--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: What I'm concerned about is the people…" description: "\"What I'm concerned about is the people who don't dwell on the meaninglessness of their lives, or the meaningfulness of it-who just pursue mindless ente..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/michael-k-hooker-262752_concern_what-i-m-concerned-about-is-the-people-w_2130202.jpg" --- # What I'm concerned about is the people who don't dwell on… ![“What I'm concerned about is the people who don't dwell on the meaninglessness of their lives, or the meaningfulness of it-who just pursue mindless entertainment.” quote by Michael K Hooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/michael-k-hooker-262752_concern_what-i-m-concerned-about-is-the-people-w_2130202.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/michael-k-hooker-262752_concern_what-i-m-concerned-about-is-the-people-w_2130202.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/michael-k-hooker-262752_concern_what-i-m-concerned-about-is-the-people-w_2130202.jpg) > “What I'm concerned about is the people who don't dwell on the meaninglessness of their lives, or the meaningfulness of it-who just pursue mindless entertainment.” Michael K Hooker ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. He warns that people who ignore life's meaning and chase empty entertainment miss deeper purpose. **In simple terms:** Ignoring meaning leads to shallow living. Key Takeaway Seek meaning, avoid mindless distractions. Themes meaning life mindless entertainment purpose Mood concerned critical Type Concern:1 Life:1 Meaninglessness:1 Mindless Entertainment:1 Meaninglessness Lives:0 Pursue Mindless:0 Dwell Meaninglessness:0 When to use this quote - personal reflection - media consumption - career choices Key Concepts existentialism values media consumption Questions to Reflect On - What drives your entertainment choices? - How could you find meaning beyond distraction? ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Meaninglessness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/meaninglessness/) ## Related quotes > [Nobody wants to have meaninglessness in their lives. You probably see a lot of people living their lives that don't have a whole lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/nobody-wants-to-have-meaninglessness-in-their-lives-you-probably-see/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) > [“And this notion of the meaninglessness of our lives here began to enflame us. I took up the theme again that music and acting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-rice/and-this-notion-of-the-meaninglessness-of-our-lives-here-began-to/) [Anne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-rice/) > [“namely, the feeling of the total and ultimate meaninglessness of their lives. They lack the awareness of a meaning worth living for. They are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-e-frankl/namely-the-feeling-of-the-total-and-ultimate-meaninglessness-of-their/) [Viktor E. Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-e-frankl/) > [I love big superhero movies - when they are good - and I love big worlds and scope and genre, but there should never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-dacosta/i-love-big-superhero-movies-when-they-are-good-and-i-love-big-worlds/) [Nia DaCosta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nia-dacosta/) > [“There was nothing in the modern world to excite a man, or a woman, nothing except constant and mindless entertainment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-westfield/there-was-nothing-in-the-modern-world-to-excite-a-man-or-a-woman/) Ryan Westfield > [“I remember holding her in my arms and absolving God of meaninglessness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-l-doctorow-2/i-remember-holding-her-in-my-arms-and-absolving-god-of-meaninglessness/) [E.L. Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-l-doctorow-2/) > [“Where are we headed? Are we not endlessly plunging —backwards, sideways, forwards, in all directions? Is there an up and a down anymore? Do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/where-are-we-headed-are-we-not-endlessly-plunging-backwards-sideways/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) > [“I had motives for not wanting the world to have a meaning; and consequently assumed that it had none, and was able without any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldous-huxley/i-had-motives-for-not-wanting-the-world-to-have-a-meaning-and/) [Aldous Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldous-huxley/) > [“Your world is the world of coincidence, of meaninglessness. You choose the world that would have us as specks of dust, as mice in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-grodstein/your-world-is-the-world-of-coincidence-of-meaninglessness-you-choose/) [Lauren Grodstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-grodstein/) > [“To understand the people who often talk about the meaninglessness of life, walk amongst the ruins!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/to-understand-the-people-who-often-talk-about-the-meaninglessness-of/) [Mehmet Murat ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/) > [“I had motives for not wanting the world to have a meaning; consequently assumed that it had not; and was able without any difficulty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldous-huxley/i-had-motives-for-not-wanting-the-world-to-have-a-meaning/) [Aldous Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldous-huxley/) > [That is the most extreme form of nihilism: nothingness (the "meaningless") eternally!