#waste

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits. ↗

— Hannah More

#anger #cost #economy #expense #hatred

Loads of chemicals and hazardous wastes have been introduced into the atmosphere that didn't even exist in 1948. The environmental condition of the planet is far worse than it was 42 years ago. ↗

— Gaylord Nelson

#atmosphere #been #chemicals #condition #environmental

How large and varied is the educational bill of fare set before every young gentleman in Great Britain; and to judge by the mental stamina it affords him in most cases, what a waste of good food it is! ↗

— James Payn

#before #bill #britain #cases #educational

We know now that in modern warfare, fought on any considerable scale, there can be no possible economic gain for any side. Win or lose, there is nothing but waste and destruction. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#considerable #destruction #economic #fought #gain

Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money. ↗

— Michael Porter

#behind #billions #business #decades #ineffective

Humanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#grows #humanity #manure #rich #soil

There's always going to be somebody who takes a dislike to you and you can't waste time worrying about it. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#always #dislike #going #somebody #takes

Already, in the last few decades, you have realized the utter futility of of encumbering yourselves with superfluous possessions that have no useful virtue, but which, for various sentimental reasons, you continue to hoard, thus lessening your life's efficiency by using for it time and attention that should have been applied to the practical work of life's accomplishments. (The Miracle of the Lily - 1928) ↗

— Clare Winger Harris

#material-possessions #materialism #possessions #uselessness #wasted-time

There is no excuse for waste, fraud, and abuse in the Defense Department budget. ↗

— John Bolton

#budget #defense #department #excuse #fraud

Divorce is one of the most financially traumatic things you can go through. Money spent on getting mad or getting even is money wasted. ↗

— Richard Wagner

#even #financially #getting #go #mad