Lack Thereof Dictionary Quotes & Sayings

The fact that many people overindulge, and lose themselves in excess, and make fools of themselves and act like idiots, is no reason for me to do these things. The reason for me to do these things is that I, too, am an idiot. — John S. Hall

You may be reborn a thousand times, but you can never know the real, for only that which dies, that which comes to an end, can renew itself. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

May not now, may not today' may not tomorrow either. But one day your every ounce of effort will be recognised and rewarded — Sarvesh Jain

There are times when Los Angeles is the most magical city on Earth. When the Santa Ana winds sweep through and the air is warm and so, so clear. When the jacaranda trees bloom in the most brilliant lilac violet. When the ocean sparkles on a warm February day and you're pushing fine grains of sand through your bare toes while the rest of the country is hunkered down under blankets slurping soup. But other times, like when the jacaranda trees drop their blossoms in an eerie purple rain, Los Angeles feels like only a half-formed dream. Like perhaps the city was founded as a strip mall in the early 1970s and has no real reason to exist. An afterthought from the designer of some other, better city. A playground made only for attractive people to eat expensive salads. — Steven Rowley

When you start to live your dream, it's not quite what you thought it was because there is a lot of overwhelming stuff that comes on top of it, and you have to figure it all out. — Orlando Bloom

The history of the past is a mere puppet-show. A little man comes out and blows a little trumpet, and goes in again. You look for something new, and lo! another little man comes out, and blows another little trumpet, and goes in again. And it is all over. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Any device in science is a window on to nature, and each new window contributes to the breadth of our view. — Cecil Frank Powell

It's always something to get one's wish, even if the wish is a failure. — Ada Leverson

Cycle trails will abound in Utopia. — H.G.Wells

I saw you fight last night. You sure have got some fancy moves with those swords of yours. Haven't seen anyone move like that, well, ever, and I was in the Special Forces. — Phillip W. Simpson

Avoiding puddles, stepping over mats of hyacinth leaves that remained in place. Breathing the dank air. — Jhumpa Lahiri

Historically, the women who have been the great painters of the canon have very often have been the wives or daughters of supportive men. Like Artemisia, whose father was a very established painter. I will say that the two current contemporary artists I admire the most are women: Kara Walker and Swoon. — Molly Crabapple

Human nature is like a drunk peasant. Lift him into the saddle on one side, over he topples on the other side. — Martin Luther

No man tells his opinion so freely as when he imagines it received with implicit veneration. — Samuel Johnson

People, when asked if they are Christians, give some of the strangest answers you ever heard. Some will say if you ask them: "Well - well - well, I, - I hope I am." Suppose a man should ask me if I am an American. Would I say: "Well, I - well, I - I hope I am? — Dwight L. Moody