Apathy Quotes

284 Apathy quotes by 229 unique authors

Fear is better than apathy because fear makes us do something. — Emiliano Salinas
Apathy is the same as war, it all kills you, she says. Slow like cancer in the breast or fast like a machete in the… — Warsan Shire
You have the choice. You can choose joy over despair, happiness over tears, action over apathy, growth over stagnation. — Leo Buscaglia
I write to please myself—of course, that is a given. But beyond this reach for pleasure, I know that I write for my countrymen, that… — F. Sionil JosÃ©
Man watches his history on the screen with apathy and an occasional passing flicker of horror or indignation. — Conor Cruise O'Brien
Democracy suits Europeans today partly because it is associated with the triumph of capitalism and partly because it involves less commitment or intrusion into their… — Unknown Author
Do we fear suffering or apathy most? Is it from experience or the monotony of a commonplace existence that we quickest flee? — Anna Katharine Green
Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm. — Arnold J. Toynbee
I was faced more with apathy than opposition. — Adrian Cronauer
Make your "yes" mean yes, and your "no" mean no. — John Wooden
When law enforcers are shown to have such unswerving integrity, only the most churlish among us would question the methods they use to "get their… — Donna Woolfolk Cross
[H]istory assures us that civilizations decay quite leisurely. — Will Durant
The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same… — H. L. Mencken
Nations grow corrupt, love bondage more than liberty; bondage with ease than strenuous liberty. — John Milton
One should not associate with controversy; one should always reach for the highest ratings; one should never forget that there is safety in numbers; one… — Peter George Peterson
Only the incompetent wait until the last extremity to use force, and by then, it is usually too late to use anything, even prayer. — H. Beam Piper
That text is known to them that have the patience to read it, possibly one one-hundredth of one percent of the denizens. They forget it,… — Ezra Pound
Republics, like individuals, who are benefited by personal sacrifices, are proverbially ungrateful. — Epes Sargent
The welfare state that is built upon this conception seems to prove precisely away from the conservative conception of authoritative and personal government, towards a… — Roger Scruton
Indifference must be a crime in us, to be ranked but one degree below treachery; for deserting the commonwealth is next to betraying it. — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
It is only in folk tales, children's stories, and the journals of intellectual opinion that power is used wisely and well to destroy evil. The… — Noam Chomsky
I have named the destroyers of nations: comfort, plenty, and security - out of which grow a bored and slothful cynicism, in which rebellion against… — John Steinbeck
Somewhere between apathy and anarchy lies the thinking human being. — Rod Serling
Every great sin ought to rouse a great anger. Mob law is better than no law at all. A community which rises in its wrath… — Lyman Abbott
The continual intrusion into our minds of the hammering noises of arguments and propaganda can lead to two kinds of reactions. It may lead to… — Joost Meerloo

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