Apathy Quotes

284 Apathy quotes by 229 unique authors

People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy and I can't do that as Bruce Wayne. As a man I'm flesh and blood,… — Christian Bale
It is this world, a world where cruise ships throw away more food in a day than most residents of Port-au-Prince see in a year,… — Barack Obama
My job is to confront apathy and confront all the forces that tend to batter each of us down with all kind of oppression, even… — Lydia Lunch
It was not apathy or passiveness. For him, prayer was a display of the strongest possible activity. — Eric Metaxas
Voter apathy is a civic abdication. — Charles M. Blow
Among the basic freedoms to which men aspire that their lives might be full and uncramped, freedom from fear stands out as both a means… — Aung San Suu Kyi
No matter what, we always have the power to choose hope over despair, engagement over apathy, kindness over indifference, enthusiasm over lethargy, love over hate.… — Cory Booker
The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. — Plato
Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices. — George Bernard Shaw
...the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn. If somebody hates me, they must "feel" something ... or… — Leo Buscaglia
The Labour Party is going about the country stirring up apathy. — William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw
The average age of the world's great civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through the following sequence: from bondage to spiritual… — Alexander Fraser Tytler
Well, people got attatched. Once you cut the umbilical cord they attatched to the other things. Sight, sound, sex, money, mirages, mothers, masturbation, murder, and… — Charles Bukowski
Apathy is a sort of living oblivion. — Horace Greeley
Such has often been my apathy, when objects long sought, and earnestly desired, were placed within my reach. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
In this sullen apathy neither true wisdom nor true happiness can be found. — David Hume
In lazy apathy let stoics boast, their virtue fixed, 'tis fixed as in a frost. — Alexander Pope
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. — Thomas Carlyle
The oppposite of love is not hate. Hate is just love gone bad. The actual oppposite of love is apathy. When you don't care a… — Amish Tripathi
Whilst so much is being done in the world, to ameliorate the condition of mankind, and the spirit of Freedom is marching with rapid strides… — James Forten
Today's political climate does not allow the luxury of apathy. — Trent Reznor
When inward life dries up, when feeling decreases and apathy increases, when one cannot affect or even genuinely touch another person, violence flares up as… — Rollo May
Yes, racism looks like hate, but hate is just one manifestation. Privilege is another. Access is another. Ignorance is another. Apathy is another, and so… — Scott Woods
Revival brings back a holy shock to apathy and carelessness. — Winkie Pratney
Apathy is the slow poison coursing through the body politic that paves the way to tyranny. — Laurence Overmire

Who Wrote These Apathy Quotes

229 authors contributed a total of 284 Apathy Quotes, led by these top contributors: