Wasting Time Quotes - Page 26

• I never took a lesson until I was 20, and I'm glad I had those years living the life of a normal person. I don't consider that time wasted.

  Glenn Tipton

  Live Life, Years, Lessons

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• I soon became convinced... that all the theorizing would be empty brain exercise and therefore a waste of time unless one first ascertained what the population of the universe really consists of.

  Fritz Zwicky

  Time, Exercise, Brain

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• The greatest time wasted, is the time getting started.

  Dawson Trotman

  Wasted Time, Getting Started

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

  Regina Brett

  Envy, Needs, Waste

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• There is no such thing as an unreasonable question, or a silly question, or a frivolous question, or a waste-of-time question. It's your life, and you've got to get these answers.

  Marcia Wallace

  Silly, Answers, Waste

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• Do you love life? Then don't waste time, because time is life!

  Benjamin Franklin

  Love Life, Waste, Time Management

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• Performance shots are a waste of time, they look like everyone else's. If you want to shoot a performer, then grab them, own them, you have to own people, then twist them into what you want to say about them.

  Art Kane

  People, Want, Waste

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• Something that looks like a protocol but does not accomplish a task is not a protocol—it’s a waste of time.

  Bruce Schneier

  Doe, Tasks, Looks

  Bruce Schneier (1996). “Applied cryptography: protocols, algorithms, and source code in C”, John Wiley & Sons Inc

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• Today we may face some boring task or idle conversation that feels like a complete waste of time. Perhaps next week or next year we'll understand that nothing is wasted, that in the economy of our universe even a weed is simply a flower whose use has yet to be discovered.

  Mort Crim

  Weed, Flower, Next Week

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• Those of us who are pro-life should demand more from Congress. While we waste time on stuff like this, genuine legislation to protect life is ignored.

  Justin Amash

  Pro Life, Demand, Stuff

  "Rival’s Ad Hurls Misleading Abortion Attack At Justin Amash" by Eugene Kiely, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 14, 2014.

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• Take the long way. Do the hard work, consistently and with generosity and transparency. And then you won't waste time doing it over.

  Seth Godin

  Hard Work, Long, Generosity

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• If you consider an unsuccessful hunt to be a waste of time, then the true meaning of the chase eludes you all together.

  Fred Bear

  Elude You, Together, Waste

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• I wrote about wasting time, which I suppose is a part of the great human journey. We're supposed to wallow, to go through the desert without water for a long time so that when we finally drink it, we'll truly need it and we won't spill a drop. It's about being present.

  Walton Goggins

  Journey, Long, Water

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• Pause and remember - You will have a lot more time and energy to spend on yourself when you stop worrying and wasting time on how others need to change.

  Jennifer Young

  Recovery, Loss, Remember You

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• Being nervous is a waste of time.

  Lindsey Wixson

  Waste, Nervous

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• My knowledge of pain, learned with the sabre, taught me not to be afraid. And just as in dueling when you must concentrate on your enemy's cheek, so, too, in war. You cannot waste time on feinting and sidestepping. You must decide on your target and go in.

  Otto Skorzeny

  Pain, War, Enemy

  "Skorzeny" by Charles Whiting, (p. 17), 1972.

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• Being a mother is the perfect experience for any writer. You learn how to not waste time. The writing hours become incredibly precious and concentrated because the rest of your day is completely packed with diapers, edible liquid foods that look like pooh, tiny bathtubs, and unconditional love.

  Chiara Barzini

  Mother, Writing, Unconditional Love

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• Life, however short, is made still shorter by waste of time.

  Samuel Johnson

  Life, Waste, Made

  Samuel Johnson (1804). “The beauties of Samuel Johnson: maxims and observations. To which are now added, biographical anecdotes of the doctor, his life [&c.].”, p.254

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• Getting up and criticising the other fellow because he's in and you are not seems to me a futile waste of time. Especially as you know in your heart that you would be doing more or less the same thing if you were in his place.

  Ryan Shawcross

  Heart, Would Be, Waste

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• Wasting time is something that people do or feel all over the world, not just in Italy.

  Paolo Sorrentino

  People, World, Feels

  "Paolo Sorrentino Explains How ‘The Great Beauty’ Is About More Than Italy’s Weary Upper Class" by Eric Kohn, www.indiewire.com. November 14, 2013.

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• Memory and creativity are essential to education, but if you teach memory incorrectly, it is a total waste of time, and it will inhibit learning.

  Tony Buzan

  Memories, Creativity, Essentials

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• You have to have an objective, a goal, some thought process, some strategy in your mind for whatever you do. Otherwise it's a waste of time.

  Stuart McMillan

  Goal, Mind, Waste

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• I don't have any rules, because I would only be breaking them, so it's a waste of time

  Iris Apfel

  Waste

  ELLE Interview, www.elle.com. April 27, 2015.

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• If you don't find God in the next person you meet, it is a waste of time looking for him further.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, Waste, Next

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• There is no reason for believing that any sort of gods exist, and quite good reasons for believing that they do not exist and never have. It has all been a gigantic waste of time and a waste of life. It would be a joke of cosmic proportions if it weren't so tragic.

  Richard Dawkins

  Believe, Religion, Atheism

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