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Indifference |
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 | Killing myself was a matter of such indifference to me that I felt like waiting for a moment when it would make some difference. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer 24 likes |
 | A good listener is usually thinking of something else. — Kin Hubbard, 1868-1930, American cartoonist 15 likes |
 | You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 12 likes |
 | Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them. — Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer 11 likes |
 | Tolerance is another word for indifference. — Somerset Maugham, 1874-1965, British writer 10 likes |
 | The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 9 likes |
 | Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world. — Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic 9 likes |
 | Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them. — Lou Holtz, 1937-, American football coach 8 likes |
 | After us the deluge. Apres nous, le deluge. — Madame de Pompadour, 1721-1764, mistress of the French King Louis XV 8 likes |
 | Nobody can hurt me without my permission. — Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence 8 likes |
 | Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference which is an elegant name for ignorance. — G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer & critic 7 likes |
 | Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. — Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman 7 likes |
| There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people. — G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer & critic 7 likes |
 | Show me someone who never gossips, and I’ll show you someone who isn't interested in people. — Barbara Walters, 1929-2022, American TV journalist 6 likes |
 | I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen. — John Steinbeck, 1902-1968, American writer, Nobel 1962 6 likes |
 | I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all. — Coco Chanel, 1883-1971, French fashion designer 6 likes |
 | I've found the secret of happiness, total disregard of everybody. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist 6 likes |
 | What is said behind my back is said to my ass. — Georges Clemenceau, 1841-1929, French Prime Minister 5 likes |
 | Lack of sensitivity is perhaps basically an unawareness of ourselves. — Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer & philosopher 5 likes |
 | Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn. — Gore Vidal, 1925-2012, American writer 5 likes |
 | Politeness is organized indifference. — Paul Valery, 1871-1945, French poet 5 likes |
 | You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do. — Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president 5 likes |
 | Forgiveness, do you know what it is? It is indifference to what does not touch us. — Alexandre Dumas, fils, 1824-1895, French writer 5 likes |
 | The Tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy. — Montesquieu, 1689-1755, French thinker 5 likes |
 | To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others. — Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French writer, Nobel 1957 4 likes |
 | What lasts is indifference. Nothing lasts on a tree more than a dead branch. — Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer 4 likes |
 | This is the stuff we're made of, half indifference and half malice. — José Saramago, 1922-2010, Portuguese writer [Nobel 1998] 4 likes |
 | Stoicism for show: to be an enthusiast of nil admirari, an hysteric of ataraxia. — Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher 4 likes |
 | Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them. — Sam Goldwyn, 1879-1974, American film producer 3 likes |
 | There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent. — Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer 3 likes |
| After us, the deluge. Après nous, le déluge. — Madame de Pompadour, 1721-1764, mistress of the French King Louis XV 3 likes |
 | It is strange with how little notice, good, bad, or indifferent, a man may live and die in London. — Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British writer 3 likes |
 | I don’t care about anyone, and the feeling is quite obviously mutual. — Sylvia Plath, 1932-1963, American poet & writer 2 likes |
 | Some people like what you do, some people hate what you do, but most people simply don’t give a damn. |
 | We care so little of other people than even Christianity urges us to do good for the love of God. |
 | No person is important enough to make me angry. |
 | Indifference gives a false air of superiority |
| Only God sees the sparrow fall, but even God doesn’t do anything about it. |
 | An inconstant woman is one who is no longer in love; a false woman is one who is already in love with another person; a fickle woman is she who neither knows whom she loves nor whether she loves or not; and the indifferent woman, one who does not love at all. |
| A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted, that riches, positions, fortune, and favor cannot satisfy him. |
 | The world is very lovely, and it's very horrible–and it doesn't care about your life or mine or anything else. |
| At twenty, the things for which one does not care a damn should, properly, be many. |
 | Wit is, in fact, the eloquence of indifference. |
 | Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil. |
| I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the wisdom of indifference. |
 | The thing is, I mean, there’s times when you look at the universe and you think, “What about me?” and you can just hear the universe replying, “Well, what about you?” |
 | Jekyll had more than a father’s interest; Hyde had more than a son’s indifference. |
 | Detachment is the beginning of mastery. — Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher |
 | — You despise me, don't you? — If I gave you any thought I probably would. — from the film Casablanca (1942) |
 | To be silent the whole day long, see no newspaper, hear no radio, listen to no gossip, be thoroughly and completely lazy, thoroughly and completely indifferent to the fate of the world is the finest medicine a man can give himself. |
 | We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win. |
 | In order to be happy in this world, one must take care to paralyze some aspects of one’s soul. |
| Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. |
 | Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it. |
| I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me |
Funny Quotes
 | People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don't care what people think. — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 5 likes |
| If you keep groaning, please do it to a rhythm I can dance to. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist 3 likes |
| Do you believe in apathy at first sight? — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist |
Ancient Greek
 | We sing while our houses are on fire! Των οικιών ημών εμπιμπραμένων, ημείς άδομεν. 3 likes |
 | I don’t care if they speak bad about me after I die. Κακώς ακούειν ού μέλει θανόντι μοι. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Alcestis 3 likes |
Proverbs
 | The troubles of a stranger aren’t worth an onion. 3 likes |
 | The dogs bark, but the caravan passes on. 2 likes |
Special Quotes
 | The greatest tragedy is indifference. — Motto of the Red Cross 3 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | Frankly, my dear. I don't give a damn. — from the film Gone With the Wind (1939) 7 likes |
