Quotes About Apathy

Fear is better than apathy because fear makes us do something.

How terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living.

Always remember, the future of all of our tomorrows will be reflected by how we react to the mediocrity and apathy of others today.

pococurantism,

an inverse operation multiplies to such a degree what concerns our welfare and divides by such a formidable figure what does not concern it, that the death of millions of unknown people hardly affects us more unpleasantly than a draught.

First and foremost, the departure often occurs at a moment when our indifference—real or imagined—is at its greatest,

Actually, the very notion that it will come within reach—that there is no fulfillment which will be forever denied us, as long as it has ceased to be a fulfillment we desire—is one which, though true, is only partly true. By the time it comes to us, we have become indifferent to it.

Orwell's vision of our terrible future was that world-- the world in which books are banned or burned. Yet it is not the most terrifying world I can think of. I think instead of Huxley-- ...I think of his Brave New World. His vision was the more terrible, especially because now it appears to be rapidly coming true, whereas the world of 1984 did not. What's Huxley's horrific vision? It is a world where there is no need for books to be banned, because no one can be bothered to read one.

Orwell's vision of our terrible future was that world - the world in which books are banned or burned. Yet it is not the most terrifying world I can think of. I think instead of Huxley [...] I think of his Brave New World. His vision was the more terrible, especially now because it appears to be rapidly coming true, whereas the world of 1984 did not. What is Huxley's horrific vision? It is a world where there is no need for books to be banned, because no one can be bothered to read one.

Orwell's vision of our terrible future [...] - the world in which books are banned. What is Huxley's horrific vision? It is a world where there is no need for books to be banned, because no one can be bothered to read them'.

As for Frank—who cares?

But the superiority of the British is that it is a matter of complete indifference to them if they appear to be stupid.

Di nuovo l'acqua tiepida. Come si fa a vivere con una persona con così pochi slanci verso di te? E' come fare il bagno nell'acqua tiepida. Non fa caldo, e non fa ancora freddo.

My dear, I don't give a damn [Rhett Butler to Scarlett O'Hara].

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

My dear, I don't give a damn.

I wish I could care what you do or where you go but I can't... My dear, I don't give a damn.

Mediocrity is a path cleared by fear, leveled by apathy and paved by comfort.

He receives comfort like cold porridge.

Wil ate without enthusiasm. His bacon tasted like nothing. Like a dead animal, fried. His eggs, aborted chickens.

Here's to the few who forgive what you do, and the fewer who don't even care

There's no "brothers" when it comes to white people. We are just complete individuals. We don't care about each other. He's not my brother; my brother lives in Ohio - I don't know that guy.

Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.

The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.