I actually had kind of one of those crazy experiences where when I hit, it was black out excruciating pain, and then white out absence of pain, and the subconscience thought that I want to go back.
Among the defects of the bill [Lord Derby's] which are numerous, one provision is conspicuous by its presence and another by its absence.
An absence of meaning opens a gap in time.
Without will, without individuals, there are no heroes. But neither are there villains. And the absence of villains is as prostrating, as soul-destroying, as the absence of heroes.
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.
A way of describing performances that I admire is that there is an absence of careerism. It's a clumsy way of describing it but it sort of does it for me.
I dote on his very absence.
Peace is more than the absence of war. Peace is accord. Harmony.
In the absence of an effective general mythology, each of us has his private, unrecognized, rudimentary, yet secretly potent pantheon of dreams.
People who have at least three or four very close friendships are healthier, have higher wellbeing, and are more engaged in their jobs. But the absence of any close friendships can lead to boredom, loneliness, and depression.
The absence of Saddam is a huge weight off the Arab world.
Your absence is the presence of godliness.
But I still always felt the absence of a mother.
Yes, I will go. I would rather grieve over your absence than over you.
Peace is not simply the absence of warfare.
I am often criticized, or at least questions are raised, about what appears to be the absence of the Holy Spirit in my work.
Poverty is the absence of all human rights. The frustrations, hostility and anger generated by abject poverty cannot sustain peace in any society.
Rudeness luxuriates in the absence of self-respect.
Evil doesn’t have to be an overt act; it can be merely the absence of good. If you have the ability, the resources, and the opportunity to do good and you do nothing, that can be evil.
That was my concept from the beginning - a crazy caper that's a parable for what happens in the absence of regulation.