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Quotes About Indifference

Clothing left on the bed unfolded. Books stained with coffee spots. Tabs not paid until the last possible second. Boys kissed and then forgotten in a week's time.
~ Libba Bray
Time, designing slowly, swiftly; Time, destroying slowly, swiftly; Time holding, possessing the earth in its tender indifference.
~ Martha Ostenso
so then I didn't care no more about him, because I don't take no stock in dead people.
~ Mark Twain
So much blood has been shed by the Church because of an omission from the Gospel: Ye shall be indifferent as to what your neighbor's religion is. Not merely tolerant of it, but indifferent to it. Divinity is claimed for many religions; but no religion is great enough or divine enough to add that new law to its code.
~ Mark Twain
Our consciences take NO notice of pain inflicted upon others until it reaches a point where it gives pain to US. In ALL cases without exception we are absolutely indifferent to another person's pain until his sufferings make us uncomfortable.
~ Mark Twain
Well, let her—she should see that he could be as indifferent as some other people.
~ Mark Twain
Oh, anybody can run a tick down that don't belong to them. I'm satisfied with it. It's a good enough tick for me. Sho, there's
~ Mark Twain
Zihnin ahlaki aksam? yap?s? uyar?nca, özgürce ÅŸu veya bu eylemde bulunur ve zihnin bu konuya iliÅŸkin duygular?na bir hayli kay?ts?z kal?r - yani, kal?rd?, eÄŸer zihnin herhangi bir duygusu olsayd?; ki yoktur. Zihin sadece bir termometredir: s?cakl??? ve soÄŸukluÄŸu gösterir, ikisi hakk?nda da daha fazlas?n? umursamaz.
~ Mark Twain
Bilinç, insan?n iyiliÄŸine kar?? kay?ts?zd?r: kendi arzular?n? doyurmak haricinde hiçbir ÅŸeyle ilgilenmez. İnsan?n iyiliÄŸine yönelik ÅŸeyleri tercih etmesi için eÄŸitilebilir, ama onlar? yaln?zca kendisini diÄŸer ÅŸeylere k?yasla daha memnun edeceÄŸi için tercih edecektir.
~ Mark Twain
I was in a fair way to win, now, for it was a dazzling opportunity for an Arab. He pondered a moment, and would have done it, I think, but his mother arrived, then, and interfered. Her tears moved me—I never can look upon the tears of woman with indifference—and I said I would give her a hundred to jump off, too.
~ Mark Twain
My, you ought to seen old Henry the Eight when he was in bloom. He was a blossom. He used to marry a new wife every day, and chop off her head next morning. And he would do it just as indifferent as if he was ordering up eggs.
~ Mark Twain
Me estoy dando cuenta de que me da igual bañarme si nadie me lo prohíbe.
~ Mark Twain
Why can't the world hear? I ask myself. Within a few moments I ask it many times. Because it doesn't care, I finally answer, and I know I'm right. It's like I've been chosen. But chosen for what? I ask.
~ Markus Zusak
The thrill of being ignored!
~ Markus Zusak
See, Cameron. The only things I care about in this life are me, you, Mum, Dad, Steve and Sarah. And maybe Miffy. The rest of the world means nothing to me. The rest of the world can rot.' Am I like that too?' You? No way.' There's a slight gap in his words. 'And that's your problem. You care about everything.' He's right. I do.
~ Markus Zusak
the city around us seemed colder than ever again, and I realised that even if it really had sensed something going on, it certainly didn't care. It moved forward again. I could feel it. I could almost hear it laugh and taste it. Close. Watching. Mocking. And it was cold, so cold, as it watched my sister bleeding at the back of our house.
~ Markus Zusak
Nothing affects you, and you affect nothing.
~ Markus Zusak
Why can't the world hear? I ask myself. Within a few moments I ask it many times. Because it doesn't care, I finally answer, and I know I'm right.
~ Markus Zusak
It's pathetic how a man can stand by and do nothing as a whole nation cleans out the garbage and makes itself great -Hans Junior
~ Markus Zusak
Why can't the world hear? I ask myself. Within a few moments I ask it many times. Because it doesn't care, I finally answer, and I know I'm right. It's like I've been chosen. But chosen for what? I ask. The answer's quite simple: To care.
~ Markus Zusak
In a way, I wish I could be like that. You'd never worry or care about anything that really mattered. You'd be happy, in the same pitiful way someone like our friend Ritchie is. Nothing affects you and you affect nothing.
~ Markus Zusak
The price of eternal vigilance is indifference.
~ Marshall McLuhan
Los ciudadanos pueden volverse entonces indiferentes a la verdad y optar por la comodidad de un grupo de iguales en el que aislarse y en el que repetirse falsedades unos a otros. Puede que comiencen a temer dar su opinión y prefieran el consuelo de un líder que les proporcione una sensación de protección como la del interior del seno materno. Y puede que se vuelvan agresivos unos con otros y que se culpen del dolor del miedo.
~ Martha C. Nussbaum
I didn't care what humans were doing to each other as long as I didn't have to a) stop it or b) clean up after it.
~ Martha Wells