Quotes about Lacking

My ideas had been taking a socialistic shape for many years; but they were lacking in definite outline. Votes: 4

Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all. Votes: 4

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost. Votes: 4

I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that - the ghosts you chase you never catch. Votes: 4

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom. Votes: 4

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other. Votes: 4

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force. Votes: 4

Lacking many of the essential implements, it irritated me to be reduced to impotence in the face of artistic projects to which I had passionately given myself. Votes: 4

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous. Votes: 4

The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment. Votes: 4

I think the drummer should sit back there and play some drums, and never mind about the tunes. Just get up there and wail behind whoever is sitting up there playing the solo. And this is what is lacking, definitely lacking in music today. Votes: 4

Duties are what make life most worth living. Lacking them, you are not necessary to anyone. Votes: 3

Simply paying attention allows us to build an emotional connection. Lacking attention, empathy hasn't a chance. Votes: 3

People with BPD are like people with third degree burns over 90% of their bodies. Lacking emotional skin, they feel agony at the slightest touch or movement. Votes: 3

Lacking positive myths to guide him, many a sensitive contemporary man finds only the model of the machine beckoning him from every side to make himself over into its image. Votes: 3

Lacking the truth, [we] will however finds instants of truth, and these instants are in fact all we have available to us to give some order to this chaos of horror. Votes: 3

He's nice enough not to want to be associated with a nasty remark but not nice enough not to make it. Lacking the courage of one's nastiness does not make one nice. Votes: 3

Do you know what is really embarrassing and makes your pride hurt? Lacking some skill? Not being able to earn some money? It's not that. Fearing something once, and being scared of it forever. Votes: 3

It is a wretched thing that the young men of today are so contriving and so proud of their material posessions. Men with contriving hearts are lacking in duty. Lacking in duty, they will have no self-respect. Votes: 3

Perfect replication is the enemy of any robust system... Lacking a central nervous system much less a brain the parasite is a simple system designed to compromise a very specific target host. The more uniform the host, the more effective the infestation. Votes: 3

A species may eat a particular bacterium, phytoplankton, smaller fish, or plant in an area. Lacking a predator, these species/populations will overgrow and alter the area's biology, overwhelming and driving to extinction dozens or hundreds or thousands of other local species. Votes: 3

Lacking an external focus, the mind turns inward on itself and creates problems to solve, even if the problems are undefined or unimportant. If you find a focus, an ambitious goal that seems impossible and forces you to grow, these doubts disappear. Votes: 3

People no longer write letters. Lacking the leisure, and, for the most part, the ability, they dictate dispatches, and scribble messages. When you are in the humor, you should take a peep at some of the letters written by people who lived long ago. Votes: 3

Lacking a shared language, emotions are perhaps our most effective means of cross-species communication. We can share our emotions, we can understand the language of feelings, and that's why we form deep and enduring social bonds with many other beings. Emotions are the glue that binds. Votes: 3

Life and death have been lacking in my life. Votes: 2

Because of my Buddhist practice, I'm never lacking for inspiration Votes: 2

In her (nature's) inventions nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous. Votes: 2

Those who think they know me are simply lacking in information. Votes: 2

The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable. Votes: 2

Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless. Votes: 2

There is a passion for perfection which you rarely see fully developed but . . . in successful lives it is never wholly lacking. Votes: 2

One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives. Votes: 2

Monopoly may also end in tears, but its tensions are cruder, lacking the infinitely subtle shadings of irritation and acrimony provided by Scrabble. Votes: 2

Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. Votes: 2

To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness. Though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. Votes: 2

Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking. Votes: 2

Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired by it or seriously critical of it. Votes: 2

I mean, I haven't been completely lacking in some enjoyment of Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly. But I just didn't pay attention to that period of music, obviously. Votes: 2

To protect the right of expression is the central part of an artist's activity... In China many essential rights are lacking, and I wanted to remind people of this. Votes: 2

I don't say we are a defensive team. I say we are a strong team in defensive terms, but at the same time lacking sufficient fluidity in attack because that will take time to come. Votes: 2

The worship of the golden calf of old has found a new and heartless image in the cult of money and the dictatorship of an economy which is faceless and lacking any truly human goal. Votes: 2

The human brain is at particularly high risk for damage by free radicals because of its high degree of metabolism compared to other tissues, while lacking the levels of antioxidant protection found elsewhere in the body. Votes: 2

That so unlikely an outcome should accrue to a man possessed of such limited talent and so many flaws, and one lacking in a sense of ethics and decency was one of the bitter ironies of history. Votes: 2

In Israel, a land lacking in natural resources, we learned to appreciate our greatest national advantage: our minds. Through creativity and innovation, we transformed barren deserts into flourishing fields and pioneered new frontiers in science and technology. Votes: 2

There's a popular image of people who don't save for the future as lacking in self-control. But the reason saving is so hard has less to do with self-control and more to do with a scarcity of attention. Votes: 2

My childhood was protected by love and a comfortable home. Yet, while still a very young child, I began instinctively to feel that there was something lacking, even in my own home, some false conception of family relations, some incomplete ideal. Votes: 2

Yes, now I understood for the first time that my soul was not so poor and empty as it had seemed to me, and that it had been only the sun that was lacking to open all its germs, and buds to the light. Votes: 2

Contrary to the royal and uptight image of polo, I want to bring it to a younger generation. This is a great sport that can have a larger audience and appeal to more people. Sportsmanship is lacking in many other sports that I don't want to name. Votes: 2

It's not a field, I think, for people who need to have success every day: if you can't live with a nightly sort of disaster, you should get out. I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that the ghosts you chase you never catch. Votes: 2

Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, "I am of no value", is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself. We all have the power of thought- so what are you lacking? If you have willpower, then you can change anything. It is usually said that you are your own master. Votes: 2

I think what's been lacking from our discussion for a long time is really that other part of what a Budget chair does, which is set the priorities for this country in terms of making sure we invest in the right places, in education, in job training, and to make sure we do a balanced approach moving forward. Votes: 2

It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to strip them of human dignity, to reduce them to objects of pity. This has never been clearer than in the view of Africa from the American media, in which we are shown poverty and conflicts without any context. Votes: 2

I don't really believe in elegance. Ever since I first came to France many years ago to do the Chambre Syndicale course, I always felt I was somehow lacking, first of all being British - obviously a disaster! But I was also puzzled with this idea that you have to tie your Hermes scarf just right, or you can only wear black. Votes: 2

Justice lacking passion fails, betrays. Votes: 0

A winter without snow seems depressing, lacking. Votes: 0

Whenever domination is present, love is lacking. Votes: 0

Japanese businesspeople and companies are lacking in individuality. Votes: 0

He who has God finds he is lacking nothing. Votes: 0

Education is lacking in most of those who pontificate. Votes: 0

Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable. Votes: 0

Of nothing but me I sing, lacking another song. Votes: 0

A woman waits for me, she contains all, nothing lacking. Votes: 0

Cynicism is what passes for insight when courage is lacking Votes: 0

Our leaders are lacking love, and love is lacking leaders. Votes: 0

Though the strength is lacking, yet the willingness is commendable. Votes: 0

To be free means to be lacking in constitutive identity. Votes: 0

Lack teaches you the importance of what you are lacking. Votes: 0

We refer to the TLC Match as totally lacking coolness. Votes: 0

If god is truly god, he is perfect, lacking nothing. Votes: 0

Normal: lacking in taste, compassion, understanding, kindness, and ordinary human decency. Votes: 0

THE ART OF PEACE is to fulfill that which is lacking. Votes: 0

Personally I prefer a liberal dictator to democratic government lacking liberalism. Votes: 0

What is lacking to the underdeveloped nations is not knowledge, but capital. Votes: 0

If there's one thing the American people aren't lacking, it is courage. Votes: 0

When everything seems to be lacking integrity, you find it in yourself. Votes: 0

I believe in integrity. Dogs have it. Humans are sometimes lacking it. Votes: 0

Unlike the past decades, the present moment is lacking in architectural discourse. Votes: 0

Since living is believing, no one can be completely lacking in faith. Votes: 0

Only what I'm not giving is what is lacking in any situation Votes: 0

The most complete seems lacking. Yet in use it is not exhausted. Votes: 0

What we are really lacking today is a real hatred of evil. Votes: 0

There are many who know many things, yet are lacking in wisdom. Votes: 0

Only what I am not giving can be lacking in any situation. Votes: 0

A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend. Votes: 0

The tools to crush modern slavery exist, but the political will is lacking. Votes: 0

Wherever there is peace lacking, try to create it and put it there! Votes: 0

Gymn says your fine. He's examined your internal organs and found nothing lacking. Votes: 0

I've been accused of lacking compassion. But that just shows I'm not without compassion. Votes: 0

In economic life competition is never completely lacking, but hardly ever is it perfect. Votes: 0

If your religion doesn't respect the rights of other religions, it is lacking something. Votes: 0

If one has belief, knowledge is lacking. If one has knowledge, belief is unnecessary. Votes: 0

Beauty, alone, may please, not captivate; if lacking grace, 'tis but a hookless bait. Votes: 0

The philosopher is lacking who interprets the deed and does not merely transpose it. Votes: 0

It is almost impossible to find those who admire us entirely lacking in taste. Votes: 0

We are alone. Live our lives, lacking anything better to do. Devise reason later. Votes: 0

A child who has never fantasized about having other parents is seriously lacking in imagination. Votes: 0

