Paul Hawken

Throughout the industrial era, economists considered manufactured capital - money, factories, etc. - the principal factor in industrial production, and perceived natural capital as a marginal contributor. The exclusion of natural capital from balance sheets was an understandable omission. There was so much of it, it didn't seem worth counting.

American Environmentalist

Reid Hoffman

Many employer-employee relationships are built on a lie that starts from the first interaction: neither party automatically conceives of the relationship as something that will last a lifetime, but both interact as if it is. This lie of omission bases the relationship on distrust.

American Businessman

Mother Angelica

There are many who are not guilty of doing anything wrong but very guilty of sins of omission - the things they neglect to do - the good things - the kind, thoughtful words, compassionate thoughts and hopeful attitudes they might have had towards their neighbor.

American Educator

Hannah Fry

History is littered with examples of objects and inventions with a power beyond their professed purpose. Sometimes it's deliberately and maliciously factored into their design, but at other times, it's a result of thoughtless omissions.

English Mathematician

Fiona Barton

For most of us, our protective lies or omissions are so insignificant that being found out would be only mildly embarrassing. But for some of us, our secret may threaten to destroy everything. And that is food and drink to a novelist.

English Journalist

Gus Kenworthy

I was so stressed in the closet. In an interview, I was scared they were going to ask me about a crush, or the type of girl I liked, or whatever it was. And I was going to have to lie by omission. It was always in the back of my mind.

British Athlete

Thomas Aquinas

Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works.

Italian Theologian

Theodore Bikel

Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission.

Austrian Actor

Peter Singer

We tend to think that people are more to blame for their acts than for their omissions.

Australian Philosopher

Plutarch

The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.

Greek Philosopher

Indicates an element missing from a list or group which was anticipated to be included.

Unexpected Surprise

Describes a purposeful choice to leave something out, often for clarity or brevity.

Intentional Exclusion

Points out a lack of something important or expected that impacts understanding or quality.

Critical Absence

Highlights when specific essential information is missing in a context where it's normally found.

Factual Gap

Refers to a failure to perform expected duties or actions in a professional setting, carrying legal implications.

Professional Negligence

Used to stress the importance of fulfilling legal or formal obligations to avoid consequences.

Legal Accountability

Emphasizes instances where a responsibility is not just overlooked, but seemingly ignored.

Duty Forgotten

 is probably going to be to smash it back apart. Because there's some major omissions there. Where's the landscape features? Where's the weaponry? Where's the daily life? Did nobody look up at the sky? You know? And so I think that, personally, and this is what we're starting to dig into now, I think a lot of these

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 Despite these possible omissions and her untimely death, what survives is one of the most extraordinary bodies of work by a twentieth century poet. While her work can be shocking in its rage and trauma, Plath casts her readers as witnesses– not only to the truth of her psychological life,

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 You start telling your story. We start actually seeing one another. You realize that homelessness, gun violence, gentrification, terrible traffic, mistrust of newcomers, fake news -- these things aren't someone else's problem, they are the aggregation of your own habits and omissions.

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 And in it he said he had made a dreadful mistake. He had left people and their communities out. And this omission, he said, led to seeing people, and people starting to see themselves, within the categories of the bureaucracies and the institutions.

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 principles of schematic diagram design and changed the way public transport maps are designed forever now the very key to the success of this map is in the omission of important less important information and in the extreme

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 To pass, applicants must get at least six answers right. I looked at the test recently, and I was aghast at the questions posed and what constitutes acceptable answers to the glaring omissions.

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 to a moment of shame, some sin committed, some act of selfishness, an act of omission, of shallowness, the sin of anger, the sin of self-pity, trying to be a people-pleaser, a lack of courage.

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 and changed the way public transport maps are designed forever. Now the very key to the success of this map is in the omission of less important information and in the extreme simplification.

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 it left more than just destruction. It left a new awareness of the consequences of omission in the way we build technology. As rescue workers arrived in the region in search of survivors,

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 We It's not my responsibility to say anything. So why did I choose to act despite the risks to my family and to me? The sin of omission is a failure to do what you know is right.

Omission

The act of not including or doing something.

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Something or someone not included.

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A mistake made because of failure to do something.

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