Waste Quotes
2808 Waste quotes by 1828 unique authors
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I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time.
— Dean Kamen
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I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account…
— John F. Kennedy
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I felt that it was my duty not to senselessly waste my time. And since I didn't want to waste my time, I tried to…
— Aung San Suu Kyi
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You know, 600,000 millionaires get a Social Security check every month. I think there's enough waste and inefficiency.
— Richard Lamm
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I get anxious about a lot of things, that's the trouble. I get anxious about everything. I just can't stop thinking about things all the…
— Hugh Laurie
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To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.
— T.E. Lawrence
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If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.
— Bruce Lee
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I still read Hemingway. I still read his short stories because they're so good. He doesn't waste any words.
— Elmore Leonard
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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use…
— Jack London
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Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or…
— John Lubbock
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Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve.
— Wangari Maathai
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I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe…
— Malcolm X
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Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy, you can't build on…
— Katherine Mansfield
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The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling.
— Orison Swett Marden
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I wrapped my Christmas presents early this year, but I used the wrong paper. See, the paper I used said 'Happy Birthday' on it. I…
— Demetri Martin
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What I was trying to convey there was the kind of waste land that was left after the war. It was a bit like one…
— George Martin
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I will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency.
— Theresa May
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My perfect day is sitting in a room with some blank paper. That's heaven. That's gold, and anything else is just a waste of time.
— Cormac McCarthy
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You don't waste your entire life waiting to go back to dust.
— Reba McEntire
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Ninety percent I'll spend on good times, women and Irish Whiskey. The other ten percent I'll probably waste.
— Tug McGraw
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I think rehearsal can be important if it's done in a way that works. Often, rehearsal can be a waste of time.
— Ewan McGregor
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I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
— H. L. Mencken
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Feeling sorry for ourselves is the most useless waste of energy on the planet. It does absolutely no good. We can't let our circumstances or…
— Joyce Meyer
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There's no good way to waste your time. Wasting time is just wasting time.
— Helen Mirren
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Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.
— Hannah More
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