--- title: "Great Indifference Quotes" description: "Browse 1,128 Indifference quotes by 806 authors. Discover the best Indifference sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/dan-hill-9616_create_i-think-the-last-thing-you-want-to-do-as_814947.jpg" --- > [I think the last thing you want to do as a writer, as a storyteller, is to create indifference. I don't necessarily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/i-think-the-last-thing-you-want-to-do-as-a-writer-as-a-storyteller-is/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/dan-hill-9616_create_i-think-the-last-thing-you-want-to-do-as_814947.jpg) > [When misguided public opinion honors what is despicable and despises what is honorable, punishes virtue and rewards vice, encourages what is harmful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/when-misguided-public-opinion-honors-what-is-despicable-and-despises/) [Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/frederic-bastiat-2151_catastrophe_when-misguided-public-opinion-honors-wha_123143.png) > [Indifference to love or hate is sitting on the fence between the two, refusing to engage either one of them. Indifference, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-r-woodward/indifference-to-love-or-hate-is-sitting-on-the-fence-between-the-two/) [Mark R. Woodward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-r-woodward/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/mark-r-woodward-42856_fence_indifference-to-love-or-hate-is-sitting_1379802.jpg) > [The time's come: there's a terrific thunder-cloud advancing upon us, a mighty storm is coming to freshen us up…It's going to blow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anton-chekhov/the-time-s-come-there-s-a-terrific-thunder-cloud-advancing-upon-us-a/) [Anton Chekhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anton-chekhov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/019/anton-chekhov-298_advancing_the-time-s-come-there-s-a-terrific-thund_1830165.jpg) > [You bet I write disaster fiction. We have compiled a disastrous record on this planet, a record of stupidity and absurdity and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/you-bet-i-write-disaster-fiction-we-have-compiled-a-disastrous-record/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/john-irving-337_absurdity_you-bet-i-write-disaster-fiction-we-have_1597242.png) > [It would be doing me great injustice to think that I have any feeling of indifference to my country; I have more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-antoinette/it-would-be-doing-me-great-injustice-to-think-that-i-have-any-feeling/) [Marie Antoinette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-antoinette/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/807/marie-antoinette-14217_every-day_it-would-be-doing-me-great-injustice-to_2245476.jpg) > [To me the Universe was all void of Life, of Purpose, of Volition, even of Hostility; it was one huge, dead, immeasurable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-carlyle/to-me-the-universe-was-all-void-of-life-of-purpose-of-volition-even/) [Thomas Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-carlyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/121/thomas-carlyle-207_conscious_to-me-the-universe-was-all-void-of-life_513044.jpg) > [Patriotism, red hot, is compatible with the existence of a neglect of national interests, a dishonesty, a cold indifference to the suffering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-perkins-gilman/patriotism-red-hot-is-compatible-with-the-existence-of-a-neglect-of/) [Charlotte Perkins Gilman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-perkins-gilman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48f/charlotte-perkins-gilman-2420_chips_patriotism-red-hot-is-compatible-with-th_2791640.png) ## Top authors on Indifference - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-elie-wiesel-32332.jpg) Elie Wiesel 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indifference/elie-wiesel/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-camus-10482.jpg) Albert Camus 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indifference/albert-camus/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-francis-75890.jpg) Pope Francis 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indifference/pope-francis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-erik-pevernagie-688.jpg) Erik Pevernagie 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indifference/erik-pevernagie/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-hazlitt-95511.jpg) William Hazlitt 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indifference/william-hazlitt/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indifference/abhijit-naskar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anton-chekhov-14247.jpg) Anton Chekhov 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indifference/anton-chekhov/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jane-austen-47065.jpg) Jane Austen 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indifference/jane-austen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edmund-burke-31567.jpg) Edmund Burke 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indifference/edmund-burke/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indifference/#itemlist", "name": "Indifference Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think the last thing you want to do as a writer, as a storyteller, is to create indifference. 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