75 Quotes About Wasted-time

"The night has already turned on that imperceptible pivot where two A.M. changes to six A.M. You know this moment has come and gone, but you are not yet willing to concede that you have crossed the line beyond which all is gratuitous damage and the palsy of unraveled nerve endings. Somewhere back there you could have cut your losses, but your rode past that moment on a comet trail of white powder and now you are trying to hang on to the rush."

"{She} considered mentioning...how she, to, was all alone. But it didn't matter. So many stupid ways to live and die. She felt a shift inside herself at the thought, a letting go...she had reached a limit now and was moving into something new."

"Don’t waste time and energy defending your idea that could be used pursuing your idea."

"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)"

"The amount of time one waste searching for quick fixes to the problems of life, one could have put this effort into developing lasting solutions instead. Quick fixes don't last, but effort will."

"Many lives are wasted by just waiting for something good to come from the horizon instead of going to the horizon and finding something good over there!"

"Wasting time over wasted time is just more wasted time..."

"A blink of an eye is what separates you from reality."

"Solace, is having the same company for years, while being seen as a stranger. Here, only a fool would think he had the luxury of friends."