“While she could hardly fathom what had just happened to her that night, she reached some conclusions before she fell asleep, certain things now made perfect sense; Moon River didn't sound so syrupy, mistletoe wasn't such a bad idea, and perhaps dating was not such a frivolous waste of time after all.” MadeIdeasNightCertainSoundPerfectHappenedMoonWasteRiversDatingConclusionWasting TimeBad IdeasFrivolousFathomMistletoe Author:E. A. Bucchianeri
“There's always some days you wish things had never happened, like you'd never been born, that sort of thing but I'm not the kind of person anyway that can just sit around and say, "gee, I wish that never happened." I don't ever do that. There's no point. That is a total and complete waste of time.” KindPersonsWishBornHappenedLike YouWasteWasting TimeNo Point Author:Patty Hearst
“It's a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black.” IfsThinkingMightBlackHappenedPaintingWasteRedWasting TimeTime To Think Author:Yoko Ono
“The importance of our connection, what it meant to find each other again, the way it made what happened to us and between us not be a waste, not be for nothing. He would know, he had to know, that not saying good-bye would be the worst end of all.” KnowsWayMadeEndsWould BeHappenedWorstWasteConnectionsImportanceByeGood ByeSaying Good Bye Author:Sara Zarr
“Back so soon?" he asked. "Too bad. I was just about to organize a search for your dead body. What happened when you knocked on the southerner magician's door to sacrifice yourself? Did they kick you out, thinking you too half-witted to waste their time on?” ThinkingBodyHalfHappenedDoorsSacrificeWasteKicksOrganizeMagicianSoutherner Book:The Study Series Bundle: Poison Study\Assassin Study\Magic Study\Fire Study Source: The Study Series Bundle: Poison Study\Assassin Study\Magic Study\Fire Study
“Evaluate. Long experience had taught me to evaluate and assess. When the unexpected gets dumped on you, don’t waste time. Don’t figure out how or why it happened. Don’t recriminate. Don’t figure out whose fault it is. Don’t work out how to avoid the same mistake next time. All of that you do later. If you survive.” IfsLongNextMistakeHappenedFiguresTaughtWasteFaultsWork OutUnexpectedWasting TimeNext TimeEvaluateSame MistakesDumpedDon't Waste TimeWhose Fault It Is Author:Lee Child
“I don't dwell in the past; I don't wallow in old events and emotions. I don't waste time on regret. No use going over and over the details of what already happened.” UsePastEmotionHappenedEventsRegretWasteDetailsWasting TimeSingleBeing SingleDon't Waste Time Book:Yanni in Words Source: Yanni in Words
“Well. There was noting to be done for it. Things had happened as they did, time's arrow had yet to be reversed by humans, done was done. If a man spent his life looking over his shoulder at every possible branching of his path he could have taken, he would never accomplish anything. One must learn from history so as not to repeat it, but one must not waste one's energy or time worrying about what might have been. Sorry . . . but people die every day and the galaxy continues on quite well without them. Consider yourself lucky you are one of those as yet unselected by the Fates.” PeopleIfsMenHumansWellsHas BeensDoneMightDiesEnergyWorryLearningPathTakenFateHappenedLuckyWasteSorryAccomplishShouldersRepeatsGalaxyMight Have BeenArrowsLucky You Author:Steve Perry