Orison Swett Marden

The man who practises unselfishness, who is genuinely interested in the welfare of others, who feels it a privilege to have the power to do a fellow-creature a kindness - even though polished manners and a gracious presence may be absent - will be an elevating influence wherever he goes.

American Writer

Philip Kerr

I love sitting at my desk and facing a quiet day with a pen in my hand, and putting myself into a story. It's kind of weird, isn't it? I mean, to absent myself from real life and make up stories is strange, but I started doing this when I was ten years old. It was all I wanted to do.

British Author

Wilbur Ross

To me, the most terrifying form of warfare would be if there was some simultaneous cyber attack on our grid, on the banking system, and on our transportation system. That would be quite a devastating thing, and yet in theory, absent some real protective measures, that could happen.

American Businessman

Patsy Kensit

I've only ever chosen men who happen to spend a lot of time out of the country, who have jobs that take them all over the world, and I think that's interesting because my father was absent, and then home, and I've always been in relationships where there's separation.

English Actress

Jacqueline Woodson

Readers are hungry to have their stories in the world, to see mirrors of themselves if the stories are about people like them, and to have windows if the stories are about people who have been historically absent in literature.

Joe Wicks

I do love my dad, we have a great relationship now but there were years when he was absent and it was my mum that raised me.

Kate Atkinson

It's been said that the men in my books have been absent, or weak, or creepy.

English Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

German Writer

Indira Varma

I don't want to be an absent mother. Otherwise, why have children?

Charles Reade

The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.

English Novelist

Use 'absent' to indicate someone is not physically in a specific location.

Physical Absence

Mention the occasion or place when specifying someone's absence.

Specifying Occasion

'Absent' is not always interchangeable with 'missing'; 'absent' emphasizes a lack of presence.

Not Interchangeable

'Absent' can describe someone who is physically present but is not mentally engaged.

Mental State

Use 'absent' for a light, unintentional form of inattention, not strong, deliberate distraction.

Subtle Distraction

An 'absent' expression usually suggests a temporary moment of distraction, not a permanent trait.

Temporary State

When used as a verb, 'absent' implies a deliberate choice to be away.

Voluntary Absence

'Absent oneself' is more formal than saying 'leave' and is less commonly used in casual talk.

Formal Context

Use 'absent' to stress the complete absence of something, often implying a need or expectation.

Complete Lack

Combine 'absent' with words like 'totally' or 'completely' to emphasize the absence.

Emphasize Absence

 I want to ask you a question about scaling down, because one thing that's absent from your book is a discussion about scaling down fossil fuel production, maybe starting with at least not expanding it anymore, with adopting a sort of fossil fuel nonproliferation approach, because right now we are talking about a green transition,

Bill Gates: The...

 for new ideas and new paradigms. This is a scientific journey on the challenges facing humanity in the global phase of sustainability. On this journey, I'd like to bring, apart from yourselves, a good friend, a stakeholder, who's always absent when we deal with the negotiations on environmental issues,

Let the environment...

 results come back clear the bat has antibodies and strike her nose the bat was exposed to rabies in the recent past this is an important test for us because it allows us to first determine whether the virus is present or absent in a bat population and finally we can ask some

Vampire Bats Biting...

 Another issue is health. I mean, what we've found is actually health of employees is something that business should treasure, because that health allows those employees to be more productive and come to work and not be absent. The deeper work, the new work, the new thinking

Michael Porter: Why...

 Looking at our primate relatives, we can see that the palmaris longus is sometimes absent in those that spend more time on the land, but always present in those that spend more time in trees. So we think it used to help us swing from branch to branch,

Why do humans have a...

 might be why a sense of humor is absent from that list so what about going with a different language altogether the language of music soul music because of soul can be said to have a heart this surely goes right to it think Nina

The real meaning of soul...

 we too have the ability to act affirmatively and affect positive change. I have been mining the world of art to help people across the professional spectrum to see the extraordinary in the everyday, to articulate what is absent

A lesson on looking PIPE...

 That sense of collective responsibility sometimes feels a little absent from this culture. At the same time, there are, I think, valid concerns around surveillance and data privacy, things like that. What is the balance here,

How American and Chinese...

 and the striatum, which helps manage movement. Scientists don't yet have a good grasp on exactly what role neurogenesis plays in any of these regions, or why they have this ability that's absent from the rest of the brain,

Could your brain repair...

 once native to the british isles the beaver has been absent from the uk countryside for over 400 years