Squander Quotations

All the best novels are about one thing: how we go on. The characters must survive the fallout of their own cowardice, folly, denial or misguided passion. They squander what matters most, and still they pick up the pieces.

When you use words loosely, without care and consideration, you erode trust in yourself and in what you're saying. When you squander words, you diminish your power.

If you run a business, if you are responsible for a lot of people, you come to grips with the reality that you have to have discipline. You have to protect the enterprise in order to take care of the employees. So, therefore, you can't be wasteful. You can't squander things, or you jeopardize other people.

Making the choice to cast someone in a lead role is a big one. You don't want to squander your opportunity.

Don't squander beautiful moments by always trying to snap the perfect picture or record the event on film. Sometimes it's better to watch things as they happen with your own eyes, knowing that the memory of the experience will always be with you.

She made sure, No. 1, that we didn't discriminate. And she always said to me, 'You have to be successful. There are a lot of people who have paid their dues to put you in a situation to be successful. A lot of people got beaten, a lot of people got lynched . . . and if you get the chance to be successful, you can't squander it.' She always reminded me of that every day.

We made these agreements only because it is painfully obvious that the results of bankruptcy proceedings would have been far worse. The company has been provided with everything it needs to survive. We can only hope that they will not squander the opportunity our members have provided them.

We've been very patient over the years but this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reset the rules for the River Murray and we're determined not to squander that opportunity.

I will not allow anyone to squander it,

Our run was a great answer to their run. This is something that has plagued us all year. We would have a halftime lead and find a way to squander it away and then struggle in the second half to get it back. I think when we switched defenses was a big factor, and we also just stuck some shots when it counted.

It is our duty not to squander opportunities for reconciliation, the time for reconciliation has long been here and we have squandered it,

who chooses our path of destiny? is it Mr Chance or Mr Fate? Or do we merely squander time then realise it's too late?

We must strive for freedom if we strive for self-knowledge. The task of self-knowledge and of further self-development is of such importance and seriousness, it demands such intensity of effort, that to attempt it any old way and amongst other things is impossible. The person who undertakes this task must put it first in his life, which is not so long that he can afford to squander it on trifles.

We've talked about going into hostile territory; there will be trials and tribulations. If you squander opportunities, the game will be close. But you've got to pat them on the back, because they played 60 minutes.

We Democrats will expand the prosperity. They will squander it.

We can't squander any more opportunities. When teams get down to the end (of the season), and you are a bubble team, they gear it up a notch.

We have got to play better with the lead. We don't squander too many leads in the third and we don't want to make it a habit.

There is no question that these agreements represent a major step backwards for our union, ... We made these agreements only because it is painfully obvious that the results of bankruptcy proceedings would have been far worse. The company has been provided with everything it needs to survive. We can only hope that they will not squander the opportunity our members have provided them.

Unfortunately, it looks like Congress is going to squander another day without getting any substantial work done.

At this point, it is incumbent upon Northwest management to not squander our significant sacrifices, but to intelligently pursue a course that enables us to emerge from bankruptcy as a proud and profitable airline.

Turnovers hurt us and especially in the first half. We had our team average in the first half for turnovers. We can't afford to squander that many opportunities to score. We have to be smarter with the basketball.

The question many have in the region is how not to squander the wealth like they did in the 1970s.

When you get into the red zone you want to be aggressive, but when you don't have the look that you want to take care of the football, you don't want to squander three points,

It was the tale of two halves, but we managed to get the job done. We played better in the first half, but were able to squander their scoring chances as well.

The government must not squander this golden opportunity to radically reform the pensions system.

How dare you squander even one more day not taking advantage of the greatest shifts of our generation? How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?

We talked today: Nobody in this league is undefeated and it's going to be a dogfight every night. So we can't squander opportunities.

We will no longer squander the blood of our soldiers fighting other countries' wars or the wealth of our people paying other countries' bills.

Before beginning I should put in three years of intensive study, and I haven't that much time to squander on a probable failure.

Do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of.