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/that-is-the-most-extreme-form-of-nihilism-nothingness-the-meaningless/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) > [“Anxiety, alienation, loneliness, emptiness, and meaninglessness are the fruits of living as an isolated subject admist a multitude of lifeless objects. Although our scope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-batchelor/anxiety-alienation-loneliness-emptiness-and-meaninglessness-are-the/) [Stephen Batchelor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-batchelor/) > [“Garraty thought that memories were like a line drawn in the dirt. The further back you went the scuffier and harder to see that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bachman/garraty-thought-that-memories-were-like-a-line-drawn-in-the-dirt-the/) [Richard Bachman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bachman/) > [“On one side it seems there is faith in a Creator-God - and at the same time, the rejection of his creation; and on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-schmemann/on-one-side-it-seems-there-is-faith-in-a-creator-god-and-at-the-same/) [Alexander Schmemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-schmemann/) ## More Concern quotes > [This brings me back to the image of Kafka standing before a fish in the Berlin aquarium, a fish on which his gaze fell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/this-brings-me-back-to-the-image-of-kafka-standing-before-a-fish-in/) [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/) > [It is not my intention to explain Turkey, its culture and its problems. My literature has a universal concern: I want to bring people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orhan-pamuk/it-is-not-my-intention-to-explain-turkey-its-culture-and-its-problems/) [Orhan Pamuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orhan-pamuk/) > [I'm a vegetarian - I think there's a strong possibility, had I not become a vegetarian, I would not be working now. I became…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-barker/i-m-a-vegetarian-i-think-there-s-a-strong-possibility-had-i-not/) [Bob Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-barker/) > [What really concerns me is for Christians to understand the fundamentals of evangelism in a way that is helpful in the contemporary scene.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/what-really-concerns-me-is-for-christians-to-understand-the/) [Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-dever/) > [I'm not interested in making a diagnostic novel or a concern. I'm 100 percent committed in fiction to the pleasure principle - that's what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/i-m-not-interested-in-making-a-diagnostic-novel-or-a-concern-i-m-100/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) > [I am sympathetic to developing countries’ concerns: because of our emissions it’s their crops that will disappear; because of our inaction, it’s their fields…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kerry/i-am-sympathetic-to-developing-countries-concerns-because-of-our/) [John F. Kerry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kerry/) > [Meanwhile, the trees were just as green as before; the birds sang and the sun shone as clearly now as ever. The familiar surroundings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/meanwhile-the-trees-were-just-as-green-as-before-the-birds-sang-and/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) > [It concerns me when people frame the conversation about equal pay about the entertainment business. I don't want the wage gap issue to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-arquette/it-concerns-me-when-people-frame-the-conversation-about-equal-pay/) [Patricia Arquette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-arquette/) > [The Patriot Act is certainly a concern; all of those things are dangerous. I think more important than me preaching is that we as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-clooney/the-patriot-act-is-certainly-a-concern-all-of-those-things-are/) [George Clooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-clooney/) > [More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/more-compassionate-mind-more-sense-of-concern-for-other-s-well-being/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) > [Show your contempt for the problem and your concern for the person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/show-your-contempt-for-the-problem-and-your-concern-for-the-person/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) > [When I was in my teens I had a series of intensely religious experiences. They deepened my sense of God as the creator of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-linzey/when-i-was-in-my-teens-i-had-a-series-of-intensely-religious/) [Andrew Linzey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-linzey/) > [If you are trying to live a life in accordance with the Bible, the concept and call to justice are inescapable. We do justice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/if-you-are-trying-to-live-a-life-in-accordance-with-the-bible-the/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) > [ I just have to deal with it \[injuries\] if and when problems happen. It's obviously a concern and I've been very careful with my… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-james/i-just-have-to-deal-with-it-injuries-if-and-when-problems-happen-it-s/) [Greg James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-james/) > [Much has been said and continues to be said of what little concern the Turks had for the Acropolis treasures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-mercouri/much-has-been-said-and-continues-to-be-said-of-what-little-concern/) [Melina Mercouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-mercouri/) Browse all 3,297 Concern quotes ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What I'm concerned about is the people who don't dwell on the meaninglessness of their lives, or the meaningfulness of it-who just pursue mindless entertainment.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael K Hooker" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-k-hooker/what-i-m-concerned-about-is-the-people-who-don-t-dwell-on-the/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Concern" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-k-hooker/what-i-m-concerned-about-is-the-people-who-don-t-dwell-on-the/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/michael-k-hooker-262752_concern_what-i-m-concerned-about-is-the-people-w_2130202.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/michael-k-hooker-262752_concern_what-i-m-concerned-about-is-the-people-w_2130202.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/michael-k-hooker-262752_concern_what-i-m-concerned-about-is-the-people-w_2130202.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What I'm concerned about is the people who don't dwell on the meaninglessness of their lives, or the…” — Michael K Hooker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Michael K Hooker", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-k-hooker/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "What I'm concerned about is the...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-k-hooker/what-i-m-concerned-about-is-the-people-who-don-t-dwell-on-the/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-k-hooker/what-i-m-concerned-about-is-the-people-who-don-t-dwell-on-the/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```