Best waste & stories Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“I know the responsibility that entails from telling a story. The one thing I despise the most is when I go to a movie and I see a whole bunch of lazy actors making me waste my time and money.”

Knows Whole Stories Actors Responsibility One Thing Waste Bunch My Time Lazy Despise Time And Money Wasting My Time

Author:Zoe Saldana

“I can't help seeing 'Waste Land' as the third in a triptych with my earlier films 'Devil's Playground' and 'Blindsight,' and not least in the awe and gratitude I feel for the group of people who were courageous enough to share their stories with us - and to live lives so rich in inspiration for us all.”

People Feels I Can Enough Helping Stories Inspiration Film Rich Seeing Groups Share Land Gratitude Waste Devil Thirds Live Life Awe Courageous Playgrounds Waste Land

Author:Lucy Walker

“In a 22-page comic, figuring an average of four to five panels a page and a couple of full-page shots, a writer has maybe a hundred panels at most to tell a story, so every panel he wastes conveying a.) something I already know, b.) something that's a cute gag but does nothing to reveal plot or character, or c.) something I don't need to know is a demonstration of lousy craft.”

Knows Needs Doe Book Character Stories Five Four Couple Waste Pages Hundred Shots Average Crafts Comic Cute Plot Comic Book Demonstration Gags Conveying

Author:Mark Waid

“It's can you, Steve Wozniak, design the same computer - maybe it's a Varian 620i - can you design it on paper with fewer chips than last month? Can you design it with 79 chips instead of 80 chips? I had played this game so long that I had all these little tricks in my head that I can't even explain... Nothing was wasted; absolutely zero waste. I told this story recently to the Resource Recovery Association, recycling, and they loved to hear I didn't believe in waste.”

Believe Littles Long I Can Stories Lasts Games Design Months Waste Paper Computer Resources Tricks Recovery Zero Association Fewer Chips Recycling

Author:Steve Wozniak

“The most common characteristic of women's history is to be lost and discovered, lost again and rediscovered, lost once more and re-rediscovered - a process of tragic waste and terrible silences that will continue until women's stories are a full and equal part of the human story.”

Humans Stories Lost Process Common Silence History Terrible Equal Waste Characteristics Tragic

Author:Gloria Steinem

“I believed and still believe that success is only part of the story. It makes you want to get better and better so as not to let yourself down and not to let the people down who like what you do and you don't waste your success.”

People Want Believe Stills Stories I Believe Waste Down And Get Better

Author:Jon Anderson

“When you have your chance to make a film, don't focus on pleasing everyone. I think the goal is to live in that sweet spot where you focus on making a good film and you have fun with your collaborators, but you don't waste your energy chasing approval every which way. When you have a vision and a good story and you've managed to raise funding, it is your approval as a director that everyone should be seeking. It's very simple.”

“I wanted to paint pictures of people. I thought, "Why bother doing anything else. Everything else is a waste of time. I want to tell stories about people and their feelings and emotions."”

People Want Stories Feelings Wanted Emotion Waste Paint Bother Wasting Time Feelings And Emotions Why Bother

Author:Lisa Yuskavage

“If a story seems moral, do not believe it. If at the end of a war story you feel uplifted, or if you feel that some small bit of rectitude has been salvaged from the larger waste, then you have been made the victim of a very old and terrible lie.”

Ifs Feels Believe Has Beens Made War Ends Stories Seems Lying Bits Moral Terrible Waste Victim War Stories Rectitude

Book:The Things They Carried

Source: The Things They Carried

“Do something about your life now. You know you are sick and tired of being sick and tired. Don't just think about it, look at it, and complain about it to whoever will listen. Stop conning yourself into being a volunteer victim, or telling the same old story. You are better than that. It's time to stand up for yourself and your dream. This is the one and only life that you have. Don't waste it watching someone's life - on tv, in a movie, a series or reality show. Take your power back and make a move. Live your life on your terms, and create something new in your life. You Deserve!”

“The growth of The Body Shop is testimony to the fact that you don't need to waste money on costly advertising campaigns to be successful. Instead, we've always relied on word of mouth and stories.”

Needs Facts Stories Body Growth Successful Waste Mouths Campaigns Advertising Shops Being Successful Testimony Word Of Mouth

Author:Anita Roddick

“You are far more than your personality, more than your habits, more than your achievements. You are an infinitely complex human being with stories and myths and dreams- and ambitions of cosmic proportions. Don't waste time underestimating yourself. Dream big... Use the energy of your archetype to express the true reason you were born. Life was never meant to be safe. It was meant to be lived right to the end.”

“Good telling of human stories is the best way to keep the Internet and World Wide Web from becoming a waste vastland.”

World Way Humans Stories Becoming Internet Waste Wide Best Way World Wide Web

Author:Walter Isaacson

“Don't waste your time searching and wishing. Grow and be ready...and you'll see God will give you a love story far better than you could ever dreamed of.”

Giving Stories Wish Grows Ready Waste Gods Will Love Story Better Than You Don't Waste Your Time

Author:Gordon B. Hinckley

“I still read Hemingway. I still read his short stories because they're so good. He doesn't waste any words.”

Stills Stories Waste Short Story

Author:Elmore Leonard

“No excuses and no sob stories. Life is full of excuses if you're looking. I have no time to gripe over misfortune. I don't waste time looking back.”

Ifs Stories Life Is Waste Excuse Misfortunes Wasting Time Looking Back No Excuses Don't Waste Time

Author:Junior Seau

“I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories.”

Thinking Should Stories Waste Sequels

Author:Francis Ford Coppola

“We're not going to waste our valuable space or your precious energy by giving equal time to stories of tragedy, failure, and tumult. They get far more that their fair share of attention everywhere else. Future historians might even conclude that our age suffered from a collective obsessive-compulsive disorder: the pathological need to repetitively seek out reasons for how bad life is.”

Source: Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings

“Comics are expensive. Don’t make me resent the money I spend buying yours. Every single moment in your script must either move the story along or demonstrate something important about the characters — preferably both — and every panel that does neither is a sloppy waste of space.”

Doe Important Moments Character Stories Moving Space Waste Scripts Expensive Buying Comic Book Resent Single Mom Sloppy Waste Of Space

Author:Mark Waid

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