I shutter to think how many people are underexposed and lacking depth in this field. Votes: 0

We live in an age in which superfluous ideas abound and essential ideas are lacking. Votes: 0

For every house is incomplete without him, and a blessing is lacking in the spirit. Votes: 0

The vegan diet is obviously lacking whatever essential nutrient it is that makes people likeable. Votes: 0

I look at movies, unfortunately, and I still see a lot of movies [lacking diversity]. Votes: 0

Do not be guilty of possessing a library of learned books while lacking learning yourself. Votes: 0

Few people are lacking in capacity, but they fail because they are lacking in application. Votes: 0

People know they are lacking something, they are constantly wanting some kind of spiritual guidance. Votes: 0

Making fun of anyone who seeks happiness rather than money and accusing them of "lacking ambition." Votes: 0

Hot air expands, and seriously pompous attitude is the inflation of choice by those lacking substance. Votes: 0

Formula feeding is the longest lasting uncontrolled experiment lacking informed consent in the history of medicine. Votes: 0

A society that refuses to strive for superfluities is likely to end up lacking in necessities. Votes: 0

Transitional forms are generally lacking at the species level, but they are abundant between larger groups. Votes: 0

Maybe to become famous is to reassure yourself that whatever you're lacking inside, you've fulfilled that. Votes: 0

Ardilies always says "If you're confident you're always totally different to the player that's lacking confidence" Votes: 0

If self-efficacy is lacking, people tend to behave ineffectually, even though they know what to do. Votes: 0

The mind revels in conjecture. Where information is lacking, it will gladly fill in the gaps. Votes: 0

Boredom is the inner conflict we suffer when we lose desire, when we lack a lacking. Votes: 0

We are no longer so lacking in fantasy as to uphold the existence of a god. Votes: 0

Your life is a Fellini film, lacking only Anita Ekberg with a cat on her head. Votes: 0

Moral responsibility is what is lacking in a man when he demands it of a woman. Votes: 0

Eternity is called whole, not because it has parts, but because it is lacking in nothing. Votes: 0

What an old maid I'm getting to be. lacking the courage to be in love with death! Votes: 0

But life is short: while one lives, everything is lacking; when one is dead, everything is superfluous. Votes: 0

The further through life I drift the more obvious it becomes that I am lacking in thrift. Votes: 0

Always consider your intellect to be lacking; otherwise too much faith in it surely leads to error. Votes: 0

Humility is the most important quality in the spiritual life. When it is lacking spiritual growth stops. Votes: 0

Those who are lacking in bhakti (devotion), lacking in faith, are ill qualified to interpret the scriptures. Votes: 0

One of two things is usually lacking in the so-called Philosophy of Art: either philosophy or art. Votes: 0

That which is lacking in the present world is a profound knowledge of the nature of things. Votes: 0

It's not a big secret that what's lacking and what's wrong in our society starts with education. Votes: 0

I don't like the compression on compact discs. It's lacking in air, and it's lacking in majesty. Votes: 0

I wanna take it deeper than money, pussy, vacation and influence a generation that's lacking in patience Votes: 0

There is a lot lacking on the intellectual side and on the values side when being an actor. Votes: 0

Everything in the Universe was as the Creator willed it - nothing superfluous, nothing lacking - a harmony. Votes: 0

They're lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture. Votes: 0

By any reasonable criteria, the discipline of economics as a whole, in its present state, is sadly lacking. Votes: 0

When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing. Votes: 0

No government or social system is so evil that its people must be considered as lacking in virtue. Votes: 0

That's something lacking in a lot of modern-day families - just talking. It's almost a lost art form. Votes: 0

A one-eyed man is much more incomplete than a blind man, for he knows what it is that's lacking. Votes: 0

It is only the people who are lacking, or bad, or inferior, who have to be good at things. Votes: 0

We lost so many talented artists and writers from the generations before ours that we're really lacking older figureheads. Votes: 0

Pop music is not just a clumsy mass fanaticism, connected to a deceitful enchantment totally lacking in moral rigour. Votes: 0

What is lacking in India are decent social services. The health service is a disaster. Education is a disaster. Votes: 0

Yet tell me, my brothers: if a goal for humanity is still lacking, is there not still lacking--humanity itself? Votes: 0

I began to learn acceptance, direction, understanding and perception - all elements that had been sadly lacking in my life. Votes: 0

Those of us with ravaged faces, lacking in the social graces, desperately remained at home, inventing lovers on the phone. Votes: 0

What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude. Votes: 0

I think I know what it's like to have a family that the outside world sees as peculiar or lacking. Votes: 0

Jane Austen: Getting into her books is like getting in bed with a cadaver. Something vital is lacking; namely, life. Votes: 0

