Quotes of Insensitive - somelinesforyou

“ A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity. ”

- Saadi

“ Adolescence is that time when I think, it can be - it's the cruelest place on Earth. It can really be heartless. ”

- Tori Amos

“ None so deaf as those that will not hear. ”

- Matthew

“ I lean to you, numb as a fossil. Tell me I'm here. ”

- Sylvia Plath

“ Anesthetized time; nothing moves and everything is at once. ”

- Ken Kesey

“ Ah! let us love, my Love, for Time is heartless,Be happy while you may! ”

- Alphonse de Lamartine

“ A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity till he has tasted adversity. ”

- Sadi

“ If people can't deal with their problems, they numb themselves a little bit. ”

- Kevin Nealon

“ A lecture is an occasion when you numb one end to benefit the other. ”

- John Gould

“ By headless Charles see heartless Henry lies. ”

- Lord Byron

“ There isn't a debate, there is no dialogue. It seems to be a dialogue of the deaf. ”

- Hugo Chavez

“ We in the west are seen as godless, as greedy and as uncaring about the suffering of those in the developing world. ”

- Silvia Cartwright

“ They never would hear, But turn the deaf ear, As a matter they had no concern in. ”

- Jonathan Swift

“ A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity. ”

- Sadi

“ I learned to be with myself rather than avoiding myself with limiting habits; I started to be aware of my feelings more, rather than numb them. ”

- Judith Wright

“ Never tell your story to a deaf man. ”

- Unknown

“ Never tell your story to a deaf man. ”

- Unknown

“ Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught. ”

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“ Practice, practice, practice until you eventually get numb on rejections. ”

- Brian Klemmer

“ Half of us are blind, few of us feel, and we are all deaf. ”

- Sir William Osler

“ The family is a haven in a heartless world. ”

- Christopher Lasch

“ Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt. ”

- Norman Cousins

“ It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. ”

- Walter Lippmann

“ All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today. ”

- Ralph Ransom

“ In many respects, I think a lot of businessmen have become highly insensitive to the world, the environment, to everything around them. What are they doing with the millions and millions of dollars they're making? Why don't they give anything back? That, to me, is the height of insensitivity. ”

- Scott Bakula
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