Apathy Quotes

284 Apathy quotes by 229 unique authors

When we speak of a calm state of mind or peace of mind, we shouldn't confuse that with an insensitive state of apathy. Having a… — Dalai Lama
Those who choose not to empathize enable real monsters, for without ever committing an act of outright evil ourselves we collude with it through our… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
There are those... who enter the world in such poverty that they are deprived of both the means and the motivation to improve their lot.… — Aga Khan IV
By "trampling upon the helpless abroad" with unchecked surveillance, Americans have learned, "by a natural process, to endure with apathy the like at home." — Mark Twain
Punctuality is closely related to faithfulness and dependability. Being tardy can be linked to uninterest, apathy, slothfulness and procrastination... — Sterling W Sill
Choosing to live in narrow spaces leads to form of mental agoraphobia and that brings its own terrors. I think the willfully unimaginative see more… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Myth is the practical metabolism of our soulish life, the logic of our obsessions and oversights for which we have no language or code. Myth… — Kenny Smith
In today's world where, more than ever, the ongoing concentration of money and power in the hands of a self-selected few, relies on political and… — Nomi Prins
Even as we slog through the trials, persecutions, irritations, temptations, distractions, apathy, and just plain weariness of this world, the gospel points us to heaven… — Greg Gilbert
Today we're all alike, all of us bound together by our shared apathy toward work. That very apathy has become a passion. The one great… — Milan Kundera
Even when the polls are open to all, Negroes have shown themselves too slow to exercise their voting privileges. There must be a concerted effort… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Apathy adds up, in the long run, to cowardice. — Rollo May
It is far more important to resist apathy than anarchy or despotism, for apathy can give rise, almost indifferently, to either one. — Alexis de Tocqueville
Apathy is one of the characteristic responses of any living organism when it is subjected to stimuli too intense or too complicated to cope with.… — John Dos Passos
The apathy of the modern voter is the confusion of the modern reformer. — Learned Hand
The worst sin... is... to be indifferent. — George Bernard Shaw
Scientists announced today that they have discovered a cure for apathy. However, they claim no one has shown the slightest interest in it. — George Carlin
I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty… — Samuel Johnson
Indifference creates an artificial peace. — Mason Cooley
Indifference is an excellent substitute for patience. — Mason Cooley
Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent. — George Steiner
Wherever there is degeneration and apathy, there also is sexual perversion, cold depravity, miscarriage, premature old age, grumbling youth, there is a decline in the… — Anton Chekhov
He who asks fortune-tellers the future unwittingly forfeits an inner intimation of coming events that is a thousand times more exact than anything they may… — Walter Benjamin
Is it ignorance or apathy, I forget the lessons taught to me. — Jimmy Buffett
You look around baseball and when things go south, that type of fan apathy happens. — Mike Quade

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