“One of Obama's most impressive attributes is his quiet confidence: Voters sense that he is comfortable in his own skin, a dedicated father and friend who won't waste time with the phony rituals of Washington.” FatherQuietWasteComfortableSkinsVotersRitualAttributesWasting TimeDedicatedImpressivePhonyQuiet Confidence Author:Ron Fournier
“Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.” LifeBookReadingLiteratureHoursOughtQuietWasteLife Is ShortValueless Author:John Ruskin
“At that time a senator who was on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy said rather quietly, 'You know, we're having a little problem with waste these days.' I didn't know what he meant then, but I know now.” KnowsLittlesSaidProblemEnergyQuietWasteThese DaysSenatorsCommitteesJointsAtomic Energy Author:David R. Brower
“But, drawn to her at that moment, he felt a quiet like the voice of the rain flow over him. He knew well enough that for her it was in fact no waste of effort, but somehow the final determination that it was had the effect of distilling and purifying the woman's existence.” WellsEnoughMomentsFactsFeltVoiceEffortExistenceEffectsQuietWasteRainDeterminationFlowFinalsThat MomentPurifyingWaste Of Effort Book:Nobel Prize Library Source: Nobel Prize Library
“I waste at least an hour every day lying in bed. Then I waste time pacing. I waste time thinking. I waste time being quiet and not saying anything because I'm afraid I'll stutter.” ThinkingLyingHoursBedQuietDepressionWasteSuicideWasting TimePacingBeing Quiet Author:Ned Vizzini
“How often do we talk just to fill up the quiet space? How often do we waste our breath talking about nonsense?” SpaceTalkingQuietWasteBreathsContemplationNonsenseQuiet Space Author:Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
“This moment and this chance, they are the same, and they are mine if I choose them,and I do. I want them. Now and as long as I can have them they are both precious and fleeting and gone in the blink of an eye, don't waste them. A moment and an opportunity and a life, all in the unseen tick of a clock holding me nowhere. My heart is beating. The walls are pale and quiet. I am surviving.” IfsWantHeartLongI CanMomentsEyeOpportunityChanceGoneMinesWallMy HeartQuietWasteClockPaleUnseenFleetingSurvivingBlinkTickBlink Of An EyeMillion Little Pieces Book:A Million Little Pieces Source: A Million Little Pieces