English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Waste Of Time Quotes (page 2)

That's coral!" she cried in astonishment. "We must be down in the deeps of the sea!"Well, wasn't that what you wanted?" said the trout. "I thought you wished you could see the sea!"I did," said Jane, looking very surprised. "But I never expected the wish to come true."Great oceans! Why bother to wish it then? I call that simply a waste of time. But come on! Mustn't be late for the party! P. L. Travers
The dull people decided years and years ago, as everyone knows, that novel-writing was the lowest species of literary exertion, and that novel reading was a dangerous luxury and an utter waste of time. Wilkie Collins
Attacking bad books is not only a waste of time but also bad for the character. If I find a book really bad, the only interest I can derive from writing about it has to come from myself, from such display of intelligence, wit and malice as I can contrive. One cannot review a bad book without showing off. W. H. Auden
Edith Piaf quote: "For me, sleeping is a waste of time. I'm afraid to sleep. It's..."
For me, sleeping is a waste of time. I'm afraid to sleep. It's a form of death. Edith Piaf
lectures broke into one's day and were clearly a terrible waste of time, necessary no doubt if you were reading law or medicine or some other vocational subject, but in the case of English, the natural thing to do was talk a lot, listen to music, drink coffee and wine, read books, and go to plays, perhaps be in play? Stephen Fry
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser - in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. Abraham Lincoln
Benjamin Disraeli quote: "There is no waste of time in life like that of making..."
There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations. Benjamin Disraeli
Manuel Puig quote: "Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their..."
Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their work has been a waste of time. Manuel Puig
Camille Pissarro quote: "I regard it as a waste of time to think only of selling: one..."
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
For me, the work begins with a rough cut of the film. I can't do much with the script. I've tried to write music to a script prior to seeing the film, but I've found it turns out to be a waste of time. Cliff Martinez
Kim Wilde quote: "My tears of love are a waste of time if I turn away."
My tears of love are a waste of time if I turn away. Kim Wilde
Michael Todd quote: "Every minute this broad spends outside of bed is a waste of time."
Every minute this broad spends outside of bed is a waste of time. Michael Todd
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
Strangely enough, through all those school years I decided at 13 or 14 I was going to be a musician and so school was just something to get out of the way, a waste of time and not to bother with it. Alvin Lee
Doing films in Latin America is like an act of faith. I mean, you really have to believe in what you're doing because if not, you feel like it's a waste of time because you might as well be doing something that at least pays you the rent. Gael Garcia Bernal

Popular Topics

Popular Author