Quotes About Nonchalance

Yeah, yeah, whatever." Allegra was trying not to smile, so I think she saw it too.

When you're in Los Angeles, nobody bats an eye, they're so used to seeing actors, they just act really cool.

I couldn't give a rat's tutu about your emotional distress

I'm not ignoring your calls because I'm angry, I'm ignoring them because I'm ambivalent. Being mad means that you care. I'm just over it.

Im sorry if you dont like me I'm sorry if you think I suck but most of all I'm sorry, I dont give a fu...

JUDGE: Are you trying to show contempt for this court? MAE WEST: I was doin' my best to hide it.

My Schadenfreude phaser is set to Meh.

But whereas a puppy will cringe away or roll on its back, groveling, a little boy may cover his shyness with nonchalance, with bravado, or with secrecy. And once a boy has suffered rejection, he will find rejection even where it does not exist—or, worse, will draw it forth from people simply by expecting it.

And as a few strokes on the nose will make a puppy head shy, so a few rebuffs will make a boy shy all over. But whereas a puppy will cringe away or roll on its back, groveling, a little boy may cover his shyness with nonchalance, with bravado, or with secrecy. And once a boy has suffered rejection, he will find rejection even where it does not exist--or, worse, will draw it forth from people simply by expecting it.

I'm not a royal family watcher.

Life is most enjoyed on two occasions: when intoxicated or not giving a fu... I'm doing both so I'm elated.

pococurantism,

As for Frank—who cares?

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.

Here is my secret: I don't mind what happens.

The French have a term for this brazenness: je m'en foutisme, the brave art of not giving a damn.

Barlozzo's word for nonchalance is sprezzatura. A hard word, a hard concept. The translation is "the state of effortlessness." It means the mastering of something—an art, a life—without really working at it, with the result being nonchalance.

For me, in fact, the mark of the historic is the nonchalance with which it picks up an individual and deposits him in a trend, like a house playfully moved by a tornado.

Sometimes I just don't care, and everything comes.

I'm about to ask when I remember something important: I don't give a damn.

When you've lived as long as I have, nothing much surprises you.