Apathy Quotes

284 Apathy quotes by 229 unique authors

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. — Henry David Thoreau
Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and… — Arnold J. Toynbee
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail… — Desmond Tutu
Government is at its worst when you have apathy from its citizens. — Jesse Ventura
When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of… — Paul Wellstone
Britain is rich in radicalism, and anyone who says that our society has drifted into fatalism and apathy should get out more. — Geoff Mulgan
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy,… — Elie Wiesel
If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It… — Thomas Jefferson
I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works. — Samuel Johnson
The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it. — Terry Pratchett
For most Americans the Constitution had become a hazy document, cited like the Bible on ceremonial occasions but forgotten in the daily transactions of life. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
I said I wasn't interested, and she was bright enough to say that she wasn't really interested either. As things turned out, we both overestimated… — Kurt Vonnegut
All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on. It is towards that they turn when they feel too… — Albert Camus
I hear much of people's calling out to punish the guilty, but very few are concerned to clear the innocent. — Daniel Defoe
I wish I could say that racism and prejudice were only distant memories. We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy.… — Thurgood Marshall
We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference. — Jack Kerouac
Error is better than apathy. Error can be corrected in time to change the outcome. Apathy is seldom corrected until it is too late. — G. Edward Griffin
I never felt like that before. Maybe it could be depression, like you get. I can understand how you suffer now when you're depressed; I… — Philip K. Dick
The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office. — Will Rogers
Oh, this faithless world! Someone must deliver them. You. If not you, who? You have been saved for a reason. Show them the old demons.… — Dan Brown
Physically it's kind of lassitude, the apathy and tiredness that precedes the flu or some other illness, or death. My legs ache and feel heavy,… — Antonio Lobo Antunes
Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death... others through sheer inability to cross the street. — James Thurber
There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emotion — Carl Jung
Hating requires caring. In which case, I couldn't possibly hate you. — Alyson Noel

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