George Santayana Quotes

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Familiarity gives rise to contempt.

By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy-indifference from whatever cause, not from a lack of knowledge, but from carelessness, from absorption in other pursuits, from a contempt bred of self satisfaction.

My philosophy is familiarity breeds contempt.

you have not been / paying attention

I used to just sign papers and not pay no attention to what I'm signing.

What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please.

God knows how many things a man misses by becoming smug and assuming that matters will take their own course.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

I never pay any attention. I'm sure it's not such a good way to be, but I don't really follow market research.

The more often we see the things around us - even the beautiful and wonderful things - the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take for granted the beauty of this world: the flowers, the trees, the birds, the clouds - even those we love. Because we see things so often, we see them less and less.

During the times of peace and prosperity a leader becomes careless and unmindful of the future

We will not take care. We do not give a damn.

… looking and not seeing things was a great sin.

How few care about such things.

Ignorance is a matter of laziness, indifference, and apathy.

Human capacity for not thinking about what we're doing is infinite.

When something is working well, it becomes too easy to let things run themselves.

I'm into eating as little as possible, paying as little attention as possible. I never cook. Never use the stove or anything.

And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention

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.

One can get used to ugliness, but never to negligence.

People get careless when they're feeling safe.

People dont pay attention until they have to

Familiarity breeds contempt, but without a little familiarity it's impossible to breed anything.