“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.”
Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
““Yes, Mr. Lee.” Superintendent Sugden did not wast time on explanations. “What’s all this?””
Murder for Christmas (1939, Holiday for Murder, Hercule Poirot’s Christmas)
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G. K. Chesterton, "Is the War Just a Misunderstanding" (January 29, 1916), reported in The collected works of G. K. Chesterton: Volume 30 (1988), p. 366.
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Nathan Gore in Ch. IV
Democracy: An American Novel (1880)
“He did not waste time in a vain search for a place in history.”
Dejan Stojanovic (1959) poet, writer, and businessman
“Socrates,” p. 67
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”
Bruce Lee (1940–1973) Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 10
“Well, Mr. Prime Minister, I can't waste any more time on you. I must get back to work.”
John Diefenbaker (1895–1979) 13th Prime Minister of Canada
From a conversation with Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier (29 July 1910) when Diefenbaker was 14; quoted in Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867 - 1994: Biographies and Anecdotes (Ottawa: National Archives of Canada, 1994).
“It seems such a waste of time
If that's what it's all about
If that's movin' up then I'm movin' out.”
Billy Joel (1949) American singer-songwriter and pianist
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song).
Song lyrics, The Stranger (1977)