Jean Baudrillard Quotes

The real problem is not the bad guys; it is that good guys have gone to sleep.

If we sit by and become complacent and put our heads in the sand, we're complicit.

I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.

Liberalism is: To let things drift if they do not affect one personally; to say as little as possible while knowing perfectly well what is wrong, to be worldly wise and play safe and seek only to avoid blame

It's indifference and ignorance that stops people from doing the right thing.

this is america, you live in it, you let it happen. let it unfurl.

To sit home, read one's favorite paper, and scoff at the misdeeds of the men who do things is easy, but it is markedly ineffective. It is what evil men count upon the good men's doing.

I know the biggest crime is just to throw up your hands, Say, This has nothing to do with me, I just want to live as comfortably as I can...

There is nothing spiritual about complacency.

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.

Famine and disaster, right there in front of you, and the more you watch, the less you do.

That's human nature. Nobody does anything until it's too late.

There's no difference between a pessimist who says, "Oh it's hopeless, so don't bother doing anything." and an optimist who says, "Don't bother doing anything, it's going to turn out fine anyways. Either way, nothing happens."

Most people sleep themselves stupid.

Indifference is an excellent substitute for patience.

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

His calls for justice were lost at the mercy of the wind and human indifference.

That which is always within our reach, is always the last thing we take; and the chances are, that what we can do every day, we never do at all.

The book of your revolution sits in the pit of your belly, young Indian. Crap it out, and read. Instead of which, they're all sitting in front of color TVs and watching cricket and shampoo advertisements.

The know-nothings are, unfortunately, seldom the do-nothings.

Diversion and indifference are the two widest roads to Hell in today's world.

We gave the Future to the winds, and slumbered tranquilly in the Present, weaving the dull world around us into dreams.

Worst is the one who knows better and does nothing.

Saying something is 'too bad' is easy. You say you disapprove, which makes you a nice person, and then you can go about your business and not be interested anymore. It's a lot worse than 'too bad.' It's against everything decent and natural.