Squandered Quotes

50 quotes by 48 authors

Britain has squandered its windfall of natural resources from North Sea oil and gas. Instead of prudently investing the 'unearned income' from nature, to build… — Andrew Simms
When I look back at the past and think of all the time I squandered in error and idleness,... then my heart bleeds. Life is… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
California is now a valuable touchstone to the country, a warning of what not to do. Rarely has a single generation inherited so much natural… — Victor Davis Hanson
Money is never to be squandered or spent ostentatiously. Some of the greatest people in history have lived lives of the greatest simplicity. Remember it's… — Rose Kennedy
I seldom try to probe the mystery of my sloth. I have squandered a gigantic fortune of work hours... seems likely that I'll go on… — Christopher Isherwood
Trust and integrity are precious resources, easily squandered, hard to regain. They can thrive only on a foundation of respect for veracity. — Sissela Bok
I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told, and I have squandered my resistance, for a pocket full of mumbles, such are… — Paul Simon
In vain have oceans been squandered on you, in vain the sun, wonderfully seen through Whitmanâ€™s eyes. You have used up the years and they… — Jorge Luis Borges
Two years were all we had, love," she whispered, "and we squandered them. — Meredith Ann Pierce
What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race? — Thomas Sowell
Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well. — Pope John Paul II
Yes, the money could be better spent on Earth. But would it? Since when has money saved by government redlining been spent on education and… — Mary Roach
Nature had squandered an unreasonable quantity of male beauty on this undeserving creature. — Lisa Kleypas
The nobility of the human spirit grows harder for me to believe in. War, zealotry, greed, malls, narcissism. I see a backhanded nobility in excessive,… — Mary Roach
And I wonder: Have I squandered my dogness? Have I forsaken my nature for my desires? Have I made a mistake by anticipating my future… — Garth Stein
I have sometimes thought that his bursts of imaginative talk were fatal to his poetic gift. He squandered too much in the heat of personal… — Willa Cather
I have never squandered an opportunity to read. — Joe Queenan
In the end, he was nobody to Adam, he was nobody to Ronan. Adam spit his words back at him and Ronan squandered however many… — Maggie Stiefvater
[When I die], I will decidedly not be regretting missed opportunities for a good time. My regrets will be more along the lines of a… — Anthony Bourdain

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