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  • In the name of economy a thousand wasteful devices would be invented; and in the name of efficiency new forms of mechanical time-wasting would be devised: both processes gained speed through the nineteenth century and have come close to the limit of extravagant futility in our own time. But labor-saving devices could only achieve their end-that of freeing mankind for higher functions-if the standard of living remained stable. The dogma of increasing wants nullified every real economy and set the community in a collective squirrel-cage.

    Real   Names   Squirrels  
  • For a long time I was cautious of working with my parents because I wanted to feel separate from them in the community. Now there's no more wasting time.

    Long   Community   Parent  
    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • Methods for predicting the future: 1) read horoscopes, tea leaves, tarot cards, or crystal balls . . . collectively known as "nutty methods;" 2) put well-researched facts into sophisticated computer . . . commonly referred to as "a complete waste of time."

    Time   Tea Leaves   Tarot  
  • I'm killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.

  • People will listen when they're ready to listen and not before. Don't waste time with people who want to argue. They'll keep you immobilized forever. Look for people who are already open to something new.

    Daniel Quinn (2009). “Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure”, p.189, Broadway Books
  • Women are good listeners, but it's a waste of time telling your troubles to a man unless there's something specific you want him to do.

    Men   Listening   Want  
    Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.47, BookBaby
  • When you kill time, you kill your opportunities for success.

  • The pleasure of working with somebody who's an actor is they don't waste time with stuff that doesn't matter.

    Actors   Matter   Stuff  
    "Q&A: Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks pay tribute to a pilot who had to act quickly in 'Sully'". Interview with Rebecca Keegan, www.newsok.com. September 7, 2016.
  • I never try to imagine the future. I kinda think it's a waste of time. I live in the now.

    Thinking   Trying   Waste  
    Interview by Jen Stevens, optionsri.org. October 31, 2013.
  • Consultation is a good thing when people agree with you, and a waste of time when people don't agree with you

    People   Politics   Waste  
    "The Guardian profile: Ken Livingstone" by Kevin Maguire, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.
  • You may delay, but time will not.

    Benjamin Franklin (1998). “Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom”, p.43, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
  • Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

    Life   Leadership   Waste  
  • I think it's rather a waste of time endlessly singing the same songs every night for a year, and it's just not what I want to do.

    Song   Night   Thinking  
    "David Bowie On The Ziggy Stardust Years: 'We Were Creating The 21st Century In 1971'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. 2002.
  • I hate wasting time or money and that happens all the time for no good reason, and then people save money by skimping on the important things.

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

    Important   Want   Waste  
  • But mostly I remember every morning before school. How she'd say "Hey, honey!" just I was walking out the apartment door. And me stopping and turning around and saying "What?" And her saying "I love you." And me rolling my eyes like I just wanted to hurry up so I didn't miss the bus. I'd start going again and she'd say "Hey, honey!" and I'd pretend I was so annoyed 'cause she was wasting time and I had to go catch the bus. And how secretly it was my favorite part of every day.

  • As we get older, a lot of societies, education systems and workplaces make us feel that playing is a waste of time. We end up suppressing stupidly brilliant questions for what we think are more serious responsibilities.

  • I don't really believe in going with somebody to have tea and chat. I don't do that. It's just a waste of time.

    Believe   Tea   Waste  
    Interview with Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 26, 2013.
  • Never job backwards. What might have been was a waste of time.

    Jobs   Might   Waste  
    Ian Fleming (1961). “gilt-edged bonds”
  • I think the internet is the greatest waste of time since masturbation was discovered.

  • 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.

    Heart   Would Be   Waste  
  • Do yourself a favor; don’t wear yourself out trying to please everybody. Your time is too valuable.

    Twitter post from Nov 8, 2013
  • What occurred to me on [‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’], and also with the passing of her mother, is that there's going to come a time when I'm not going to get to be with this person anymore. I'm not going to get to be with my children anymore. Or friends, people I love and respect. And so, if we have a flare-up, it evaporates now. I don't want to waste time being angry at someone I love.

  • The search for a "suitable" church makes the man a critic where God wants him to be a pupil. What he wants from the layman in church is an attitude which may, indeed, be critical in the sense of rejecting what is false or unhelpful but which is wholly uncritical in the sense that it does not appraise- does not waste time in thinking about what it rejects, but lays itself open in uncommenting, humble receptivity to any nourishment that is going.

    Attitude   Humble   Men  
  • Do not waste time bothering whether you "love" your neighbor; act as if you did.

    C.S. Lewis (1996). “Joyful Christian”, p.140, Simon and Schuster
  • Customers don't know what they want. There's plenty of good psychology research that shows that people are not able to accurately predict how they would behave in the future. So asking them, 'Would you buy my product if it had these three features?' or 'How would you react if we changed our product this way?' is a waste of time. They don't know.

  • In case you haven't heard, my girlfriends and I have declared the summer of 2012 as the best summer ever. The best way to document said 'best summer ever' is with a good ol' disposable camera. Smile, click, move on! Nobody gets pic approval, and there's no time wasted gathering around the camera to analyze a moment that just happened.

    "Candice Accola Is in a '90s Cover Band and Other Fun Facts From The Vampire Diaries Star" by Caitlin Brody, www.glamour.com. August 2, 2012.
  • If you are not enjoying yourself, you are wasting time.

  • Teaching 23-year-olds in an MBA programme strikes me as largely a waste of time. They lack the background of experience. You can teach them skills - accounting and what have you - but you can't teach them management.

    Teaching   Years   Mba  
    "Peter Drucker" by Peter Starbuck, www.theguardian.com. November 13, 2005.
  • I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time.

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