Man's freedom is lacking if somebody else controls what he needs, for need may result in man's enslavement of man. Votes: 0

College was to teach me that I was one of life's journeymen, eager to excel but lacking the requisite gifts. Votes: 0

I believe that no hell will be lacking which would help the just mercy of God to redeem his children. Votes: 0

If you have everything, then you don't want to go on. It's the lacking that makes you search for something better. Votes: 0

I'm not saying - in any way - that Donald Driver is lying or lacking sincerity. But I trust my reporting. Votes: 0

Rent control has in certain Western countries constituted, maybe, the worst example of poor planning by Governments lacking courage and vision. Votes: 0

Much historical fiction that centers on real people has always been deficient in information, lacking in craft and empty in affect. Votes: 0

Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking. Votes: 0

It is a sin directly against one's neighbour, since one man cannot over-abound in external riches, without another man lacking them. Votes: 0

A fellow who cannot throw a flapjack is sadly lacking in the skill one expects to find in a real woodcrafter. Votes: 0

When you feel yourself lacking something, send your thoughts towards your Intimate and search for the Divinity that lives within you. Votes: 0

The curse of the intelligentsia is their ability to rationalize and re-define. Ordinary people, lacking that gift, are forced to face reality. Votes: 0

In academic circles, especially, I was criticized for lacking morals, values, and ethics. I'm feeding that angry feminist reading of my work. Votes: 0

He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves. Votes: 0

Computer Science: A study akin to numerology and astrology, but lacking the precision of the former and the success of the latter. Votes: 0

Physical experiences, lacking the joys of love, depend on twists and perversions of pleasure. Abnormal pleasures kill the taste for normal ones. Votes: 0

A child raised on a desert island, alone, without social interaction, without language, and thus lacking empathy, is still a sentient being. Votes: 0

Boys are lacking in female skills, dropping out of schools and ending up in jails and unemployed because they lack these skills. Votes: 0

I feel as much of a stud as... I can't come up with a metaphor. That's how lacking in studliness I am. Votes: 0

You must think about building a 'granth-mandir' in your village. Why is your village lacking such a 'granth-mandir'? Start with 50 books...100 books. Votes: 0

The statements of certain western officials show that contrary to their absurd claims, westerners are disqualified, and impetuous, lacking any cultural background. Votes: 0

We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary. Votes: 0

I feel as much of a stud as... I can't come up with a metaphor. That's how lacking in studliness I am. Votes: 0

Nothing is in the middle of somewhere, surrounded by everything, where everyone is someplace, and still lacking the someone, I need most. Votes: 0

Nihilism: any aim is lacking, any answer to the question "why" is lacking. What does nihilism mean?--that the supreme values devaluate themselves. Votes: 0

Reason bases its decisions on evidence available to everyone, and allows people to disagree when evidence is lacking. Religion will never do that. Votes: 0

When scrutiny is lacking, tyranny, corruption and man's baser qualities have a better chance of entering into the public business of any government. Votes: 0

In other days people chose a church on the basis of their doctrinal convictions. Now, lacking doctrinal convictions, they choose for social reasons. Votes: 0

Life is amazingly unpredictable; any 22-year-old who thinks they know where they will be in 10 years, much less in 30, is simply lacking imagination. Votes: 0

Sometimes I feel like I'm lacking a playfulness. I envy guys who are consistently able to maintain a playful, optimistic perspective on things. Votes: 0

All failures - neurotics, psychotics, criminals, drunkards, problem children, suicides, perverts, and prostitutes - are failures because they are lacking in social interest Votes: 0

What is often lacking is not creativity in the idea-creating sense but innovation in the action-producing sense, i.e. putting ideas to work. Votes: 0

Condemnation by category is the lowest form of hatred, for it is cold-hearted and abstract, lacking even the courage of a personal hatred, Votes: 0

I think that in the Christian community, we're lacking a lot of things, and I don't know that it's just children's role models. Votes: 0

The primary motive for good care and good use of the land-community is always going to be affection, which is too often lacking. Votes: 0

YouTube has made a lot of changes to support time on site - a statistic they care about. But subscriber support is lacking. Votes: 0

Hollywood is lacking realness in their female characters. I don't think I'm the only one who thinks that and wants to change it. Votes: 0

In betting on races, there are two elements that are never lacking - hope as hope, and an incomplete recollection of the past. Votes: 0

Like a lovely flower full of color but lacking in fragrance, are the words of those who do not practice what they teach. Votes: 0

Very good orators, when they are out, they will spit; and for lovers, lacking--God warn us!--matter, the cleanliest shift is to kiss. Votes: 0

My wife has brought great beauty into my life. And my daughter has brought me nothing but joy. Those qualities were greatly lacking. Votes: 0

Even an ice cream parlor - a definite advantage - does not alleviate the sorrow I feel for a town lacking a bookstore. Votes: 0

