Lack Thereof Quotes

#1. I'm an action player. I like to be aggressive. I don't like to be on the run. I like to feel like I have the fates in my hands and that through my skill or lack thereof I control my fate.

Eugene Jarvis

#2. Punctuality or the lack thereof oftentimes is the only introduction one will ever have to new groups and friends. Serenity and poise are not the companions of those who lack the courtesy and judgment to be on time.

Marvin J. Ashton

#3. What is cooking? 'Cooking' is a loose term. It's understanding energy or the lack thereof.

Homaro Cantu

#4. Even the average citizen of the very first democratic country has a few things to complain about with regard to their government's deeds or lack thereof.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

#5. Within the context of the clubs, and perhaps the sex business as a whole, the issue of race becomes very complicated because you can't force someone to pay for something - or someone - that they don't want, whether their desire - or lack thereof - is motivated by racism or not.

Craig Seymour

#6. Words do have purpose; they are essential clues in determining actions, or lack thereof.

T.F. Hodge

#7. One wants to be loved, in lack thereof admired, in lack thereof feared, in lack thereof loathed and despised. One wants to instill some sort of emotion in people. The soul trembles before emptiness and desires contact at any price.

Hjalmar Soderberg

#8. But for the moment, I just need to focus on me. My boyfriend (or lack thereof) can't be the most important thing about me. So screw plans and futures and heartache and all of that.

Cora Carmack

#9. Putting her head back on the chair, she contemplated how she should revisit the subject without being disrespectful of his answer or lack thereof.

Aleatha Romig

#10. I'm as heterosexual as any person need be. I'm open about my relationships - or lack thereof - in my own life, because I want to make the case that gay isn't contagious. It's not something that you can catch or learn or choose.

Hal Sparks

#11. Stand-up comedy had an interesting effect on me in terms of how I started to think about constructing things, because I really loved the interstices, the linkages, or lack thereof.

Mark Leyner

#12. Civilization is an enormous improvement on the lack thereof.

P. J. O'Rourke

#13. Sometimes beauty, or lack thereof, gets in the way of really knowing someone

Amy Harmon

#14. In a pre-Internet world, sovereignty over our physical freedoms, or lack thereof, was controlled almost entirely by nation-states.

Rebecca MacKinnon

#15. It is very frightening to see a resurgence of the old mores, or lack thereof, regarding women's rights to their own bodies.

Gwen Moore

#16. I have benefited greatly from criticism, and at no time have I suffered a lack thereof.

Winston Churchill

#17. If you're calling her a floozy, I'm by way of being a bit of a floozy myself." "Oh, Jared," said Kami, who was well aware of his romantic experience, or total lack thereof. "You are not." "Well, I have floozy ambitions.

Sarah Rees Brennan

#18. Unfortunately, science cannot be reduced to short, catchy phrases. And if this is all that the general public can comprehend, it's no wonder that we spend so much of our time in the interminable debate about belief in God, or lack thereof.

Greg Graffin

#19. probably the biggest complaint authors have in this brave new world is not sales (or the lack thereof) but the constant promotion that eats so much into precious writing time.

David Gaughran

#20. I also came to understand that our authenticity (or lack thereof) is made evident by the fruit that our life is bearing.

Christine Caine

#21. Racism is predictable. It's predicted by interaction or lack thereof with people unlike you, people of other races.

Nate Silver

#22. Love is a seed that has to be watered with effort and consistency. Lack thereof will cause the fire that once existed between two souls to burn out.

Pierre Alex Jeanty

#23. I'm aware now over the last 5 or 10 years that when you do an accent, you really have to kind of get down to the nitty gritty and go into the phonetics of it, if necessary. Find out not just the sounds but the rhythms and the music - or lack thereof - in a particular accent.

Brendan Gleeson

#24. Gold and silver are always in demand, regardless of clime, century, or government in power. But public confidence in and, hence, demand for paper money depends on the ultimate confidence - or lack thereof - of the public in the viability of the issuing government.

Murray Rothbard

#25. In the game of life, we all receive a set of variables and limitations in the field of play. We can either focus on the lack thereof or empower ourselves to create better realities with the pieces we play the game with.

