
“What fools call “wasting time” is most often the best investment.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 24
“What fools call “wasting time” is most often the best investment.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 24
“To teach fools like you to stop wasting their time worshiping Masters.”
Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 127
Context: A disciple, in his reverence for the Master, looked upon him as God incarnate.
"Tell me, O Master," he said, "why you have come into this world."
"To teach fools like you to stop wasting their time worshiping Masters."
“Time is given us to be happy and for no other reason […] When we waste time, we waste happiness.”
“I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.”
Source: You Only Live Twice (1964), Ch. 21 : Orbit. Fleming is quoting Jack London directly.
Eric Stanley on CBS News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksYrWGivy5A
2011
"Good And Bad Procrastination", December 2005