Sometimes comparing can be a good thing: it can inspire us to work harder and reach farther. But for the most part, excessive measuring yourself up against others – especially when it becomes a way to put yourself down – is a colossal waste of time. It’s a dead end. It won’t make you do anything except feel horrible.
What I learned from my son’s birth is that fearing the future is normal but a waste of time.
We spend so much of our lives doing math problems on how to feel good. It’s such a waste of time. You’re going to feel how you feel. It’s hard to just set up a way that you’re going to live your life that is going to be just endlessly happy and healthy. That’s impossible.
If you want to be negative about the whole thing you can say all guitar bands after the Beatles were just a waste of time because the Beatles were the best. I think it’s far better to give new records a try.
Fifteen years ago I walked out of a production of one of my plays at the RSC because I decided it was a waste of time.
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.
I recently read an article on how I was dropped from a film because I couldn’t dance! It was so ridiculous that I decided to shut up about it. Let people say what they want to. It’s such a waste of time.
I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.
I start writing with only the vaguest idea about who my characters are and what is going to happen, and the characters and plot come into existence as I go. I’ve tried doing it the other way, but for me, outlining is a waste of time because I never follow the outline.
There is no labor in which we engage but that there is a spirit telling us, ‘Oh, you do not need to do that; it is a waste of time, and you ought to be engaged in something else.’
I’m a huge freak, and always have been. I spent the first part of my life trying really desperately not to be one, and it was just a waste of time.
I mean, I think everybody realizes that calling people racist is a waste of time; nobody buys it anymore.
Optimism doesn’t wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.
When I was younger, I talked to the adults around me that I respected most about how they got where they were, and none of them plotted a course they could have predicted, so it seemed a waste of time to plan too long-term. Since then, I’ve always gone on my instincts.
Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.
I used to be hung up on my figure, but it’s a waste of time. I don’t believe in diets. Have four pints one night, be healthy the next.
Except in very narrow cases, where there’s breakthrough science that needs patent production, worrying about competitors is a waste of time. If you can’t out iterate someone who is trying to copy you, you’re toast anyway.
I remember that when I was little, my parents felt that I should study to become a teacher. They thought football was a waste of time and I’d never succeed at it.
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.
There’s nothing new about anti-work philosophy. History is dotted with individuals and groups who decided that laziness was next to godliness and work was a waste of time.
Having a little boy has taken me to a very deep place. I am starting to realize everything I ever worried about was such a waste of time.
I’d rather they call me a national treasure than a national waste of time. And yes, it does feel good, but I’ve had to earn it.
I haven’t made a movie for a while, but I’ve watched a lot. It’s my major waste of time. I like to work, but also to be waiting for work.
I didn’t know what Facebook was, and now that I do know what it is, I have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time.
In my own case, my folks didn’t actually object to comics, as many parents did, but they pretty much felt the things were a waste of time.
Clothes are an amazing tool. They are an amazing way to hide a multitude of sins; they’re an amazing way to be creative. Clothes can do so many things. But at the end of the day, if they don’t serve you, it’s just a waste of time. Then it is frivolous.
Fear is a waste of time.
We kid ourselves that we’re trying to be empathetic with the human condition from a distance, but I don’t think that is it at all. It’s stupid; it’s a waste of time. But when the earth flexes its muscles, that’s rather different. That’s a powerful reminder of where we are.
I didn’t want just a squeaky-clean book that just illuminated my stardom. For me, that would just be such a waste of time. I wanted my book to reflect real life – the highs and lows.
There have been times when I’ve reflected on my international career and just thought: ‘Well that was a massive waste of time.’ Sorry for sounding sour, but my best mate, David Beckham, got butchered after the World Cup in 1998, then my brother, Phil, after Euro 2000.
I catnap now and then, but I think while I nap, so it’s not a waste of time.
I grew up in conservative rural Kansas in the 1950s when it was expected that girls would not have a life outside the home, so educating them was a waste of time.
I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
The best advice is to get on with it. I’m very prone to falling into depressions – not clinical, just ‘can’t be bothered.’ It’s such a waste of time.
People ask me do I want to do my coaching badges. Why? You’re not given a chance, so no. I wouldn’t be looking forward to doing my coaching badges. It’s a waste of time.
I think golf is a waste of time and a waste of a sunny afternoon. I also stink at it. I have never found anything, including divorce and a sexual harassment suit, more frustrating.
I don’t wish anybody ill, I really don’t. I’ve got a lot of faults, but I was never jealous or envious or… it’s a waste of time.
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.
My mother and father raised their eyebrows at first when I said I wanted to be an actor because I was in this industrial city. My dad had done a bit of boxing on the side, but he was a welder first and foremost. I was 17, and I said, ‘I want to be an actor.’ They worried it was a waste of time.
Doing a thing well is often a waste of time.
Being nervous is a waste of time.
If you’re going to kill someone there isn’t much reason to get all worked up about it and angry – you just pull the trigger. Angry discussions beforehand are a waste of time. We need to smile at Novell while we pull the trigger.
It’s hard running as an independent. I wouldn’t have won the Senate election if I hadn’t been governor. I had credibility. The hard part is getting voters to the point where they think it’s thinkable and not a waste of time.
Many people think spending an hour or two in the kitchen is a waste of time. But it is a good investment in your spiritual development.
The last place you’ll find me is the gym. It seems to me to be a waste of time – I could spend that time doing so many other things.
Once it becomes mandatory to report that you’ve had data stolen, blackmailing you is a waste of time. Blackmailing you to keep quiet – you can’t, because you’ve got a legal obligation to tell everyone.
Sleep is a waste of time.
I didn’t want to play in the reserves. It was the wrong attitude. I could have trained for myself, so when I got the chance I was ready. I didn’t do that. I was just training and going home. That was just a waste of time. That’s why Wigan is a closed book.
Having to respond to things that are made up or untrue tends to be a waste of time.
Weddings to me are largely an ego-centric waste of time and money.
Hanging out is a waste of time. The only time I would hang out was when I was a kid, I would hang out in the streets. But once I started making records, I stopped hanging out.
There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their work has been a waste of time.
Personally, my twenties were a complete waste of time. Professionally, I hope some good came of them.
It’s a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black.
My tears of love are a waste of time if I turn away.
You have got to believe in yourself every time you go out there and race. If you have no faith in your ability all that training has been a waste of time.
I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time.
After a while, you just don’t do things you don’t wanna do – that’s the great freedom you get, the older you get. You learn what to do and what not to do, and what will be a waste of time and what won’t be a waste of time.
