Waste Quotes

But I think the bottom line right now is to take the constructive criticism and use that to build toward, as I say, the hurricane season that is 100 days away. And we don't have a lot of time to waste before we start to address that next set of challenges.

Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.

Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly some of the same external tasks as conscious beings will be recognized as a gigantic waste of time.

You can't control how you are perceived, and you are a fool if you waste any energy trying to do so. Vanity will get you nowhere.

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

By the breaking in of enraged merciless armies, flourishing countries have been laid waste, great numbers of people have perished in a short time, and many more have been pressed with poverty and grief.

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 waste.

Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration.

I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.

The waste basket is the writer's best friend.

The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity.

When CD technology first came out, it was just so much waste.

All the charges you enumerate have been made with one purpose in mind-to place our office on the defensive and make us waste valuable time answering allegations that have no basis in fact.

There is no excuse for waste, fraud, and abuse in the Defense Department budget.

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.

I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time.

I think even if I did the research mentioned above, it would be a total waste of money because if those people don't believe in the testimonials, they won't believe in the research at all. They would say that I made it all up. So why waste money?

Yet another proposal would have us rocket the waste into the sun, but, as you're probably aware, about one in ten of our space shots doesn't quite make it out of the earth's gravitational field.

Doing a thing well is often a waste of time.

More than 100 people are involved in a transplant operation... and we can't waste time and resources if there is a chance the caretakers aren't up for an awesome responsibility.

Lord knows, I never want to waste any more of my time in mirrors.

We shall not fight for the preservation of the enemy, which has laid waste with death and desolation the fields and hills of Ireland for 700 years.

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 not do before.

Fifteen years ago I walked out of a production of one of my plays at the RSC because I decided it was a waste of time.

Waste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge.

Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now!

Be in the habit of getting up bright and early on the weekends. Why waste such precious time in bed?

Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.

If businesses don't know from state to state what the requirements are for taxes, they have to waste a lot of money on accountants and lawyers before deciding to expand their business into the state next door.