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In the absence of a magnetic field the period of all these oscillations is the same. But as soon as the electron is exposed to the effect of a magnetic field, its motion changes.
Author:
Pieter Zeeman
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The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.
Author:
Wole Soyinka
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I dote on his very absence.
Author:
William Shakespeare
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It is the maintenance of slavery by law in a state, not parallels of latitude, that makes its a southern state; and the absence of this, that makes it a northern state.
Author:
William Seward
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We seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind.
Author:
John Seeley
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It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.
Author:
Jack Schwartz
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The situation in the region is flammable and may explode at any moment, because of the crucial events and because of the absence of justice in executing the international legitimacy resolutions, regarding the Israeli Arab cause and the oppression on Palestinians by Israelis.
Author:
Ali Saleh
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Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.
Author:
Bertrand Russell
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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
Author:
Francois Rochefoucauld
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The system adopted in the Latin American instrument proves that, although no state can obligate another to join such a zone, neither can one prevent others wishing to do so from adhering to a regime of total absence of nuclear weapons within their own territories.
Author:
Alfonso Robles
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Judicious absence is a weapon.
Author:
Charles Reade
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Wilderness is not defined by the absence of certain activities, but rather by the presence of certain unique and invaluable characteristics.
Author:
Nick Rahall
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In general, if signs of sectarianism do appear in a Socialist Party, these are only the products of the absence of a broad Labour movement in the country.
Author:
Karl Radek
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There is a movement to get an international criminal court in the world, voted for by hundreds of states-but with the noticeable absence of the United States of America.
Author:
Harold Pinter
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The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum.
Author:
Thomas Paine
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The weather was fine and moderate. The hunters all returned, having killed during their absence three elk, four deer, two porcupines, a fox and a hare.
Author:
Meriwether Lewis
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The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
Author:
Henry Kissinger
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In the 5 years, well over 60,000 American families have been broken apart by the absence of insurance because the only way for parents to get treatment for their children is to turn the custody of those children over to the State.
Author:
Patrick Kennedy
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If Bill Finger created Batman, where is Bill Finger's byline on my strip? It is conspicuous by its absence.
Author:
Bob Kane
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The absence and suppression of justice can only open the way for extremists to exploit such a condition to perpetrate acts of violence against innocents.
Author:
King Hussein I
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Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.
Author:
William Hazlitt
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In 1916 I was discharged from military service, or rather, given a sort of leave of absence on the understanding that I might be recalled within a few months. And so I was a free man, at least for a while.
Author:
George Grosz
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In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.
Author:
Alan Greenspan
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Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made.
Author:
Jose Gasset
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Yes, the meeting of dear friends atones for the regret of separation; and like it so much enhances affection, that after absence one wonders how one has been able to stay away from them so long.
Author:
Marguerite Gardiner
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Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at least one merit, that of perfect sincerity.
Author:
Jean Fabre
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That a great battle must soon be fought no one could doubt; but, in the apparent and perhaps real absence of plan on the part of Lee, it was impossible to foretell the precise scene of the encounter.
Author:
Edward Everett
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Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.
Author:
Wayne Dyer
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
Author:
William Cowper
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
Author:
William Cowper
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Sport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be compensated for.
Author:
Pierre Coubertin
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My dear, the duty that devolved wholly on you in my absence of guiding and expanding the minds of our dear children is a laborious one and a responsible one.
Author:
Ezra Cornell
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I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal.
Author:
Peter Cook
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I called their attention also to the absence of all means of ventilating the hall, remarking that, as we had already breathed the air which it contained for a full hour, it must have lost much of its vital properties and needed to be renewed.
Author:
George Combe
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In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
Author:
Sidonie Colette
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Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.
Author:
Willa Cather
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In the absence of evidence, superstition. It's a Middle Ages thing. That's my theory anyway.
Author:
Tucker Carlson
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There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.
Author:
Philip Bailey
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In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison.
Author:
Derek Bailey
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
Author:
Saint Augustine
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Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.
Author:
Henry Adams
