"It's certain there are trout somewhere -..." - Quote by William Butler Yeats
It's certain there are trout somewhere - And maybe I shall take a trout - but I do not seem to care.
More by William Butler Yeats
More on Indifference
“Last of all came the cat, who looked round, as usual, for the warmest place, and finally squeezed herself in between Boxer and Clover; there she purred contentedly throughout Major's speech without listening to a word of what he was saying.”
“For if you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man's hunger.”
“She was too intent upon her work, and too earnest in what she said, and too composed and quiet altogether, to be on the watch for any look he might direct towards her in reply; so the shaft of his ungrateful glance fell harmless, and did not wound her.”
More on Apathy
“Most people go on living their everyday life: half-frightened, half indifferent, they behold the ghostly tragic-comedy that is being performed on the international stage before the eyes and ears of the world.”
“Most people live dejectedly in worldly joys or sorrows. They sit on the sidelines and do not join the dance.”
“Everywhere there is apathy. Nobody cares whether that which is preached is true or false. A sermon is a sermon whatever the subject; only, the shorter it is, the better.”