“What shall I compare it to, this fantastic thing I call my Mind? To a waste-paper basket, to a sieve choked with sediment, or to a barrel full of floating froth and refuse? No, what it is really most like is a spider's web, insecurely hung on leaves and twigs, quivering in every wind, and sprinkled with dewdrops and dead flies. And at its centre, pondering forever the Problem of Existence, sits motionless the spider-like and uncanny Soul.” MindSoulProblemExistenceForeverWindWastePaperRefuseFantasticCompareHungCentreFloatingSpidersPonderingBasketsBarrelsUncannyTwigs Book:An Anthology Source: An Anthology
“Anybody can see that the little money you get is half-wasted, because you cannot spend it to advantage. The worst food comes to the poor, which their poverty makes them buy and their necessity makes them eat. Their stomachs are the waste-basket of the State. It is their lot to swallow all the adulterations on the market.” LittlesStatesPoorHalfPovertyAtheismWorstWasteAdvantagePositive AtheismBasketsLittle Money Author:George Holyoake
“Most of us live in a Jackal world where we take turns using the other person as a waste basket for our words.” WorldPersonsTurnsCommunicationWasteBasketsNonviolent CommunicationOur WordsJackals Author:Marshall B. Rosenberg
“When I write I just keep a waste paper basket handy in case I am experiencing a block.” WritingCasesWastePaperBlockBasketsHandy Author:Ruskin Bond
“If you file your waste-paper basket for fifty years, you have a public library.” IfsYearsWastePaperLibraryFiftyFilesBasketsPublic Library Author:Tony Benn
“The waste basket is the writer's best friend.” WritingFriendshipWasteBasketsWriters And WritingWriting By WritersEggs In One Basket Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer