybody allowed people to suffer because they are African Americans, ... Nobody, especially the president, would have left people unattended on the basis of race.

- Andy Ellis

Part of the magic of Martha`s Vineyard is that we were, all of us, more free here than any place else, ... On the island, we did not worry about our personal security. We did not lock doors; we left keys under the mat in the car, slept with windows wide open, absent the need to protect person or property from outside invaders.

- Arnold Nemirow

Retailers came out with pretty good reports. One would think we`ll see a pretty good retail sales number, and that would give support to the market, absent much higher core inflation numbers.

- Art Gallagher

This is a very pragmatic approach which was completely absent for the last four years.

- Barbara Buckley

Company executives exercise wide discretion over the use of corporate assets for charitable purposes. Absent a system of accountability for charitable contributions, executives may use corporate assets for objectives that are not shared by, and may be inimical to, the interests of a company and its shareholders, potentially harming long-term shareholder value.

- Barbara Kelleher

The students averaged about eight days absent each. That`s a lot and it`s one of the main challenges of summer school programming. If the kids don`t come, they can`t learn. However, for the kids that were there, I think it worked out great. They learned a lot.

- Barry Chambers

It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only the ignorant and narrow-minded gossip, for they speak of persons instead of things.

- Lawrence G. Lovasik