#waste

The waste of capital, in proportion to the total capital, in this country between 1800 and 1850, in the attempts which were made to establish means of communication and transportation, was enormous. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#between #capital #communication #country #enormous

Water is our most precious resource, but we waste it, just as we waste other resources, including oil and gas. ↗

— David Suzuki

#including #just #most #oil #other

Any time not spent on love is wasted. ↗

— Torquato Tasso

#love #love is #spent #time #wasted

There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#angry #away #could #feel #i

The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington's readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role as global protector. ↗

— William Greider

#commercial #dollars #global #globalization #interests

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. ↗

— e. e. cummings

#laughter #most #wasted #without

Geez, all that money we waste on space exploration; just think how many bombs that would buy! ↗

— Craig Bruce

#buy #exploration #geez #how #just

All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#nuclear #nuclear power #plant #power #power plant

It's better to waste money than time. You can always get more money. ↗