“Programmers waste enormous amounts of time thinking about, or worrying about, the speed of noncritical parts of their programs, and these attempts at efficiency actually have a strong negative impact when debugging and maintenance are considered. We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. Yet we should not pass up our opportunities in that critical 3%.” ThinkingShouldEvilOpportunityStrongForgetWorryAmountWasteNegativeProgramRootsImpactCriticalSpeedEnormousEfficiencyProgrammersMaintenancePrematureOptimizationDebugging Author:Donald Knuth
“Of course, ISIS is a terrible organization that has to be defeated. And, of course, we need a strong military. But just as with every other agency of government, you know what, the military also has got to get rid of waste and fraud and cost overruns.” KnowsNeedsGovernmentCoursesStrongMilitaryTerribleCostWasteOrganizationAgencyFraudDefeatedIsis Author:Hillary Clinton
“There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm. There is a delight in the hardy life of the open... Apart from this, yet mingled with it, is the strong attraction of the silent places, of the large tropic moons, and the splendor of the new stars; where the wanderer sees the awful glory of sunrise and sunset in the wide waste spaces of the earth, unworn of man, and changed only by the slow change of the ages through time everlasting.” MenAgeEarthSpiritStrongStarsSpaceMysteryChangedMoonWasteGlorySilentDelightWideAttractionAwfulCharmSunsetWildernessMelancholySunriseEverlastingSplendorRough TimesHardyWanderersSunrise And Sunset Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“Negroes aren't seeking anything which is not good for the nation as well as ourselves. In order for America to be 100 percent strong -- economically, defensively and morally -- we cannot afford the waste of having second- and third-class citizens.” WellsAmericaOrderStrongNationsClassCitizensWastePercentThirdsSeeking Author:Jackie Robinson
“It is a mighty error to suppose that none but violent and strong passions, such as love and ambition, are able to vanquish the rest. Even idleness, as feeble and languishing as it is, sometimes reigns over them; it usurps the throne and sits paramount over all the designs and actions of our lives, and imperceptibly wastes and destroys all our passions and all our virtues.” SometimesAbleActionPassionStrongVirtueOur LivesDesignWasteAmbitionErrorsViolentLazinessThronesReignIdlenessParamountVanquishStrong Passion Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Whatever life may send your way - make the best of it. Don't waste your time and energy worrying about it. Instead, find a way to do something about it. Learn from it, adjust to it, be strong, be flexible and be your best in every situation.” WayMayEnergyStrongSituationWorryWasteWasting TimeFlexibleBeing StrongStop WorryingTime And EnergyAdjustingDon't Waste Your TimeBe Your BestStay MotivatedMake The Best Of It Author:Les Brown
“We are the bullies of the earth: strong, foul, coarse, greedy, careless, indifferent to others, laying waste as we proceed, leaving wounds, welts, lesions, suppurations on the earth body, increasingly engulfed by our own ordure and, finally, abysmally ignorant of the way the world works, crowing our superiority over all life.” WorldWayBodyEarthStrongWasteLeavingWoundsIgnorantIndifferentSuperiorityGreedyBullyCarelessFoulCoarse Author:Ian McHarg
“I come from - I came from Wales, and it's a strong, butch society. We were in the war and all that. People didn't waste time feeling sorry for themselves. You had to get on with it. So my credo is get on with it. I don't waste time being soft. I'm not cold, but I don't like being, wasting my time with - life's too short.” PeopleWarFeelingsStrongColdWasteSorryMy TimeWasting TimeToo ShortWalesWasting My TimeLife's Too ShortFeeling SorryDon't Waste TimeCredo Author:Anthony Hopkins
“[M]an has been accustomed, ever since he was a boy, to having a dozen incompatible philosophies dancing about together inside his head. He doesn't think of doctrines as primarily "true" or "false," but as "academic" or "practical," "outworn" or "contemporary," "conventional" or "ruthless." Jargon, not argument, is your best ally in keeping him from the Church. Don't waste time trying to make him think that materialism is true! Make him think it is strong or stark or courageous—that it is the philosophy of the future. That's the sort of thing he cares about.” ThinkingTryingHas BeensPhilosophyCareTogetherStrongChurchBoysWasteArgumentDancingPracticalsDoctrineContemporaryMaterialismCourageousAlliesWasting TimeDozenAcademicConventionalAccustomedRuthlessStarksJargonScrewtape LettersDon't Waste TimeTrue Or False Author:C. S. Lewis
“Maybe the girl would get strong enough to withstand an ink exchange with one of the chosen faeries. If not, he could always give her to one of the weaker fey. It seemed a shame to waste a lovely broken toy.” IfsGivingEnoughGirlStrongBrokenWasteShameLovelyChosenToysInkStrong EnoughFaerieFeyInk Exchange Book:Ink Exchange Source: Ink Exchange
“I grew up around strong women; weak men were pickled and salted. The women wouldn't waste time raising a weak boy.” MenStrongBoysGrewWasteGrew UpWeakWasting TimeStrong WomenWeak Man Author:Robert Jordan
“The quality of your life is dependent upon the quality of the life of your cells. If the bloodstream is filled with waste products, the resulting environment does not promote a strong, vibrant, healthy cell life-nor a biochemistry capable of creating a balanced emotional life for an individual.” IfsLifeDoeMotivationalLife IsIndividualStrongQualityEnvironmentEmotionalProductsHealthyWasteCreatingCapableFilledIndividualityCellsDependentBalancedEmotional LifeBiochemistry Book:Unlimited Power a Black Choice Source: Unlimited Power a Black Choice