Gene Wilder
Actor, comedian
"Time is a precious thing. Never waste it."
Waste quotes
Waste
863 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it."
Franz Kafka
Writer
"Do not waste your time looking for an obstacle - maybe there is none."
Zig Ziglar
Author, Motivational Speaker
"If you don't plan your time, someone else will help you waste it."
Robert Louis Stevenson
Author, Poet
"It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser."
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"Never waste energy on worries or negative thoughts, all problems are brought into existence -drop them."
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"A fool cannot be protected from his folly. If you attempt to do so, you will not only arouse his animosity but also you will be attempting to deprive him of whatever benefit he is capable of deriving from experience. Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig."
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"I started getting more and more active around immigration reform because this was such a waste of lives, such a waste of potential, such a waste for our country not to have the human capital that we developed - geared toward improving our entire society."
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"They say you waste time asleep, but I'm just trying to dream."
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"It's a terrible waste to be happy and not notice it."
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"It's not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it."
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"I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it."
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"Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous."
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"In tough times, a librarian is a terrible thing to waste."
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"I will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency."
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"Don't waste the breath to save your face, When you have done your best, And even more is asked of you, Let fate decide the rest."
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"No one is loved as much as you by the people. Don't waste that power."
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"Draw, Antonio; draw, Antonio; draw and don’t waste time."
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"Worry is a waste of imagination."
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"Time is money'... Waste it now. Pay for it later!"
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"Don't waste your youth growing up."
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"If there is no solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it. If there is a solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it."
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"Time is given us to be happy and for no other reason [...] When we waste time, we waste happiness."
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"And like most middle-aged people who hear the clock ticking in their lives, I had come to resent a waste or theft of my time that was greater than any theft of my goods or money."
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"Nothing ever truly dies. The universe wastes nothing, everything is simply transformed."
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