Wasted Quotes

841 Wasted quotes by 650 unique authors

I think," Tehanu said in her soft, strange voice, "that when I die, I can breathe back the breath that made me live. I can… — Ursula K. Le Guin
She carried the burn of the sun on her body. It was for all of those wasted, dull years. — J.M.G. Le ClÃ©zio
It seems to me so shocking to see the precious hours of a man's life - the priceless moments that will never come back to… — Jerome K. Jerome
We came to the comforting conclusion that the Creator probably knew how to run His universe quite as well as we do, and that, after… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
If you hate your parents, the man or the establishment, don't show them up by getting wasted and wrapping your car around a tree. If… — Henry Rollins
it was all your genes that made us geniuses, mom. said peter. we sure didn't get any from dad. i heard that. father said, not… — Orson Scott Card
Every moment waited is a moment wasted.... — David Deida
...this time I didn't launch into my usual tirade. Was it a memory of Krishna, the cool silence with which he countered disagreement, that stopped… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
...the future of the world lies with the yellow man and the brown man now that our erstwhile master, the white-skinned man, has wasted himself… — Aravind Adiga
No time is wasted time — Jim Henson
It's never been about trying to look well-behaved. It's just how I am. I guess it's a weird thing to be 19 and not ever… — Taylor Swift
Did you know that the average American spends six months of his or her life waiting for red lights to turn green? Six months wasted,… — Megan McCafferty
No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience,… — Orson F. Whitney
Now take a human body. Why wouldn't you like to see a human body with a curling tail with a crest of ostrich feathers at… — Ayn Rand
It isn't necessarily easier if you know what it is you're meant to do-- but at least you don't waste time in questioning or doubting.… — Diana Gabaldon
He had angered Providence by resisting too many temptations. There was nothing left but heaven, where he would meet only those who, like him, had… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Okay, this is the wisdom. First, time spent on reconnaissanse is never wasted. Second, almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon. And… — Jasper Fforde
There is a warning. The path of God-exalting joy will cost you your life. Jesus said, “Whoever loses his life for my sake and the… — John Piper
They have terrified my poor wife and threatened my very person!" Halt eyed the man impassivley until the outburst was finished. Worse than that," he… — John Flanagan
They were small, brightly coloured, happy little creatures who secreted some of the nastiest toxins in the world, which is why the job of looking… — Terry Pratchett
We told him to get on with it. We liked wasting time, but almost nothing was more annoying than having our wasted time wasted on… — Joshua Ferris
Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up. — Marian Keyes
Two hours. One hundred and twenty minutes. Anything might be done in that time. Anything. Nothing. Oh, he had had hundreds of hours, and what… — Aldous Huxley
And once you live a good story, you get a taste for a kind of meaning in life, and you can't go back to being… — Donald Miller
They entered there into the unconscious philosophy of the town; that life was an incomprehensible marvel, since it was incessantly wasted and spent, yet none… — Ivo Andric

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