Waste Quotes

2808 Waste quotes by 1828 unique authors

We bear our shades about us; self-deprived Of other screen, the thin umbrella spread, And range an Indian waste without a tree. — William Cowper
See the wild Waste of all-devouring years! How Rome her own sad Sepulchre appears, With nodding arches, broken temples spread! The very Tombs now vanish'd… — Alexander Pope
To me so deep a silence portends some dread event; a clamorous sorrow wastes itself in sound. — Sophocles
People go through four stages before any revolutionary development: 1. It's nonsense, don't waste my time. 2. It's interesting, but not important. 3. I always… — Arthur C. Clarke
We live in a time which has created the art of the absurd. It is our art. It contains happenings, Pop art, camp, a theater… — Norman Mailer
Let us waste no further time looking for the secret of success or the key to happiness. Already the door is open and whosoever will,… — Ernest Holmes
This welfare for wealthy companies wastes taxpayer dollars, harms the environment, and makes a mockery of the recent reductions in federal social spending programs. — Ralph Nader
Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence. — Thomas More
Everyday, the mail brings the thousands of letters, and you hand over to Me personally hundreds more. Yet, I do not take the help of… — Sathya Sai Baba
Those who perceive in themselves... the artistic vocation as poet, writer, sculptor, painter, musician, and actor feel at the same time an obligation not to… — Pope John Paul II
The painter of genius will not waste a moment upon those smaller objects which only serve to catch the sense, to divide the attention, and… — Joshua Reynolds
The changing styles are the expression of a restless search for something which shall commend itself to our aesthetic sense; but as each innovation is… — Thorstein Veblen
The individual's habits of thought make an organic complex, the trend of which is necessarily in the direction of serviceability to the life process. When… — Thorstein Veblen
If people are innately saddled with certain sins and flaws, like selfishness, prejudice, sort-sightedness, and self-deception, then political reform would seem to be a waste… — Steven Pinker
We can't really waste our time; we have to see that we are all in the same boat and that different religious traditions point in… — David Steindl-Rast
We have a two-tier class system when it comes to personality style. To devalue introversion is a waste of talent, energy and happiness. — Susan Cain
One of the keys to ensuring accountability is to have civil servants who witness fraud, waste and abuse to blow the whistle. — Byron Dorgan
We have no right to dictate, through irresponsible action or narrow-mindedness, the future of our children, and our children's children. There has been enough destruction,… — Abdallah II
I really liked German food. And it's very clean.. It's a very clean country. They kind of get rid of the waste really well.. the… — Dominic Monaghan
If you're looking for ways to cut waste in government, you can start with John Prescott. — George Osborne
Criticising the other fellow because he's in and you are not seems to me a futile waste of time. — Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross
What I am looking for is a masterpiece. I don't want to waste my time. I am tired of experiments. — Natalia Makarova
Two common conceptions with regard to advertising which are held by a considerable number of people are that enormously large sums of money are expended… — Daniel Starch
New management at Nine has launched a concerted attack on its cost base in order to restore margins through eliminating waste, improving efficiency and lowering… — James Packer
You will learn to paint trees only by understanding them, their growth, their nature, their movement - and realizing that they are conscious living things.… — John F. Carlson

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