If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.
The thing about the movie 'Navy SEALs' is that it was just such a waste. The script could've been shaped to be much better, and you just hate to see all that talent and passion go to waste.
A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.
Nothing is more impotent than an unread library.
Greatest sin of man kind: neglect to use his greatest asset.
Possibly the greatest waste in life is the gap between what you are and what you could become.
After we air the call, it's gone. I always thought, 'What a waste.' That's such a powerful story, and there's no way to revisit it or share it.
A bad or mediocre meal is more than just an unpleasant taste, it is an unnecessary negation of one of life's pleasures - a wasted chance to refine our palates, learn about the world, and share a rewarding experience.
I feel like fame is wasted on me.
Balotelli, and a few others, have everything that I would have liked to have. It angers me that he does not use his talent to his full advantage.
To me, the best purpose of an interview would be to illuminate some things about how somebody works for the benefit of somebody else who wants to do those things. And that's not where most interviews go at all, so to me, they seem like strange exercises in small talk and wasted air.
It was a waste of time to sit on the bench in London.
If I had a chance with him, I missed it. No, I didn't miss it. I threw it away.
A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.
Time is a resource, much like money or autonomy, which can be invaluable or can be squandered.
I would suggest that folks who have a platform of so-called celebrity, to the extent that they don't use that platform, or if they just use it for their own self-aggrandizement, it is certainly fed in a way that it goes to waste.
A young man is so strong, so mad, so certain, and so lost. He has everything and he is able to use nothing.
How dull it is to pause, to make an end, to rust unburnished, not to shine in use! As though to breathe were life.
If a song about blowing your shot becomes popular, that's really funny.
