Quotes About Apathy

If we speak of an angry God at all, we will speak of a God angry at indifference, angry at apathy, angry at racism and violence, angry at inhumanity, angry at waste, angry at destruction, angry at injustice, angry at hostile religious clannishness. That anger is never against us (or them); it is against what is against us (and them).

as an assistant." It was worth noting, but hardly earthshaking news. Spies were everywhere, and both sides knew it. That this operative tried to convert Woodhull to his side while clearly unaware as to Woodhull's true loyalties is both comical and a testimony to the convincing role Woodhull was playing as a man of profound apathy. His secret letters, however, reveal just how deep his passions truly ran.

Politics disgusts me.

Elisabeth, unmoved, replied: "Oh, yes, they're curious - whenever there's something to see, they come running, for the monkey dancing at the hurdy-gurdy just as much as for me. That is their love!

A certain combination of incompetence and indifference can cause almost as much suffering as the most acute malevolence.

If I had a dollar for every single time [Stephen Malkmus] said, 'it doesn't matter', I wouldn't have to work.

senses could be dulled, and you might withdraw into yourself, feeling numb and empty.

Yo creo que el honor es un sentimiento muy vivo, pero también estoy convencido de que las formas ya superadas están llenas de apatía y de que hace falta un cansancio infinito para entregarse a un convencionalismo romántico y muerto del sentimiento. Se tiene que estar desesperado, perdido...

Political indifference is closely linked to ethical depravity.

It has been a failure of such monumental proportions that political apathy is no longer considered fashnionable or even safe, among millions of people who only two years ago thought that anybody who disagreed openly with the goverment was either paranoid or subversive. Political candidates in 1974, at least, are going to have to deal with an angry, disillusioned electorate that is not likely to settle for flag-waving and pompous bullshit.

He no longer cared much what others thought of him. There were few benefits in growing older, and this was one.

The reason he wouldn't be drawn into political or even theological debate was that he was indifferent to other people's opinions and felt no urge to engage with or oppose them.

I have been a youngster and I know speeches are boring.

Apathy in youth culture is pretty stark.

I used to just write about my own apathy, but that youthful, apathetic way of looking at things grew thin as I got older.

I've always been pretty indifferent towards the royal family. I went on a school trip once to Buckingham Palace, and all I can remember is that it was really boring.

Our country is in deep trouble. To talk and re-litigate in 1998, or even what Mitt Romney said or didn't say in 1994 or 2002, I don't think most people really care.

I wish something on T.V. would trouble me. Then maybe I would watch it.

The administration has taken its inexcusable apathy a step further, declaring that even abiding by the few token sanctions in place isn't truly necessary, as evidenced by the now 20 countries to which the Obama administration has granted waivers to continue doing business with Iran.

The truth is that I don't really care what everyone thinks.

Good God, what does it matter? If life is a tragedy, or a farce, or a disaster, or anything else, what do I care! Let life be what it likes. Give me a drink, that's what I want just now.

I've always been so apathetic. I figured, OK, maybe the world is going to fall down around me. Now I want to make a better world... that's motherhood.

I really don't see myself in the Europa League and don't want to play in it. I couldn't care less about winning the trophy.

People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone.