These are the days when men of all social disciplines and all political faiths seek the comfortable and the accepted; when the… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
It is this world, a world where cruise ships throw away more food in a day than most residents of Port-au-Prince see… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It art can only succeed through the cooperating imagination and intelligence of its consumers, who fill out, for themselves, the artist's world… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
The thing that kills me is all these bands that use huge words in their lyrics, 'I'm swimming in a vortex of… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
“Shirking and sharking, in all their many varieties, have been sown broadcast by the ill-fated cause; and even those who have contemplated… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Every great sin ought to rouse a great anger. Mob law is better than no law at all. A community which rises… — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
The function of the rebel is to shake the fixated mores of the rigid order of civilization; and this shaking, though painful,… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Every time you victimized someone,” I said, “you were victimizing yourself. Every act of kindness you’ve done, you’ve done to yourself. Every… — Andy Weir Copy Share Image
Few places in this world are more dangerous than home. Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain passes. They will kill care,… — John Muir Copy Share Image
I just consider Boston and New England incredible sports fans. If they give me trouble, think I'm rooting for other side, it's… — Joe Buck Copy Share Image
People don't become inured to what they are shown - if that's the right way to describe what happens - because of… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Visa for Avalon is a testament to the power of fiction. It illuminates the truth at the heart of what is commonly… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
Step by step we see democracy being uprooted like an unwanted weed and the preparation for fascism, for a police state in… — Stan Moore Copy Share Image
Yes, racism looks like hate, but hate is just one manifestation. Privilege is another. Access is another. Ignorance is another. Apathy is… — Scott Woods Copy Share Image
There may perhaps be a new generation of doctors horrified by lacerations, infections, women who have douched with kitchen cleanser. What an… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“The subtle and deadly change of heart that might occur in you would be involved with the realization that a civilization is… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
“Cattle lolled empty-eyed in the pens of the stockyards. Pigs grunted lustlessly, unmindful of sows and sex and knives whetted for the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
When you open up to the ultimate, immediately it pours into you. You are no longer an ordinary human being - you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Gentleness is not apathy but is an aggressive expression of how we view people. We see people as so valuable that we… — Gayle D. Erwin Copy Share Image
...the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn. If somebody hates me, they must "feel"… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've had every minimum-wage job known to man - and I don't want to go back to minimum-wage jobs, but I have… — Ti West Copy Share Image
The peril of this century is spiritual apathy. As the body requires sunlight, good food, proper exercise and rest, so the spirit… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
The heartbreak of runaway corruption, abuse of power and indefensible criminality by our government and media should, must inspire all good we-the-people… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
One should not associate with controversy; one should always reach for the highest ratings; one should never forget that there is safety… — Peter George Peterson Copy Share Image
“His vital signs were taken, an electrocardiogram... which revealed occasional ventricular premature contractions. An intern took his history... and then he was… — Paddy Chayefsky Copy Share Image
When the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British parliament was advised by an artful man [Sir William… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous impatience. Once implemented they can be easily overturned… — Hyman Rickover Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with making the best of one's declining years, but what does annoy me is the fatalism. Now that we're… — Aubrey de Grey Copy Share Image
Tell them, that, to ease them of their griefs, Their fear of hostile strokes, their aches, losses, Their pangs of love, with… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The good inside of all of us is wrapped in a layer of apathy, and we forget how much potential we have… — Shari Arison Copy Share Image
Its impossible to stop thinking about something that's agitating you. Moving on when or after shit happens or trying to stop thinking… — Izaya Copy Share Image
“People, walking on the catwalk of indifference and evaporating in a bubble of apathy, may be unconscious of the decay of their… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy-indifference from whatever cause, not from a lack of knowledge, but… — William Osler Copy Share Image
“Two words from him, and I had seen my pouting apathy change into I’ll play anything for you till you ask me… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
What is called “apathy” is, I believe, a feeling of helplessness on the part of the ordinary citizen, a feeling of impotence… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The extremely low respect Congress enjoys among the population indicates that the citizens understand broadly what's going on. But the lack of… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
May I just single out for salutations, on the "anti-war" side: Pop Stars For Appeasement, Dancers Against Democracy, Actors For Apathy, Fashionistas… — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
“I concluded that the best thing for me and for those around me was to want nothing, to be enthusiastic about nothing,… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image