T.F. Hodge

#26. Frankly, my height or lack thereof never bothered me much. Although there is no doubt that it has contributed to a certain mental toughness. I've made the most of the head start one gains from being underestimated.

Michael J. Fox

#27. Respect can be as elusive as the unicorn. I know something of this because I write books that are set in the Middle Ages, and the historical novel is often seen as the unwanted stepchild in the fictional family. I know even more about respect - or the lack thereof - because I live in New Jersey.

Sharon Kay Penman

#28. I do not permit affection, or lack thereof, to influence my actions. There is good, and there is evil. The good must be protected; the evil eradicated. I have shown you the triumph of evil, as a caution.

Neil Gaiman

#29. I am what I want. What I seek to consume, possess, and achieve is a mirror that reflects my lusts and cravings, values and priorities, and moral boundaries or lack thereof.

Jane Velez-Mitchell

#30. This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are imaginary, excepting only certain of the fairy folk, whom it might be unwise to offend by casting doubts on their existence. Or lack thereof.

Neil Gaiman

#31. Atheism is not synonymous with anti-theism and not all atheists are 'active.' There are many non-believers who aren't activists, who don't oppose religion at all, or who are simply not all are interested in discussing belief or lack thereof.

David G. McAfee

#32. Regardless of religion (or lack thereof), lovers of speculative fiction will swallow up these provocative stories. - Erin O'Riordan,

Tim Lieder

#33. Branding is not just about fancy graphics on your landing page. A strong brand, or lack thereof, could make or break you.

Laura Busche

#34. He gave me a warm smile, and I blinked, realizing he was cute. I'd never really had
the luxury of noticing cuteness or lack thereof in guys. Mostly it was the lethal/nonlethal distinction that I went with

James Patterson

#35. The respect you show to others (or lack thereof) is an immediate reflection on your self respect.

Alex Elle

#36. Intention of seeking attention is an addiction. A vicious cycle which damages your health, finances and relationships. It will NOT improve your self-image, increase your self-worth or fulfill the need of genuine praise.

Maddy Malhotra

#37. People are perfectly capable of giving love even if they feel less confident about themselves.

Anna Agoncillo

#38. Putting someone down with name calling reveals your own low self-esteem.

Stephen Richards

#39. My love, my love, is a flame in the dark covered in glass. So glowingly beautiful to others on the outside, while slowly suffocating inside.

Anthony Liccione

#40. Poor Nate was always on the verge of saying how he really felt, but he didn't want to make a scene or say something he might regret later. Instead, he kept quiet and let other people steer the boat, while he laid back and enjoyed the steady rocking of the waves.

Cecily Von Ziegesar

#41. Folks fall down all the time.. The key is to get back up ASAP

Sereda Aleta Dailey

#42. Everyone says I remind them of a moose,just because my nose is so big.

Genevieve Cortese

#43. When you watch Olympic athletes in competition, does your self-esteem plummet? Of course not. On the contrary, you feel wonder and admiration; you're inspired that such exceptional individuals exist. So why can't we feels the same way about beauty?

Ted Chiang

#44. I am not plain, but I don't think anyone is ever going to call me beautiful. I don't have that graceful thing going on.

Jojo Moyes

#45. You cannot be diminished by what other people think of you. Your value is infinite and absolute. It does not change. What other people think of you is irrelevant.

Kimberly Giles

#46. There is something really amazing about you.. Your unique ideas and thoughts that you bring to this world. Your smile, your laugh.. It's you and you are valuable, worthy and cherished..

Rachel Hamilton

#47. That's not me talking, it's your inner voice. I'd attempt the accent, only I don't speak low self-esteem. It's a language I've never needed to learn.

Sophie Hannah

#48. [T]hou canst not think worse of me than I do of myself.

Robert Burton

#49. You are a fine piece of china. Don't let anyone treat you like a paper plate.

Karen Salmansohn

#50. Why live in fear that he might find me disgusting someday, when I could make it happen right now?

Rachel Hartman

#51. For too long, and despite what people told me, I had fallen for what the culture said about beauty, youth, features, heights, weights, hair textures, upper arms.

Anne Lamott