Indifference Quotes

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It came to me that hell would not be fire and smoke after all but arctic, everything white and frigid. Hell would be not anger… — Robert Cormier
The expanse of the ocean is seldom seen by the novice with indifference. — James F. Cooper
The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference, — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Indifference is the strongest contempt. — Ha Jin
The slaves who were ourselves had known terror intimately, confused sunrise with pain, & accepted indifference as kindness. — Ntozake Shange
Why is there this criminal indifference to the lostness of men? Our condemnation is that we know how to live better than we are living. — Leonard Ravenhill
After that [father's death] I never cried with any real conviction, nor expected much of anyone's God except indifference, nor loved deeply without fear that… — Russell Baker
RHETORIC The art of making life less believable; the calculated use of language, not to alarm but to do full harm to our busy minds… — Ben Marcus
If you look at things as they are, there does not seem to be a code either of man or of God on which one… — Khushwant Singh
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your magnificent indifference. — Dizzy Gillespie
When misguided public opinion honors what is despicable and despises what is honorable, punishes virtue and rewards vice, encourages what is harmful and discourages what… — Frederic Bastiat
One should never listen. To listen is a sign of indifference to one's hearers. — Oscar Wilde
There is more genuine joy in climbing the hill of success, even though sweat may be spent and toes may be stubbed, than in aimlessly… — B. C. Forbes
Art is always the replacement of indifference by attention. — Guy Davenport
I had always thought that the 'good,' and the 'bad' and the 'violent' did not exist in any absolute, essential sense. It seemed to me… — Sergio Leone
Combine a certain amount of indifference with your ambition. Be carefully careless. If you don't succeed today, there is always tomorrow. — William Merritt Chase
Robert Burns in his splendid indifference to rank, and Whitman in his glorification of common things, have points of kinship with him. But to such… — Sister Nivedita
Depressive lucidity, usually described as a radical withdrawal from ordinary human concerns, generally manifests itself by a profound indifference to things which are genuinely of… — Michel Houellebecq
We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society, for nothing suffocates the promise of America more than unbounded cynicism and indifference. — Joe Biden
Things worthwhile generally donâ€™t just happen. Luck is a fact, but should not be a factor. Good luck is what is left over after intelligence… — Branch Rickey

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