Misspending Quotes

#1. Reason, too late perhaps, may convince you of the folly of misspending time.

George Washington

#2. I was always incredibly driven and found it impossible to relax. I felt that if I slacked off for a minute to enjoy myself, then so many things would be missed.

Sandra Bullock

#3. The career politicians in Washington had transformed a government "for the people" into a government for themselves and for special interests.

Tom Coburn

#4. In the mountains of truth you will never climb in vain: either you will get up higher today or you will exercise your strength so as to be able to get up higher tomorrow.

Alain De Botton

#5. You don't have a heartbeat," I realized.
"Does that bother you?" He asked.
"No." I thought for a minute. "As long as you can feel things and care about things."
"It's a misconception that you need a heart to love," Asher whispered into my hair.

Jocelyn Davies

#6. How magnanimous was a gesture if one were constantly aware of its magnanimity?

Laura Lippman

#7. Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Sean Connery and Robert Redford, Mel Gibson - at least in the Road Warrior films - and Harrison Ford are among my favorite actors. Meryl Streep, Jane Fonda, Sally Field, Deborah Winger, Jessica Lange, and of course, Shirley MacLaine, are among the women.

Frederick Lenz

#8. Originally I had planned to revert to nuclear physics there, in particular the structure of the deuteron.

Walter Kohn

#9. It's good Mam, you've got a bike
It's so much better than walking
Dad just thinks it's a blessed relief
It's the only time you stop talking

John Walter Bratton