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title: "12 Money Waste Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Money Waste quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Money Waste sayings and thoughts."
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> [“If you have money to waste on wishes, you don't need the wishes as badly as I need the money.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-rundell/if-you-have-money-to-waste-on-wishes-you-don-t-need-the-wishes-as/)

[Katherine Rundell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-rundell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/katherine-rundell-17722_money_if-you-have-money-to-waste-on-wishes-you_1348345.jpg)

> [Time is money'... Waste it now. Pay for it later!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/time-is-money-waste-it-now-pay-for-it-later/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54f/benjamin-franklin-65_inspirational_time-is-money-waste-it-now-pay-for-it-la_1987019.png)

> [The easiest way to save money is to waste less energy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-easiest-way-to-save-money-is-to-waste-less-energy/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/464/barack-obama-17_energy_the-easiest-way-to-save-money-is-to-wast_1695965.jpg)

> [Some day I'll make a film that critics will like. When I have money to waste.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-truffaut/some-day-i-ll-make-a-film-that-critics-will-like-when-i-have-money-to/)

[Francois Truffaut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-truffaut/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/francois-truffaut-13544_cinema_some-day-i-ll-make-a-film-that-critics-w_397141.png)

> [The greatest crime of welfare isn't that it's a waste of money, but that it's a waste of people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-steyn/the-greatest-crime-of-welfare-isn-t-that-it-s-a-waste-of-money-but/)

[Mark Steyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-steyn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d29/mark-steyn-1844_crime_the-greatest-crime-of-welfare-isn-t-that_2827021.png)

> [It's better to waste money, than it is to waste time. You can always get more money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-sparks/it-s-better-to-waste-money-than-it-is-to-waste-time-you-can-always/)

[Hal Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-sparks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/212/hal-sparks-13442_always_it-s-better-to-waste-money-than-it-is-to_2667834.png)

> [Geez, all that money we waste on space exploration; just think how many bombs that would buy!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/geez-all-that-money-we-waste-on-space-exploration-just-think-how-many/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a43/anonymous-1_bombs_geez-all-that-money-we-waste-on-space-ex_809004.jpg)

> [If everything in the world would be in terms of time instead of money no one would waste time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shanu/if-everything-in-the-world-would-be-in-terms-of-time-instead-of-money/)

[Shanu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shanu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c7/shanu-29422_money_if-everything-in-the-world-would-be-in-t_2732227.jpg)

> [I can't tell you how much money I waste on plaid shirts, whisky that I hate the taste of, and Moleskine notebooks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mae-martin/i-can-t-tell-you-how-much-money-i-waste-on-plaid-shirts-whisky-that-i/)

[Mae Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mae-martin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a1/mae-martin-14626_hate_i-can-t-tell-you-how-much-money-i-waste_562197.jpg)

> [“Only merchants have money to waste, and what are they but parasites who create nothing, grow nothing, make nothing but feed off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-clavell/only-merchants-have-money-to-waste-and-what-are-they-but-parasites/)

[James Clavell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-clavell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ff/james-clavell-4422_capitalism_only-merchants-have-money-to-waste-and-w_327484.png)

> [Anyone who's ever filed a tax return or visited the Department of Motor Vehicles understands that government does two things well: spend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-feulner/anyone-who-s-ever-filed-a-tax-return-or-visited-the-department-of/)

[Edwin Feulner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-feulner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/292/edwin-feulner-56609_department_anyone-who-s-ever-filed-a-tax-return-or_2016162.png)

> [Waste your money and you're only out of money, but waste your time and you've lost a part of your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leboeuf/waste-your-money-and-you-re-only-out-of-money-but-waste-your-time-and/)

[Michael LeBoeuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leboeuf/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ff/michael-leboeuf-27478_life_waste-your-money-and-you-re-only-out-of_2027474.jpg)

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