Sherwood Anderson Quotes

It's not just dead men who tell no tales. Live ones don't have much to say for themselves, either.

I never responded to teaching.

I'm not after anything, I don't want to be part of politics, I don't want to be a part of anything.

Seven national crimes: 1. I don't think. 2. I don't know. 3. I don't care. 4. I am too busy. 5. I leave well enough alone. 6. I have no time to read and find out. 7. I am not interested.

The people can have anything they want, the only problem is they do not want anything.

Women all want to be ladies, which is simply to have nothing to do, but listlessly to go they scarcely care where, for they cannot tell what.

Undoubtedly, to salve your conscience, you have now and then helped some miserable human being, but millions of human beings were murdered and nary a protest was heard.

The real reason for apathy is usually a feeling of powerlessness.

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph.

For evil to take place, the acts of a few people are not sufficient; the great majority also has to remain indifferent.

The possibility that I will ever be drawn into political activity is so remote as to be negligible.

America is in a state of somnolence. It's an avoidance of paranoia through ignoring reality.

When I see that things are not going the way they should be, I just clam up.

I'm too tired most of the time. Why do I have to take a stand on everything? Sometimes, I'm just not mad at it.

Politics is not my cup of tea.

The worst people on earth are not only those who commit evil, but those who stand by and turn a blind eye

Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues

He's had a lot of chances to care, and he hasn't.

The commonest ivory tower is that of the average man, the state of passivity towards experience.

To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.

detachment, n. Even when I detach, I care. You can be separate from a thing and still care about it.

When you're comfortable, you're not necessarily inclined to care about things that are contributing to your comfort. It's difficult.

Indifference is commonly the mother of discretion.

People look around you, the signs are everywhere. You've left it for somebody other than you to be the one who to care.

Indifference creates an artificial peace.