Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency.
Raymond Chandler

Computers may save time but they sure waste a lot of paper. About 98 percent of everything printed out by a computer is garbage that no one ever reads.
Andy Rooney

Congress must make it clear that common animal waste will not expose farmers to liability under Superfund, while ensuring continued action to clean up legitimate hazardous waste sites around the nation.
Ike Skelton

Criticising the other fellow because he's in and you are not seems to me a futile waste of time.
Hartley William Shawcross

Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource - the minds of our children.
Walt Disney

Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.
Edward de Bono

Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other.
Leo Buscaglia

Depression, as far as I'm concerned, is just a waste of time.
Helen Reddy

Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.
David Lloyd George

Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now!
Swami Sivananda

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.
George Bernard Shaw

Doing a thing well is often a waste of time.
Robert Byrne

Doing films in Latin America is like an act of faith. I mean, you really have to believe in what you're doing because if not, you feel like it's a waste of time because you might as well be doing something that at least pays you the rent.
Gael Garcia Bernal

Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing.
H. Stanley Judd

Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window- or break down a door.
Brooke Shields

Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.
Mary Schmich

Don't waste time trying to break a man's heart; be satisfied if you can just manage to chip it in a brand new place.
Helen Rowland

Don't waste your time away thinkin' 'bout yesterday's blues.
Jon Bon Jovi

Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self esteem.
Kurt Cobain

Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly some of the same external tasks as conscious beings will be recognized as a gigantic waste of time.
Thomas Nagel