Quotes About Squander

It was not just the prodigal in the far-off country who squandered the love of the father; the older brother lost out as well, though he was close to the father's love.

A great man knows the value of greatness; he dares not hazard it, he will not squander it.

To squander a fortune in public money, billions and billions, stubbornly carrying on with a Concorde we can only sell to ourselves.

He's a machine for competitive balance, ... Yes, the money is in New York. Yes, the money is in his hands. But he squanders money. Thank God for it.

I spent a lot of money on booze, birds, and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.

Charity, like nature, abhors a vacuum. Next to putting it in a bank, men like to squander their superfluous wealth on those to whom it is sure to be doing the least possible good.

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.

People will tell you not to waste your youth having too much fun, but they're wrong. Youth is an irreplaceable treasure, and the only respectable thing to do with irreplaceable treasure is to waste it. So do the right thing with your youth, Vivian—squander it.

Taxes aren't the way to go. They'd strangle the economy; you wouldn't create the wealth. And nothing squanders money as well as a government. What we need is to encourage rich people to give.

The original meaning of dilapidate (from the Latin dilapidare, to squander) was to allow a building to fall into a state of disrepair. In New York dilapidators are simply known as landlords. also

Power cannot accrue to those who squander their treasure of words.

A fool and his money is one big party.

Squander your riches far from this unfeeling body to which no season, either spiritual or sensual, makes any difference.

Quite simply the Games are the biggest opportunity sport in this country has ever had. It is one that we must not squander.

As adults our life is reduced to giving alms to others and receiving them in return. We squander our personalities in orgies of coexistence.

Algunos simpatizantes me han dicho que de mí se podía haber hecho un buen político. Es posible, pero como se puede hacer un orinal con porcelana de Limoges: desperdiciando un material superior.

The world is not always so friendly a place that you can afford to squander your advantages on a pointless conceit.

We've all heard stories of lottery winners, rock stars, heirs and heiresses, and professional athletes becoming millionaire morons who wake up rich but are broke by nightfall.

From all that I saw, and everywhere I wandered, I learned that time cannot be spent, It only can be squandered.

Squander your riches far from this unfeeling body to which no season, either spiritual or sensual, makes any difference.

Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed, do not squander your life.

Hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander.

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.