There is no labor in which we engage but that there is a spirit telling us, 'Oh, you do not need to do that; it is a waste of time, and you ought to be engaged in something else.'
The way I see it, living in New Jersey is a challenge, what with the toxic waste and the eighteen wheelers and the armed schizophrenics." Connie Rosolli
We have been getting ready to recycle more e-waste by investing in infrastructure, providing grants to local government and working with industry.
That’s Edward. He’s gorgeous, of course, but don’t waste your time. He doesn’t date. Apparently none of the girls here are good-looking enough for him.
Nothing goes to waste on the journey of life. Both good and bad experiences shape your mind and heart for what is to come.
You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers. You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.
I can't have my employees sitting in traffic when they should be in the office. Spending two-and-half hours in the car is a huge waste of productive time.
Too many companies waste time trying to eliminate their employees' weaknesses when, in fact, they should concentrate on developing their strengths.
To the Maker the archetype, the self-sustainer, human interaction is usually a waste of the most precious thing in his vital existance: time.
Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as the men that died for them.
Government sponsors untold waste, criminality and inequality in every sphere of life it touches, giving little or nothing in return.
I learnt just how little it takes to survive, which is why I don’t waste things – food, money, friendships or opportunities.
If you've never been in a dumpster coated with industrial waste while someone stabs you with a piece of sharpened rebar, then you probably wouldn't understand.
If something is going on, I hear about it. I like to talk to people, I socialise. Television is a waste of time. Human contact is what matters.
After a lifetime of engaging in long, passionate discussions I have come to the conclusion that it is a waste of time trying to convince anyone of anything.
My mother's illness fitted into this protest against the treatment of the sick who could not pay, the inefficiency of commercialism, the waste, the extravagance, and the poverty.
The human body was designed by a civil engineer. Who else would run a toxic waste pipeline through a recreational area ?
And telling you I care about you is a waste of time. I wouldn't have crossed the ocean, come out of hiding, tracked you down, if you didn't matter to me.
My worst buy has always been cars and boats. I used to own two Ferraris, but as much as they're beautiful, they're a waste of money.
In the desert a fountain is springing, In the wide waste there still is a tree, And a bird in the solitude singing, Which speaks to my spirit of thee
You’re always working at the margin of what you don’t understand, that’s the only exhilarating place to be. To just illustrate what you already know is condescending, and a waste of your time.
There are too many mediocre things in life to deal with. Love shouldn't be one of them. Anything less than extraordinary is a waste of my time.
Why waste precious time and energy trying to be someone you're not when you can put it to much better use simply being yourself?
We are on this planet but once, and to spend it holding back our gushing appreciation of the things that light us up is a shameful waste.
The good thing about Curtis is he's very confident and secure in himself, so he doesn't waste his energy on any negative comments.
Imagine a man besottedly in love: he won't waste time speculating whether other women equally merit his affection.
The only way to win audiences is to tell people about the life and death of Christ. Every other approach is a waste.
Nothing goes to waste, you put it all to use, the old wounds and long-ago slights become the stuff of competitive energy.
So many people and institutions are against homosexuals that, as a homosexual, you can't waste your time by trying to convince them that you're a good person.
You know, 600,000 millionaires get a Social Security check every month. I think there's enough waste and inefficiency.
I'm a huge freak, and always have been. I spent the first part of my life trying really desperately not to be one, and it was just a waste of time.
Every day I tell myself that reading newspapers is a waste of time, but then... I cannot do without them. They are like a drug.
So few men are really worth knowing, that it seems a shameful waste to let an anthropoid prejudice stand in the way of free association with one who is.
Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside.
In the beginning of the lockdown days, I was very active and motivated. I made sure not to waste a single moment and tried to be organized and disciplined.
Look at the reputation they gave him. [Giordano] Bruno without the pyre is a whiskey priest laying waste to the maids of Umbria.
They waste life in what are called good resolutions-partial efforts at reformation, feebly commenced, heartlessly conducted, and hopelessly concluded.
Life is too short to waste time harboring bad feelings about anyone. Forgive, forget, then move on!
Don't move to Seattle and write a stupid sex advice column. That's a waste of time and you need to grow up and get serious.
I wasn't at all focused on school, and I didn't achieve much. But I've got a sense of urgency now. I feel I can't let any more time waste away.
Man has too long forgotten that the earth was given to him for usufruct alone, not for consumption, still less for profligate waste.
I don't want to waste my energy in other things; instead, I would put all that in reaching the next level in a craft that I love the most.
Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it's a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands.
Deeper state intervention in an economy means that bureaucratic waste, inefficiency and corruption are more likely to hold back growth.
Good telling of human stories is the best way to keep the Internet and World Wide Web from becoming a waste vastland.
Most of us live in a Jackal world where we take turns using the other person as a waste basket for our words.
I’m not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy trying to explain and be ashamed of things you think are wrong with me.
Instead of of being so metaphorical with the rhyme, I was encouraged to go straight at it and hit it dead on and not waste time trying to cover things.
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.
It's so important to embrace what you have because if you don't, that can be the root of very self-destructive habits, which I think people waste a lot of energy on.
We waste our best years in distilling the sweetest flowers of life into potions which, after all, do not immortalize, but only intoxicate.
I've had many years to consider what I would like to see about a particular place. I don't waste any time and I enjoy it.
Penology...has become torture and foolishness, a waste of money and a cause of crime...a blotting out of sight and heightening of social anxiety.
I'm preprogrammed emotionally and intellectually not to go down blind alleys. I don't waste the time. I automatically edit out whatever's impractical.
My perfect day is sitting in a room with some blank paper. That's heaven. That's gold, and anything else is just a waste of time.
Waste does not exist in nature because ecosystems reuse everything that grows in a never-ending cycle of efficiency and purpose.
I'm not big on regret - until time travel actually exists, it seems like a waste of making yourself feel bad
This self-obsession is a waste of living. It could be spent on surviving things, appreciating nature, nurturing kindness and friendship, and dancing.
I spend hundreds of pounds a year on candles and it is such a waste of money. It is burning cash whatever way you look at it but I love them.
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.
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