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“Like most authors, I'm a raging egomaniac. I know that about myself. And I know that, if I had internet access, I would waste countless hours looking up things about myself, writing fake posts about how great I am and arguing with people who don't like my work. It saves me a lot of time and frustration to just stay out of the loop.”

People Ifs Knows Writing Hours Internet Waste Rage Access Arguing Posts Fake Frustration Working It Loops Save Me Egomaniacs Internet Access

Author:Bentley Little

“Much waste of words and of thought too would be avoided if disputants would always begin with a clear statement of the question, and not proceed to argue till they had agreed upon what it was that they were arguing about.”

Ifs Would Be Clear Waste Arguing Statements Avoided

Book:Memoir and Letters of Sara Coleridge

Source: Memoir and Letters of Sara Coleridge

“Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.”

“Never argue with a pedant over nomenclature. It wastes your time and annoys the pedant.”

Waste Arguing Annoying Nomenclature Pedants

Book:Memory (Hardcover)

Source: Memory (Hardcover)

“When each elder or pastor has his will aligned with the Lord's, we waste no time arguing for our own.”

Lord Waste Arguing Pastor Elders

Book:So, You Want To Be Like Christ?: Eight Essentials to Get You There

Source: So, You Want To Be Like Christ?: Eight Essentials to Get You There

“Do good work and let that speak for itself. Don't waste time arguing with someone. Instead, show them in your work. That's easier said than done, but it really is the best solution. No one can argue with good work.”

Said Done Shows Speak Easier Waste Solutions Arguing Wasting Time Good Work Don't Waste Time Easier Said Than Done

Author:Megan Alexander

“No one could argue with a straight face that the couples getting married today are much happier just because their wedding celebrations cost three times as much as those in 1980. Bigger mansions and costlier parties are wasteful in the same sense that larger antlers on all bull elk are wasteful. The good news is that simple changes in the tax system can eliminate much of this waste without having to deny people the right to decide for themselves how best to spend their money.”

“The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.”

Should Mind Faces Left Waste Blue Arguing My Time Conventions Platforms Left Out Personal Things

Author:Barbara Bush

“I said, "I don't think I can give you that kind of emotion." And he [Hitchcock] sat there and said, "Ingrid, fake it!" Well, that was the best advice I've had in my whole life, because in all the years to come there were many directors who gave me what I thought were quite impossible instructions and many difficult things to do, and just when I was on the verge of starting to argue with them, I heard his voice coming to me through the air saying, "Ingrid, fake it!" It saved a lot of unpleasant situations and waste of time.”