Boredom is not a thing. It's not a feeling or a condition. It is the absence of feelings, things and conditions.
I know that part of the reason I read Tolkien when I'm ill is that there is an almost total absence of sexuality in his world, which is restful.
The Central Bank should have a permanent window for discounting high quality securities where banks could go and discount these. It gives peace of mind to the banks. In the absence of this facility, what banks tend to do is to keep a liquidity cushion for emergency requirements. This is a very expensive way of managing liquidity.
Absence is absence, you know? The loss of someone can be just as devastating if they're alive as if they're dead.
Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure.
Strength doesn't mean an absence of pain.
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.
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.
So many people condemn me for risk taking, but I find it sort of hypocritical because everybody takes risks. Even the absence of activity could be viewed as a risk. If you sit on the sofa for your entire life, you're running a higher risk of getting heart disease and cancer.
