#waste of time

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time. ↗

— Norman Cousins

#facts #optimism #pessimism #prospects #time

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. ↗

— John Lubbock

#across #clouds #day #float #grass

Not having to own a car has made me realize what a waste of time the automobile is. ↗

— Diane Johnson

#automobile #having #made #me #own

Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression. ↗

— Barbra Streisand

#prevent #progression #time #waste #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

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

You can meet a young person who goes to school and is really enthusiastic, but if a sufficiently strong personality convinces them that this is a waste of time, that person might flunk out. ↗

— Stanley Crouch

#enthusiastic #goes #meet #might #out

The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it. ↗

— William Gibson

#about #exactly #net #right #time

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. ↗

— Jerzy Kosinski

#characters #countries #create #i #i can

I grew up in conservative rural Kansas in the 1950s when it was expected that girls would not have a life outside the home, so educating them was a waste of time. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#educating #expected #grew #home #i