Not only are the studies themselves often lacking even face value, but they also drain badly needed funds away from patient care needs. Votes: 0

I've never understood people that sleep around. I think there's something very lacking in your life when you do, not to be judgmental. Votes: 0

Death, and darkness get you packing, Nothing now to man is lacking, All your triumphs now are ended, And what Adam marred, is mended. Votes: 0

how lacking in intuition men could be in persuading themselves that mending some stranger's socks, and attending to his comfort, could content a woman... Votes: 0

Unfortunately, it has come to my attention that the modern world is sorely lacking in imagination. And grown-ups are the biggest culprits of all. Votes: 0

Older people are most beautiful when they have what is lacking in the young: poise, erudition, wisdom, phronesis, and this post-heroic absence of agitation. Votes: 0

...the argument from absence of transitional types boils down to the striking fact that such types are always lacking unless they have been found. Votes: 0

Personally I always feel like I could use a little more of poetry apothegmatic power in my own work but we're always lacking something. Votes: 0

The arts of peace and the arts of war are like two wheels of a cart which, lacking one, will have difficulty in standing. Votes: 0

I have often said China is not lacking in material resources. The question is whether we can make full and good use of them. Votes: 0

The arrogance that accompanies merit offends us even more than the arrogance of people who are lacking in merit: since merit itself offends us. Votes: 0

We are not lacking in the dynamic forces needed to create the future. We live immersed in a sea of energy beyond all comprehension. Votes: 0

Creatures which, lacking mankind's superior brain power, did not concern themselves with finding someone to blame, and instead tried to find someone to eat. Votes: 0

how lacking in intuition men could be in persuading themselves that mending some stranger's socks, and attending to his comfort, could content a woman Votes: 0

I feel very sorry for women who continue to purchase real fur coats. They are lacking in a woman's most important requisites, heart and sensitivity. Votes: 0

There is direct correlation between a society lacking in artistic vision to lack of social conscience, i.e., crime, poverty, and senseless, violent atrocities, materialism. Votes: 0

The nineteenth century was completely lacking in logic, it had cosmic terms and hopes, and aspirations, and discoveries, and ideals but it had no logic. Votes: 0

His own faith, however, was not lacking in virtues since it consisted in acknowledging obscurely that he would be granted much without ever deserving anything. Votes: 0

I know that even at moments of apparent danger, nothing is out of order or lacking, other than our own unquestioned thoughts about those moments. Votes: 0

There is a difference between CAN'T and WON'T. 'Can't' can be the result of lacking physical ability, but 'won't' has more to do with attitude. Votes: 0

With the case of [Mike] Pence, giving a little aurora of likability to a candidate, a lead candidate who's a little lacking in that department. Votes: 0

Those who grasp the whole, will also comprehend all parts of that whole, even when immediate technical understanding is lacking, and recognize and marshal these. Votes: 0

The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter. Votes: 0

...I see myself at crossroads in my life, mapless, lacking bits of knowledge - then, the Moon breaks through, lights up the path before me... Votes: 0

My goal in Baghdad was to facilitate a debate here in the United States on America's policy toward Iraq, a debate that's been sadly lacking. Votes: 0

I'm always feeling like I'm lacking wisdom. This reassurance that one can ask God for that and it will happen is certainly reassuring to me. Votes: 0

In terms of formal education, I may somewhat lacking. I never finished school. I am a self-taught entrepreneur, that's the best kind there is, trust me Votes: 0

For just as some women are said to be handsome though without adornment, so this subtle manner of speech, though lacking in artificial graces, delights us. Votes: 0

Should' assumes that when either willingness or ability is lacking, it may be compensated for by an abundance of the other. This is simply not realistic. Votes: 0

We grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It's very materialistic. It's full of desire and luxury goods. Votes: 0

For Zola, as for Huysmans, nature itself is uncanny because it is the domain of the feminine, a domain that is constitutionally defective, lacking, even pathological. Votes: 0

I swear, my dear. Sometimes our conversations remind me of a broken sword."She raised an eyebrow."Sharp as hell," Lightsong said, "but lacking a point. Votes: 0

Giving out of your surplus does not make you generous, it makes your selfishness more tolerable! Giving while you are lacking is what pleases the Lord." Votes: 0

To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness - though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. Votes: 0

I almost think that hope is for the soul what breathing is for the living organism. Where hope is lacking the soul dries up and withers... Votes: 0

It is only because a person has volitions of the second order that he is capable both of enjoying and of lacking freedom of the will. Votes: 0

As a culture I see us as presently deprived of subtleties. The music is loud, the anger is elevated, sex seems lacking in sweetness and privacy. Votes: 0

The silence between the notes is the good part for me. I find that to be a very important part of music that is often lacking. Votes: 0

