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Waste Quotes - Page 20

Trying to be a man is a waste of a woman?

Trying to be a man is a waste of a woman?

Sarah Jessica Parker
Women, Trying, Waste
"I Don't Know How She Does It" by Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. September 15, 2011.

A film is a terrible thing to waste.

Roger Ebert
Waste, Film, Terrible
Roger Ebert's review of "A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III", www.rogerebert.com. February 12, 2013.

Your struggles have not been a waste. They've come to strengthen you. And grow your capacity to lead - and win.

Robin Sharma
Struggle, Winning, Waste
FaceBook post by Robin Sharma from Oct 24, 2011

We waste the power in impatience which, if, otherwise employed, might remedy the evil.

Robert Aris Willmott
Evil, Might, Waste

We learned not to waste ammo even on warriors except in self-protection

Robert A. Heinlein
Warrior, Self, Waste
Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Starship Troopers”, p.120, Penguin

We over-eat, over-buy, and over-built, spewing out our toxic wastes upon the earth and into the air.

Richard J. Foster
Air, Toxic Waste, Earth

Even ministers of good things are like torches, a light to others, waste and destruction to themselves.

Richard Hooker
Light, Torches, Waste
"The Life of William Ewart Gladstone". Book by John Morley, 1901.

Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

Regina Brett
Envy, Needs, Waste

How many times will this Congress waste time on an issue that a majority of Americans do not want?

Raul Grijalva
Issues, Want, Waste

Consumerism has accustomed us to waste. But throwing food away is like stealing it from the poor and hungry.

Pope Francis
Waste, Stealing, Hungry

Time is life. Anyone who wastes my time is killing me. Please don't!

Phyllis Chesler
Time, Waste, Killing

Life is too short to waste on things that don't matter.

Patrick Dixon
Life Is Too Short, Matter, Waste

Pessimism is a waste of time.

Norman Cousins
Waste, Wasting Time, Pessimism
"Human Options". Book by Norman Cousins, August 15, 1986.

We shouldn't censor ourselves based on the weak idea of "looking cool." It's such a waste of potential awesomeness.

Neko Case
Ideas, Waste, Awesomeness
Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

Eternity - waste of time.

Natalie Clifford Barney
Time, Waste, Wasting Time

Redundancy is ambiguous because it seems like a waste if nothing unusual happens. Except that something unusual happens-usually .

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Waste, Unusual, Ambiguous
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2012). “Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder”, p.45, Random House

Knowledge for its own sake was meaningless, its mere accumulation a waste of time. Knowledge must lead to understanding.

Moses Finley
Understanding, Sake, Waste

[The Internet,] A Superhighway through the Wasteland?

Mitchell Kapor
Internet, Wasteland

The wastes of snow on the hill were ghostly in the moonlight. The stars were piercingly bright.

Maud Hart Lovelace
Stars, Snow, Waste

A wanton waste of projectiles.

Mark Twain
War, Waste, Projectile
Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.183, Courier Corporation

It must be a conviction Government. As Prime Minister I could not waste time having internal arguments.

Margaret Thatcher
Government, Waste, Wasting Time

Waste not want not. I am not being wasted. Why do I want?

Margaret Atwood
Want, Waste, Handmaids Tale
Margaret Atwood (1986). “The Handmaid's Tale”, p.7, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I believe that anyone who flies in an airplane and doesn't spend most of his time looking out the window wastes his money.

Marc Reisner
Believe, Airplane, Waste
Marc Reisner (1993). “Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition”, p.14, Penguin

When you don't want something enough to make the effort, making an effort is a waste.

Malcolm Forbes
Want Something, Effort, Waste

Time is wealth, and the Gita says the Great Annihilator annihilates those who waste time.

Mahatma Gandhi
Gita, Waste, Wasting Time
Mahatma Gandhi (1969). “Collected Works”

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