“Waste of Blood, and waste of Tears
Waste of youth's most precious years,
Waste of ways the saints have trod,
Waste of Glory, waste of God,
War!”

“Youth is wasted on the young.”

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright

“We told him to get on with it. We liked wasting time, but almost nothing was more annoying than having our wasted time wasted on something not worth wasting it on.”

Joshua Ferris (1974) American author

“Life is a waste of time and time is a waste of life, so let's all get wasted and have the time of our lives.”

Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist

“Life is a waste of time. Time is a waste of life. Get wasted all the time and you'll have the time of your life.”

Billy Connolly (1942) British comedian

“time wasted is not always a waste of time.”

Terri Blackstock (1957) American writer

“Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. ”

John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter

“Regret for wasted time is more wasted time”

Mason Cooley (1927–2002) American academic

“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist

“This loving person is a person who abhors waste — waste of time, waste of human potential. How much time we waste. As if we were going to live forever.”

Leo Buscaglia (1924–1998) Motivational speaker, writer