Waste Quotes

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

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.

No, no, no. Dick Cheney forbade me to waste time on his image. I would have liked to have done more.

The most important thing in the kitchen is the waste paper basket and it needs to be centrally located.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

You know, in a workplace, when you shrink the size of a workforce, there is pain there. But there is no question: we have a government that we can no longer afford.That is the cold, hard fact. So we have to make this more efficient. We have to sunset programs that no longer work. We have to eliminate waste and fraud. We must do this.

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 of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.

We should all grow our own food and do our own waste processing, we really should.

One newspaper even published one of my nude paintings - the one of me naked from the waste up.

At that time a senator who was on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy said rather quietly, 'You know, we're having a little problem with waste these days.' I didn't know what he meant then, but I know now.

If you're going to do something, make it right and make it as good as you can. Don't waste anybody's time, especially your own.

If you're the village blacksmith and a model T comes along, you better become a mechanic. People's lives are better when they get news online versus having to wait for the morning paper. It's a lot more efficient, a lot more real time, a lot less waste.

I don't waste time being depressed.

We shouldn't waste any more time in making sure that democracy is properly rooted in our political life and the supremacy of the law becomes an integral part of our state's structure.

Mandatory minimums have been shown to be discriminatory and waste the taxpayers' money.

I know the responsibility that entails from telling a story. The one thing I despise the most is when I go to a movie and I see a whole bunch of lazy actors making me waste my time and money.

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.

Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?

By finding waste and abuse in entitlement programs, and eliminating it, we can ensure that the funds that are put into these programs go to the people that need them the most.

I watched my mother waste her life on housework and swore I'd never do that. Dave does the cooking.

There have been times when I've reflected on my international career and just thought: 'Well that was a massive waste of time.' Sorry for sounding sour, but my best mate, David Beckham, got butchered after the World Cup in 1998, then my brother, Phil, after Euro 2000.

Your voice is vibrant for only a certain part of your life. There are some records I've always wanted to make, and I don't know if I want to waste this time beating on the door of the charts.

Every day you waste is one you can never make up.

For me, the work begins with a rough cut of the film. I can't do much with the script. I've tried to write music to a script prior to seeing the film, but I've found it turns out to be a waste of time.

Get over jet-lag quickly. I think a lot of people waste the first few days sleeping in the wrong time zone. Sometimes I take melatonin but at other times a glass of wine will do it.

The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it.

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 constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.