I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every reason and supervision for adulation is lacking. Votes: 0

At this moment, is there anything lacking? Nirvana is right here now before our eyes. This place is the lotus land. This body now is the Buddha. Votes: 0

In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning. Votes: 0

Geniuses of certain kinds - mathematicians, chess players, computer programmers - seem, if not mad, at least lacking in the social skills most easily identified with sanity. Votes: 0

You do have to live through things, and to live through things is to observe want, and to observe lacking. Even if the hunger is a curiosity. Votes: 0

What shall we call an "immediate possibility"? In 1923 the situation in Germany was profoundly revolutionary, but what was lacking for a victorious revolution was a correct strategy. Votes: 0

I like musicianship, and it's quite lacking in most modern popular music. You're always safe with old Chicago, the Allman Brothers, Gov't Mule, or Tower of Power. Votes: 0

I did not consider him to be any kind of a genius. I considered him deeply lacking in the area that mattered most in life. Star quality. Votes: 0

Stop spending so much time trying to prove what you already know to people who don't really matter. It just makes you look insecure and lacking self-confidence. Votes: 0

The agents of etatism have certainly not been lacking in zeal and energy. But, for all this, economic affairs cannot be kept going by magistrates and policemen. Votes: 0

What makes us brave isn't lacking the good sence to be afraid; it's looking back at what we've lived through and seeing if we've faced it well. Votes: 0

We seem to take notice of our body only when health is lacking. With that lack of recognition comes a lack of motivation and incentive to stretch. Votes: 0

I got really interested in the language used in blogs written by young girls - a young person's aggression, which is always lacking from the visual world. Votes: 0

Many Christians are so spiritually frail, sickly, and lacking in spiritual vitality that they cannot stick to prayer for more than a few minutes at a time. Votes: 0

Try to acquire the virtues you believe lacking in your brothers. Then you will no longer see their defects, for you will no longer have them yourself. Votes: 0

China is completely lacking in self-awareness and as someone who has stepped outside that society, I have a responsibility to write about it as I see it. Votes: 0

Reasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure... Votes: 0

No, it is not because woman is lacking in responsibility, but because she has too much of the latter that she demands to know how to prevent conception. Votes: 0

We need great prophetic leaders in religion and in spirituality... what we are getting is lacking in vision... not able to engage with the diversity of the culture. Votes: 0

There are people who give you the confidence that you're lacking and once you have confidence, you're free and finally you can let out what's inside of you. Votes: 0

What I strive to do through my work, is to teach compassion. You need to have a lot of it, in this day and time, and it's lacking. Votes: 0

We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back when we should be leaning in. Votes: 0

There is a passion for perfection which you will rarely see fully developed; but you may note this fact, that in successful lives it is never wholly lacking. Votes: 0

I considered people who didn't like my work to be in some way defective, deficient, lacking a sense of humor, and not understanding what was really going on. Votes: 0

for the obvious reason that nature - unadulterated and unimproved by man - is simply chaos. In fact, the camera proves that nature is crude and lacking in arrangement... Votes: 0

When you have a true ambition for something, you will not give up hope. Giving up hope is a sign that you are lacking ambition to achieve that goal! Votes: 0

There are moments when it's too quiet. Particularly late at night or early in the mornings. That's when you know there's something lacking in your life. You just know. Votes: 0

In a country lacking leaders, in Africa, for instance, how could a native educated in Europe refuse to become a professor, even at the price of his literary vocation? Votes: 0

Gentlemen lacking substantial sympathy with their leader found it to be comfortable to deceive themselves, and raise their hearts at the same time by the easy enthusiasm of noise. Votes: 0

Cultural America is under siege. And as the Soviet experience illustrates, ideology is a weak glue to hold together people otherwise lacking racial, ethnic, and cultural sources of community. Votes: 0

Whatever, bro. We both had a long day. Too much drama. I'll TTYS." I wanted to ridicule him for using chatspeak IRL, but I found myself lacking the energy. Votes: 0

We are entirely in the care of Divine Providence, and it is very sweet to remain so in peace. The Cross is never lacking; may it be our consolation. Votes: 0

A woman waits for me, she contains all, nothing is lacking, Yet all were lacking if sex were lacking, or if the moisture of the right man were lacking. Votes: 0

Besides," he said breezily, "were it not for misunderstandings, we would be sadly lacking in great literature." She looked at him questioningly. "Where would Romeo and Juliet be?" "Alive. Votes: 0

He did not look up because he knew how senseless the landscape would appear. It takes energy to invest life with meaning, and at present this energy was lacking. Votes: 0

But restraint is the only one sort of control, and absence of restraint isn't freedom. It's not control that's lacking when one feels 'free', but the objectionable control of force. Votes: 0

