#waste of time

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#everything #feeling #nothing #serenity #time

Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#attention #being #complex #complexity #could

I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#call #honorable #i #i believe #incomparable

I regard it as a waste of time to think only of selling: one forgets one's art and exaggerates one's value. ↗

— Camille Pissarro

#exaggerates #forgets #i #only #regard

If you're going to kill someone there isn't much reason to get all worked up about it and angry - you just pull the trigger. Angry discussions beforehand are a waste of time. We need to smile at Novell while we pull the trigger. ↗

— Jim Allchin

#angry #beforehand #discussions #get #going

Fifteen years ago I walked out of a production of one of my plays at the RSC because I decided it was a waste of time. ↗

— Edward Bond

#because #decided #fifteen #i #out

If you want to be negative about the whole thing you can say all guitar bands after the Beatles were just a waste of time because the Beatles were the best. I think it's far better to give new records a try. ↗

— Stephen Malkmus

#after #bands #beatles #because #best

I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile. ↗

— Viggo Mortensen

#been #desert #every #every second #felt

Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their work has been a waste of time. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#book #erred #helped #interpretations #me

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#life #like #making #time #waste