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Indifferent Quotes

Quotes on apathy, duty and the cost of not caring

These indifferent quotes treat apathy as a civic problem, not just a personal mood, insisting that one county cannot afford to be indifferent to the welfare of another.

Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

I can't afford to be indifferent to politics, but I don't have personal ambitions.

Quotes by Vagit Alekperov

The people of one county can not be indifferent to the welfare of the people in another county.

Quotes by Thomas Jordan Jarvis

This demonstration of power, indifferent to the law, is highly dangerous.

Quotes by Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Act Quotes

Men's hearts are cold. They are indifferent.

Quotes by Mary Harris Jones

Stimuli, however, do not act upon an indifferent organism.

Quotes by Jerome Bruner

Pain has its reasons, pleasure is totally indifferent.

Quotes by Francis Picabia

The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.

Quotes by Carl Sagan

I love portraying the totally indifferent person.

Quotes by Bob Newhart

Frequently Asked Questions

How do these quotes describe indifference toward politics?
One quote admits it is not possible to be indifferent to politics, even without holding personal political ambitions.
What civic argument do the quotes make about indifference?
One quote insists people in one county cannot be indifferent to the welfare of people in a neighboring county.
Is indifference to law treated as harmless in these quotes?
No, one quote calls a show of power that ignores the law highly dangerous.
How is emotional coldness linked to indifference here?
One quote states plainly that cold hearts are indifferent hearts.
Is there related reading on what people can excuse themselves from caring about?
Yes, our afford quotes collection explores similar themes of duty and what people can and cannot set aside.

Others describe indifference to law as genuinely dangerous, and one blunt line simply calls out cold hearts directly, showing how often indifference gets treated as a moral failing rather than neutrality.