„Time spent with cats is never wasted.“
— Sigmund Freud Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis 1856 - 1939
Frequently attributed to Freud, but there is no evidence Freud ever said it http://www.freud.org.uk/about/faq/.
Misattributed
„Time spent arguing with the faithful is, oddly enough, almost never wasted.“
— Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian
Quelle: 2000s, 2001, Letters to a Young Contrarian (2001)
„Time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted.“
— John Marsden, buch Tomorrow, When the War Began
Quelle: Tomorrow, When the War Began
„All time is wasted that is not spent in seeking God.“
— Lahiri Mahasaya Indian yogi and guru 1828 - 1895
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
Disputed
„A life spent defensively, worried, is a life wasted.“
— Lance Armstrong, buch Every Second Counts
Quelle: Every Second Counts (2003), p. 21
Kontext: A life spent defensively, worried, is a life wasted.
You know when I need to die? When I'm done living. When I can't walk, can't eat, can't see, when I'm a crotchety old bastard, mad at the world. Then I can die.
— Paul Graham English programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist 1964
"Good And Bad Procrastination", December 2005
„Education,” he smiled, “is never a waste of time.“
— Robert Lynn Asprin American science fiction and fantasy author 1946 - 2008
Quelle: Time Scout (1995), Chapter 9 (p. 175)
„Japan never considers time together as time wasted. Rather, it is time invested.“
— Donald Richie American writer 1924 - 2013
Quelle: A Lateral View: Essays on Culture and Style in Contemporary Japan
„I spent most of my dough on booze, broads and boats and the rest I wasted.“
— Elmore Leonard, buch LaBrava
Quelle: LaBrava
„Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.“
— Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
Quelle: Time Enough for Love
„Never argue with a pedant over nomenclature. It wastes your time and annoys the pedant.“
— Lois McMaster Bujold, Vorkosigan Saga
Vorkosigan Saga, Memory (1996)
— Carlo Rovelli, buch Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Incipit
Seven Brief Lectures on Physics (2014)
Quelle: Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
