Of Sight Out Of Mind Quotes

• Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Sight, Mind, Absent

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• Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.

  Leo Rosten

  Philosophical, Heart, Sight

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• When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.

  Victor Hugo

  Men, Sight, Long

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  Homer

  Sight, Mind

  Homer (2005). “The Odyssey”, p.156, Macmillan

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• These vessels are out of sight, out of mind. They are exempt from minimum-wage requirements, from Coast Guard inspections, OSHA regulations and other safety laws.

  Steve Finley

  Sight, Law, Safety

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• Getting over someone is a grieving process. You mourn the loss of the relationship, and that's only expedited by 'Out of sight, out of mind.' But when you walk outside and see them on a billboard or on TV or on the cover of a magazine, it reopens the wound. It's a high-class problem, but it's real.

  Hank Azaria

  Real, Loss, Grieving

  "One-Man Show: Hank Azaria". Interview with Mickey Parkin, www.elle.com. March 14, 2012.

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• But who can remember pain, once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see. Out of sight, out of mind.

  Margaret Atwood

  Pain, Sight, Mind

  FaceBook post by Margaret Atwood from May 29, 2011

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• Absence makes the heart grow fonder

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  I Miss You, Romantic, Missing You

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• I don't want to be too over-exposed, but then at the same time I don't want to be too out-of-sight-out-of-mind.

  Ludacris

  Sight, Mind, Want

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• Out of sight, out of mind' applies with even greater force to entertainers than to lovers.

  Arlene Francis

  Sight, Mind, Lovers

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• Fruit often ends up rotting in the crisper drawer. Well, that's the wrong place to put it. Out of sight, out of mind. The kids all know where the junk-food shelf is. Make the fruit that easy to get to. Put a big huge bowl of fruit on the counter.

  Tyler Florence

  Kids, Sight, Mind

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• The absent are always in the wrong

  Philippe Nericault Destouches

  Absence, Absent

  "L'Obstacle Imprévu" by Philippe Néricault Destouches, translated by Nérine, Act I., Scene VI, 1717.

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• I never went to high school reunions. My thing is, out of sight, out of mind. That's my attitude toward life. So I don't have any romanticism about any part of my past.

  John Lennon

  Attitude, School, Past

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• Most artists are always fighting for their fame. They have that fear, like the saying goes, "out of sight, out of mind." They need to keep themselves out there. I have never had that fear. If I have any fear, it's not doing enough to reach people.

  Chuck D

  Fighting, Artist, Sight

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• Never let it be said that Harry Dresden is afraid of a dried, dead bug. Creepy or not, I wasn't going to let it ruin my concentration. So I scooped it up with the corner of the phone book and popped it into the middle drawer of my desk. Out of sight, out of mind. So I have a problem with creepy, dead, poisonous things. So sue me.

  Jim Butcher

  Book, Phones, Sight

  Jim Butcher (2000). “Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files”, p.55, Penguin Group

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• The issue I focus on the most is extreme poverty. I think it's kind of out of sight out of mind. I wish there would be more stories about that to connect people to what's happening. To personalize it, to make it real to people, to inspire them to action.

  John Legend

  Real, Thinking, Sight

  "Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. with John Legend". Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. April 4, 2008.

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