Wasteful Quotes

99 Wasteful quotes by 90 unique authors

Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity. — Gary Blair
All things are cheap to the saving, dear to the wasteful — Benjamin Franklin
The universe is an emanation of mind. As human consciousness evolves in an accelerated spiral, we are being compelled to realize that our minds are… — Daniel Pinchbeck
People are tired of wasteful government programs and welfare chiselers, and they are angry about the constant spiral of taxes and government regulations, arrogant bureaucrats,… — Ronald Reagan
From secrecy and deception in high places; come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation; come home, America. From the… — George McGovern
The people have a vital interest in the conservation of their natural resources; in the prevention of wasteful practices. — Herbert Hoover
Now the stream of our common consciousness seems to be obliterating its own banks, losing its central direction and purpose, flooding the lowlands, disconnecting and… — Robert M. Pirsig
Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw… — William Shakespeare
Conservatives should question how the death penalty actually works in order to stay true to small government, reduction in wasteful spending, and respect for human… — Jay Sekulow
I am honored that my freshman class colleagues have put their trust in me to represent our historic class at the leadership table. The incoming… — Kristi Noem
Government isn't a good way to solve problems ... [G]overnment is concerned mostly with self-perpetuation and is subject to fantastic ideas about its own capabilities.… — P.J. O'Rourke
Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly. — Mario Puzo
I was very young when I prepared those prints. I suspect the reason I couldn't celebrate the floating world was that I couldn't bring myself… — Kazuo Ishiguro
When the planes still swoop down and aerial spray a field in order to kill a predator insect with pesticides, we are in the Dark… — Paul Hawken
Funeral expenses are the curse of the poor everywhere on earth, they are wasteful and unnecessary, they are the price of foolish ostentation and a… — Joyce Cary
A man's labor is not only his capital but his life. When it passes it returns never more. To utilize it, to prevent its wasteful… — William Booth
In many places in the developed world, we eat or waste probably twice as many food calories as we really need. We're wasteful of food.… — Nina Fedoroff
The evil in the world is all of our own making, and it proceeds entirely from our ruthless, senseless, wasteful, destructive, and suicidal neglect of… — Thomas Merton
As businessmen caught a glimpse of the potentialities inherent in endlessly expanding the wants of people under consumerism, forced draft or otherwise, many began to… — Vance Packard
Simplicity in its essence demands neither a vow of poverty nor a life of rural homesteading. As an ethic of self-conscious material moderation, it can… — David Shi
Ours is the most wasteful nation on Earth. We waste more energy than we import. With about the same standard of living, we use twice… — Jimmy Carter
We might hope to change the world through better, bigger programs to stop global warming, but global warming will not end unless people become less… — Shane Claiborne
Conservation means development as much as it does protection. I recognize the right and duty of this generation to develop and use the natural resources… — Theodore Roosevelt
I ran into the gigantic and gigantically wasteful lumbering of great Sequoias, many of whose trunks were so huge they had to be blown apart… — Gifford Pinchot
Worry is wasteful and useless in times like these. — Jewel

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