A sociopath can imitate emotions, where a psychopath really doesn't have that capacity. They can't fool people into thinking anything and they're usually lacking major empathy for anybody besides themselves. Votes: 0

Women really do pay attention to a man's glutes. A tight, compact ass is often voted even more desirable than muscular arms and chest. So, if you're lacking, start squatting! Votes: 0

Donald Trump doesn't think that he's deficient. Trump doesn't think that he's lacking. Trump doesn't think he needs advisers to tell him what he thinks. Trump is supremely, eminently confident. Votes: 0

Economic stimulation that works through the increased outlays to the affluent has, inevitably, an aspect of soundness and sanity that is lacking in expenditure on behalf of the undeserving poor. Votes: 0

Today, sensitivities are at an all-time high - and rightfully so. Tolerance of different races and religions have been lacking over the years, but pluralism has given way to relativism. Votes: 0

Everyone now agrees that a physics lacking all connection with mathematics ... would only be an historical amusement, fitter for entertaining the idle than for occupying the mind of a philosopher. Votes: 0

Donald Trump doesn't think that he's deficient. Trump doesn't think that he's lacking. Trump doesn't think he needs advisers to tell him what he thinks. Trump is supremely, eminently confident. Votes: 0

Sex energy is the creative energy of all geniuses. There never has been, and never will be a great leader, builder or artist lacking in the driving force of sex. Votes: 0

It is painful for the plant which is myself to live in the atmosphere and light of this world. Somewhere an element is lacking which would permit me to continue. Votes: 0

Poetry is a whim of Nature in her lighter moods; it requires nothing but its own madness and, lacking that, it becomes a soundless cymbal, a belfry without a bell. Votes: 0

The toaster (lacking real bread) would pretend to make two crispy slices of toast. Or, if the day seemed special in some way, it would toast an imaginary English muffin. Votes: 0

Today riches and honours have been lavished on me, but one gift has been lacking, the most important one of all, the only one that matters, the gift of youth. Votes: 0

I recognize that I possess a very special intellect, but at the same time, I recognize that I'm lacking in a lot of areas. But being well-rounded is greatly overrated. Votes: 0

You either swing a band or don't swing a band and that's what's lacking today.. There aren't any guys who get back there and play with any kind of guts. Votes: 0

I think what we're lacking in society, not only in the U.S. but also around the world, is to find heroes once again and to celebrate these kind of people. Votes: 0

There are people who go clad in tunics and have nothing to do with furs, who nevertheless are lacking in humility. Surely humility in furs is better than pride in tunics. Votes: 0

Absolute green is the most restful color, lacking any undertone of joy, grief, or passion. On exhausted men this restfulness has a beneficial effect, but after a time it becomes tedious. Votes: 0

I don't have any insight or understanding on anything about the government. All I think is that it's stupid - which is the one perspective that's almost completely lacking in Washington. Votes: 0

The profession of music is lacking in horse sense, not only because the commonplace variety of horse is absent from its operations, but because parts of the horse are noticeably present. Votes: 0

Surprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because... they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems. Votes: 0

As an only child lacking siblings and playmates, I was alone a great deal of the time. Much of this was spent reading virtually anything I could get my hands on. Votes: 0

The history of mathematics, lacking the guidance of philosophy, [is] blind, while the philosophy of mathematics, turning its back on the most intriguing phenomena in the history of mathematics, is empty. Votes: 0

Well, as a militant feminist, I believe in complete equality with men: intellectual, professional, economic, social and sexual; they're all equally essential, and they're all equally lacking in American society today. Votes: 0

Men thin away to insignificance and oblivion quite as often by not making the most of good spirits when they have them as by lacking good spirits when they are indispensable. Votes: 0

I have a fork and a spoon, but never a knife"¦ as if I'm lacking manual skills or teeth. I have both, however. That's why I'm not allowed a knife. Votes: 0

Nice is a pallid virtue. Not like honesty or courage or perseverance. On the other hand, in a nation notably lacking in civility, there is much to be said for nice. Votes: 0

If being "iron headed" is to be lacking such feelings, then Kant's position is that an ironheaded person could not be a moral agent because such a person would not be rational. Votes: 0

Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be. Votes: 0

A lot of solos I hear sound so incredible, but they sound like somebody practicing. They sound a bit soulless - fiery, but at the same time, lacking in spirit and soul. Votes: 0

To a significant degree, we are an overfed and undernourished nation digging an early grave with our teeth, and lacking the energy that could be ours because we overindulge in junk foods. Votes: 0

A life filled with silly social drama and gossip indicates that a person is disconnected from purpose and lacking meaningful goals. People on a path of purpose don't have time for drama. Votes: 0

When you go to standup, there seems to be a common denominator of some form of need or want for validation from the audience that maybe you were lacking as a kid. Votes: 0

Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films. Votes: 0

I am not, sir, a bad person, though in truth I am not lacking in reasons for being one. [Sp., Yo, senor, no soy malo, aunque no me faltarian motivos para serlo.] Votes: 0

If I'd had covered [ Brett Favre] in Atlanta, I'd presume he'd go down as another Todd Marinovich. Talent out the gills, but lacking the control and discipline to make much of himself. Votes: 0

Sound moral principle is the only sure evidence of strength, the only firm foundation of greatness and perpetuity. Where this is lacking, no man's character is strong; no nation's life can be lasting. Votes: 0

A truly honorable person, would never convince another to stray, from their personal pursuit of honor. No, only one lacking this noble quality would try to justify and market, an existence without it. Votes: 0

Our economy is a hundred times better, than the average African economy. Outside South Africa, what country is [as good as] Zimbabwe? ... What is lacking now are goods on the shelves-that is all. Votes: 0

It is only people who are lacking, or bad, or inferior, who have to be good at things. You have always been full and perfect, so you had nothing to make up for. Votes: 0

We will have to continue to improve our human intelligence system-something that was, unfortunately, lacking in the years which led up to September 11. This is going to be a continuing process of change. Votes: 0

I don't make the laws, I just enforce them." "Then remind me to introduce a new set of laws, since the ones we have clearly assume a level of common sense that's lacking. Votes: 0

The individual who fears the criticism of others is no different from the one who seeks their praise. Both are shadow figures, fading into the landscape, lacking the will to act for themselves. Votes: 0

I truly believe that one of the things that has been lacking in the USA is a spirit of repentance about the injustices of slavery and the injustices of segregation and racism generally. Votes: 0

The common impulse is not to sustain a marriage by finding satisfaction elsewhere, but to end the marriage and set up a new one which will provide the comfort lacking in the first. Votes: 0

There now exists a factor which was formerly lacking - the spirit of the nation has been aroused, and a common misfortune, a common debasement, has united all the inhabitants of the Islands. Votes: 0

Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth. But due to rapid population growth, the wealth per capita has fallen by about half in a generation. Votes: 0

I try to be really hippie about things. I'm uptight in all the ways that are really important, but the things my husband and family can benefit from my uptightness, I'm completely lacking. Votes: 0

At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality. Votes: 0

Footballers are the most vulnerable people. They exude confidence, but inside, they're so lacking in confidence. They know they can lose form or be injured. This profession is so insecure, you wouldn't believe it. Votes: 0

In movies, you can basically buy the audience into the theater. If you spend enough money on visual effects, even if you are lacking in story and character, you might still pull it off. Votes: 0

She held up the pen and gave him a lazy grin. "It's a rose."He came close. "It's a pen." He tried to pluck it from her hand."You are seriously lacking in imagination. Votes: 0

Oh, sir, the loftiest hopes on earth Draw lots with meaner hopes: heroic breasts, Breathing bad air, run risk of pestilence; Or, lacking lime-juice when they cross the Line, May languish with the scurvy. Votes: 0

I appreciate the misunderstanding I have had with Nature over my perennial border. I think it is a flower garden; she thinks it is a meadow lacking grass, and tries to correct the error. Votes: 0

Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom of the unwise, and ferocity the courage of the coward. Votes: 0

When you understand the values of God's kingdom, you will best understand His agenda.4 However, it is my conviction that the message of the kingdom, and the values therein, are sorely lacking in understanding today. Votes: 0

Only enormously talented people could have made Death to Smoochy . Those with lesser gifts would have lacked the nerve to make a film so bad, so miscalculated, so lacking any connection with any possible audience. Votes: 0

I think so many times we feel like we're lacking something in our lives and we try to fill it with the wrong things. Sometimes it's drugs, sometimes it's a relationship you shouldn't be in. Votes: 0

God... sat down for a moment when the dog was finished in order to watch it... and to know that it was good, that nothing was lacking, that it could not have been made better. Votes: 0

POCKET, n. The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without motive, and her conscience, denied burial, remains ever alive, confessing the sins of others. Votes: 0

I don't think it's blowing my own horn to say the show is not as good. There was chemistry there that took years and years to build and now that's gone. The commentary is lacking. Votes: 0

I hold to my conviction that, once this path of mutual understanding and consideration has been taken, more will come of it in the end than through ever so extensive pacts inherently lacking in clarity. Votes: 0

If I fell into one relationship after another with men who were either emotionally tuned out and unavailable or hotheaded and controlling, or both, it was because I was lacking in good sense about men. Votes: 0

Muscle cells strengthen in response to intense exercise - whether you're 18 or 88. But the intensity is what's lacking in most people's workouts. And there are doctors who'll give you the advice, "Well, don't push it." Votes: 0