--- title: "8 Wasted Words Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Wasted Words quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Wasted Words sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/664/bob-dylan-168_born_the-hollow-horn-plays-wasted-words-prove_8394.jpg" --- > [The hollow horn plays wasted words, proves to warn that he not busy being born is busy dying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/the-hollow-horn-plays-wasted-words-proves-to-warn-that-he-not-busy/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/664/bob-dylan-168_born_the-hollow-horn-plays-wasted-words-prove_8394.jpg) > [“...-not only did he deplore the waste of words, he detested the moral lassitude with which they were wasted. To him, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandar-hemon/not-only-did-he-deplore-the-waste-of-words-he-detested-the-moral/) [Aleksandar Hemon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandar-hemon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/aleksandar-hemon-1490_language_not-only-did-he-deplore-the-waste-of-wor_227605.jpg) > [“...much theological discussion is wasted, not because the words used have no possible meaning, but because the people who use them don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-haughton/much-theological-discussion-is-wasted-not-because-the-words-used-have/) [Rosemary Haughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-haughton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/rosemary-haughton-93484_philosophy_much-theological-discussion-is-wasted-no_1065299.jpg) > [“The last time we saw each other, he begged for my understanding. I'd told him to go to hell. They were wasted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denise-grover-swank/the-last-time-we-saw-each-other-he-begged-for-my-understanding-i-d/) [Denise Grover Swank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denise-grover-swank/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0c/denise-grover-swank-8060_last-time_the-last-time-we-saw-each-other-he-begge_1849424.jpg) > [“To him, in whose throat the bone of displacement was forever stuck, it was wrong to talk about nothing when there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandar-hemon/to-him-in-whose-throat-the-bone-of-displacement-was-forever-stuck-it/) [Aleksandar Hemon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandar-hemon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86a/aleksandar-hemon-1490_essays_to-him-in-whose-throat-the-bone-of-displ_2363535.jpg) > [Owen meany who rarely wasted words and who had the conversation-stopping habit of dropping remarks like coins into a deep pool of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/owen-meany-who-rarely-wasted-words-and-who-had-the-conversation/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ba/john-irving-337_bottom_owen-meany-who-rarely-wasted-words-and-w_2431977.png) > [This room's become a mausoleum, filled with relics of regret Paying dues to every moment wasted, on words left unsaid Collisions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/all-time-low/this-room-s-become-a-mausoleum-filled-with-relics-of-regret-paying/) [All Time Low](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/all-time-low/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d20/all-time-low-20341_every-day_this-room-s-become-a-mausoleum-filled-wi_2479311.jpg) > [“Before her was a man who wasted words on no one. If he said something, you could take the worth of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-winter/before-her-was-a-man-who-wasted-words-on-no-one-if-he-said-something/) [Sarah Winter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-winter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0a/sarah-winter-47012_character-developmen_before-her-was-a-man-who-wasted-words-on_2502546.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wasted-words/#itemlist", "name": "Wasted Words Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The hollow horn plays wasted words, proves to warn that he not busy being born is busy dying.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bob Dylan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/the-hollow-horn-plays-wasted-words-proves-to-warn-that-he-not-busy/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/664/bob-dylan-168_born_the-hollow-horn-plays-wasted-words-prove_8394.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/664/bob-dylan-168_born_the-hollow-horn-plays-wasted-words-prove_8394.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/664/bob-dylan-168_born_the-hollow-horn-plays-wasted-words-prove_8394.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The hollow horn plays wasted words, proves to warn that he not busy being born is busy dying.” — Bob Dylan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“...-not only did he deplore the waste of words, he detested the moral lassitude with which they were wasted. 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