Chris Borland

I would never call myself anti-football. I think I'm pro-information, pro-people making informed individual choices, pro-health, so for that reason, personally, I'm apathetic towards football. But at the same time, I think we can retain some civility, and I understand why people support and love it.

American Athlete

Alexandra Adornetto

Gen Y is depicted as self-centred and apathetic when it comes to politics, but it doesn't help that we are largely overlooked. There have been policies to woo parents, pensioners and the sick, but the young do not appear to rank high on any political agenda.

Australian Author

Masi Oka

Being a geek is a great thing. I think we're all geeks. Being a geek means you're passionate about something and that defines your uniqueness. I would rather be passionate about something than be apathetic about everything.

Japanese Actor

Ann Voskamp

By default, most of us have taken the dare to simply survive. Exist. Get through. For the most part, we live numb to life - we've grown weary and apathetic and jaded... and wounded.

Canadian Author

Eran Zahavi

I realized I needed to take more responsibility, be more mature, not to lose the ball in precarious areas. In past I was apathetic, didn't think too much.

Israeli Athlete

Cass Elliot

I've always been so apathetic. I figured, OK, maybe the world is going to fall down around me. Now I want to make a better world... that's motherhood.

American Musician

Pericles

Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.

Greek Statesman

Joyce Meyer

Refuse to be a lazy Christian, and resist a passive, apathetic attitude.

American Author

Olivia Wilde

It's not actually OK to just be apathetic about anything.

American Actress

Russell Hornsby

American Actor

Use 'apathetic' to describe a clear absence of emotion or excitement.

Lack of Passion

'Apathetic' often implies a criticism for not caring enough.

Negative Connotation

When describing someone as 'apathetic', it suggests subtle disapproval of their attitude.

Subtle Disapproval

Indicate emotional detachment in situations where feeling is expected.

Emotional Disconnect

Being 'apathetic' can sometimes be misread as being calm or composed.

Mistaken for Calm

Be aware that 'apathetic' might not always mean lack of care; it may be a trait or mood.

Personal Differences

Implies a responsibility is being neglected or not taken seriously.

Conveys Neglect

Often used when someone has an obligation or duty that they're ignoring.

Context of Duty

 And if we do enough of these kinds of things, the awareness is going to sink in that things are going to be different. And then we're off to the races, because I don't believe for a second that we have forgotten how to solve tough challenges or that we have become too apathetic or hard-hearted to even try. I started my talk with quotes from wordsmiths

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 How can we honestly and genuinely encourage more people to vote when votes don't count in Canada? You add all this up together, and of course people are apathetic. It's like trying to run into a brick wall. Now, I'm not trying to be negative by throwing all these obstacles out and explaining what's in our way. Quite the opposite --

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 that will be not quite so desperate to leave to our great-grandchildren. That's, I think, something for everybody. Because a lot of people understand what's happening, but they feel helpless and hopeless, and what can they do, so they do nothing and they become apathetic.

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 We have to be using the best tools we can bring to bear to help voters navigate this complexity, and right now, we're not. One of the most common narratives I hear in my work is that people aren't civically engaged because they're apathetic -- because they don't care.

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 We walk across graduation stages, high on our overblown expectations, and when we float back down to earth, we realize we don't know what the heck it means to actually save the world anyway. The mainstream media often paints my generation as apathetic,

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 Silence, in terms of citizens not engaging, simply not wanting to participate. There's this commonplace that I truly, truly dislike, and it's this idea that we citizens are naturally apathetic. That we shun commitment. But, can you really blame us

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 and the human heart? Talking about it in the non-scientific term, in terms of love and compassion. Is there some disconnect? And these young people, when I talk to them, basically they were either depressed or apathetic,

Helping humans and...

 Our highest offices are plagued by corruption. We're on the brink of a sort of apathetic apocalypse, and it's not OK. We've got to open the doors to city halls and schools so wide that people can't help but walk in.

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 angry she was apathetic about academics and her grades had just plummeted out of nowhere almost inexplicably it was like she was a different person have you ever

Apathetic

Lack of Passion

Negative Connotation

Subtle Disapproval

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