#indifferent

The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of care: and then, to so much of the rest of life, is indifferent. Whereas, the European hasn't got so much care in him, so he cares much more for life and living. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#care #cares #consciousness #european #got

The story Grandpa told us helped me realize that people cannot be divided into groups by ethnicity, religion, or any other feature, only into groups of good, bad, and indifferent people. ↗

— Savo Heleta

#ethnicity #good #indifferent #not-my-turn-to-die #religion

The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#after #given #giving #honestly #indifferent

The secret of how to live without resentment or embarrassment in a world in which I was different from everyone else. was to be indifferent to that difference. ↗

— Al Capp

#different #else #embarrassment #everyone #how

What it values most of all is the sum total of events and the advance of civilization, which carries individuals along with it; but, indifferent to details, it cares less to have them real than noble or, rather, grand and complete. ↗

— Alfred de Vigny

#along #cares #carries #civilization #complete

If I give myself a chore, for instance, when I was writing the songs for Shameless, I said to myself, Now, every day for 90 days you have to write a song; good, bad or indifferent. So that was really helpful. ↗

— Judy Collins

#chore #day #days #every #every day

There's nothing in the world that isn't good, bad, and indifferent. ↗

— Ninette de Valois

#good #indifferent #nothing #world

The island Mayo is generally barren, being dry, as I said; and the best of it is but a very indifferent soil. ↗

— William Dampier

#being #best #dry #generally #i

The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#assumes #existence #exists #fact #indifferent

But then in novels the most indifferent hero comes out right at last. Some god comes out of a theatrical cloud and leaves the poor devil ten thousand-a-year and a title. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#comes #devil #god #hero #indifferent