“Time spent arguing with the faithful is, oddly enough, almost never wasted.”
Source: 2000s, 2001, Letters to a Young Contrarian (2001)
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Christopher Hitchens305
British American author and journalist 1949–2011Related quotes
“Time spent with cats is never wasted.”
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis
Frequently attributed to Freud, but there is no evidence Freud ever said it http://www.freud.org.uk/about/faq/. <br class="br">Misattributed
“Never argue with a pedant over nomenclature. It wastes your time and annoys the pedant.”
Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan Saga
Vorkosigan Saga, Memory (1996)
Paul Graham (1964) English programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist
"Good And Bad Procrastination", December 2005
“Time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted.”
John Marsden book Tomorrow, When the War Began
Source: Tomorrow, When the War Began
“All time is wasted that is not spent in seeking God.”
Lahiri Mahasaya (1828–1895) Indian yogi and guru
This adage is attributed to the ancient sage Sukdeva, as quoted in Promise of Immortality: The True Teaching of the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita (2001) by J. Donald Walters. p. 242
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“Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Μηκέθ᾽ ὅλως περὶ τοῦ οἷόν τινα εἶναι τὸν ἀγαθὸν ἄνδρα διαλέγεσθαι, ἀλλὰ εἶναι τοιοῦτον.
X, 16
Variant: Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book X