There is an idea that a mind is wasted on the arts unless it makes you good in math or science. There is some evidence that the arts might help you in math and science.
Nothing is worse, or more of a breach of the social contract between citizen and state, than for government officials, bureaucrats and agencies to waste the money entrusted to them by the people they serve.
Every year the Federal Government wastes billions of dollars as a result of overpayments of government agencies, misuse of government credit cards, abuse of the Federal entitlement programs, and the mismanagement of the Federal bureaucracy.
Live, so you do not have to look back and say: 'God, how I have wasted my life.'
I don't get jealous of people. Jealousy is such a waste of time because you're jealous of them, and they go about their lives and have a wonderful time, so what's the point?
I love the mixture that's in me. It makes me me. And that's why it's such a shame that people waste energy in denying who they are.
Why waste a lifetime wishing for successs when you arealdy have what it takes to manifest it through the guidance of God?
There are only so many pitches in this old arm, and I don't believe in wasting them throwing to first base.
Humanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts.
Well, you can fairly claim the day hasn't been wasted,' owned Cadfael generously, 'if something's been learned.
Human beings who leave behind them no great achievements, but only a series of small kindnesses, have not had wasted lives
Forgiveness is the economy of the heart.…forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.
Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wants to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.
People with HIV are still stigmatized. The infection rates are going up. People are dying. The political response is appalling. The sadness of it, the waste.
I think developed countries - so-called developed countries - should reflect upon the way of living and the waste of energy.
Don't waste your time trying to win people over that can never be won over.
It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great deal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice.
What you see is what you get. The island is imaginative enough. Creativity don’t need to be wasted on naming things.
The most important thing in the kitchen is the waste paper basket and it needs to be centrally located.
I’d rather count to one billion, than waste my time thinking I could count on you.
School was a waste of time for me. I was bored and left at 16. I started taking correspondence courses at college instead. I did incredibly well. I won an award for my grades.
