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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 25 likes |
 | A good listener is usually thinking of something else. — Kin Hubbard, 1868-1930, American cartoonist 16 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 13 likes |
 | Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them. — Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer 12 likes |
 | Tolerance is another word for indifference. — Somerset Maugham, 1874-1965, British writer 11 likes |
 | After us the deluge. Apres nous, le deluge. — Madame de Pompadour, 1721-1764, mistress of the French King Louis XV 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 10 likes |
 | Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world. — Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic 10 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 9 likes |
 | Nobody can hurt me without my permission. — Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence 9 likes |
 | Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference which is an elegant name for ignorance. — G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer & critic 8 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 8 likes |
 | I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen. — John Steinbeck, 1902-1968, American writer, Nobel 1962 8 likes |
| There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people. — G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer & critic 8 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 8 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 7 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 7 likes |
 | I've found the secret of happiness, total disregard of everybody. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-2025, British cartoonist & epigrammatist 7 likes |
 | What is said behind my back is said to my ass. — Georges Clemenceau, 1841-1929, French Prime Minister 6 likes |
 | Lack of sensitivity is perhaps basically an unawareness of ourselves. — Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer & philosopher 6 likes |
 | Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn. — Gore Vidal, 1925-2012, American writer 6 likes |
 | Politeness is organized indifference. — Paul Valery, 1871-1945, French poet 6 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 6 likes |
 | Forgiveness, do you know what it is? It is indifference to what does not touch us. — Alexandre Dumas, fils, 1824-1895, French writer 6 likes |
 | To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others. — Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French writer, Nobel 1957 5 likes |
| After us, the deluge. Après nous, le déluge. — Madame de Pompadour, 1721-1764, mistress of the French King Louis XV 5 likes |
 | What lasts is indifference. Nothing lasts on a tree more than a dead branch. — Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer 5 likes |
 | This is the stuff we're made of, half indifference and half malice. — José Saramago, 1922-2010, Portuguese writer [Nobel 1998] 5 likes |
 | Stoicism for show: to be an enthusiast of nil admirari, an hysteric of ataraxia. — Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher 5 likes |
 | Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them. — Sam Goldwyn, 1879-1974, American film producer 4 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 4 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 4 likes |
 | An indifferent gaze is a goodbye that lasts forever. — Malcolm de Chazal, 1902-1981, Mauritian thinker & aphorist 4 likes |
 | I don’t care about anyone, and the feeling is quite obviously mutual. — Sylvia Plath, 1932-1963, American poet & writer 3 likes |
 | 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. — Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer 2 likes |
 | 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. — Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer 2 likes |
 | The real evil of old age is not the weakness of the body, it is the indifference of the soul. — André Maurois, 1885-1967, French writer 2 likes |
 | Some people like what you do, some people hate what you do, but most people simply don’t give a damn. — Charles Bukowski, 1920-1994, American writer 1 likes |
 | We care so little of other people than even Christianity urges us to do good for the love of God. — Cesare Pavese, 1908-1950, Italian writer 1 likes |
 | No person is important enough to make me angry. — Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, English writer 1 likes |
 | Indifference gives a false air of superiority — Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims 1 likes |
| Only God sees the sparrow fall, but even God doesn’t do anything about it. — John Steinbeck, 1902-1968, American writer, Nobel 1962 1 likes |
| A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted, that riches, positions, fortune, and favor cannot satisfy him. — Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer 1 likes |
 | The world is very lovely, and it's very horrible–and it doesn't care about your life or mine or anything else. — Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936, English writer, Nobel 1907 1 likes |
| At twenty, the things for which one does not care a damn should, properly, be many. — Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936, English writer, Nobel 1907 1 likes |
 | Wit is, in fact, the eloquence of indifference. — William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic 1 likes |
 | Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil. — Anatole France, 1844-1924, French writer, Nobel 1921 1 likes |
| I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the wisdom of indifference. — Anatole France, 1844-1924, French writer, Nobel 1921 1 likes |
 | 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?” — Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer 1 likes |
 | Jekyll had more than a father’s interest; Hyde had more than a son’s indifference. — Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer 1 likes |
 | Detachment is the beginning of mastery. — Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher 1 likes |
 | — You despise me, don't you? — If I gave you any thought I probably would. — from the film Casablanca (1942) 1 likes |
 | We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win. — Douglas Adams, 1952-2001, British Sci-Fi writer 1 likes |
 | In order to be happy in this world, one must take care to paralyze some aspects of one’s soul. — Nicolas Chamfort, 1740-1794, French writer 1 likes |
| When it is indifferent, the eye takes still photographs. When it is interested, films. — Malcolm de Chazal, 1902-1981, Mauritian thinker & aphorist 1 likes |
 | He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human. — Saadi Shirazi, 1210-1292, Persian poet 1 likes |
| Everything is pathology, except for indifference. — Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher 1 likes |
| Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. — Cesare Pavese, 1908-1950, Italian writer 1 likes |
 | Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it. — Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer 1 likes |
| I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me — Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British writer 1 likes |
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 6 likes |
| If you keep groaning, please do it to a rhythm I can dance to. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-2025, British cartoonist & epigrammatist 4 likes |
| Do you believe in apathy at first sight? — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-2025, British cartoonist & epigrammatist 1 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | We sing while our houses are on fire! Των οικιών ημών εμπιμπραμένων, ημείς άδομεν. 4 likes |
 | I don’t care if they speak bad about me after I die. Κακώς ακούειν ου μέλει θανόντι μοι. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Alcestis 4 likes |
| After I die, let the world burn. Εμού θανόντος γαία πυρί μιχθήτω. 4 likes |
 | While your houses are burning, you sing. Των οικιών υμών εμπιπραμένων, υμείς άδετε. — Aesop, 620-560 BC, Ancient Greek fabulist 1 likes |
 | A dry soul, without desires, is the wisest and best. Αύη ψυχὴ σοφωτάτη και αρίστη. — Heraclitus, 544-484 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 1 likes |
Proverbs
 | The troubles of a stranger aren’t worth an onion. 4 likes |
 | The dogs bark, but the caravan passes on. 3 likes |
Special Quotes
 | The greatest tragedy is indifference. — Motto of the Red Cross 4 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | Frankly, my dear. I don't give a damn. — from the film Gone With the Wind (1939) 9 likes |
