Waste Quotes

2808 Waste quotes by 1828 unique authors

The best way to fill time is to waste it. — Marguerite Duras
As a child, I was aware of the widely-held attitude that the ocean is so big, so resilient that we could use the sea as… — Sylvia Earle
A film is a terrible thing to waste. — Roger Ebert
The thought that all experience will be lost at the moment of my death makes me feel pain and fear... What a waste, decades spent… — Umberto Eco
Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him… — Thomas A. Edison
You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could… — Rahm Emanuel
Every social injustice is not only cruel, but it is economic waste. — William Feather
I watched my mother waste her life on housework and swore I'd never do that. Dave does the cooking. — Siobhan Fahey
I wondered a little why God was such a useless thing. It seemed a waste of time to have him. After that he became less… — Frances Farmer
It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste. — Henry Ford
As to the number of novels I've abandoned... I shudder to think. I have thrown away five completed novels, and that's a gruesome enough figure.… — Mark Haddon
I will die like a true-blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning - organize. — Joe Hill
Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to waste your time, I know you want to go back… — Alfred Hitchcock
There's nothing new about anti-work philosophy. History is dotted with individuals and groups who decided that laziness was next to godliness and work was a… — Tom Hodgkinson
I come from - I came from Wales, and it's a strong, butch society. We were in the war and all that. People didn't waste… — Anthony Hopkins
Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time. — Victor Hugo
People who don't know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it. — Henrik Ibsen
Don't waste too much time wishing, hoping, and being envious; it'll make you bugnutty. — Penn Jillette
Having a Hummer is stupid. It's stupid to waste that much gas. It's stupid to waste that much money on gas. It's stupid to parade… — Penn Jillette
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of… — Steve Jobs
People with HIV are still stigmatized. The infection rates are going up. People are dying. The political response is appalling. The sadness of it, the… — Elton John
Architecture is the art of how to waste space. — Philip Johnson
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in… — Samuel Johnson
Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess. — Samuel Johnson
Don't waste your time away thinkin' 'bout yesterday's blues. — Jon Bon Jovi

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