Wastes Quotes

Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? / Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land? / Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. - Bible

We travel through time as through a country filled with many wild and empty wastes, which we would fain hurry over, that we may arrive at those several little settlements or imaginary points of rest which are dispersed up and down in it. - Joseph Addison

We are part of the 'green' building initiative. Reverse osmosis wastes a lot of good water, and our system returns as much water [to the environment] as we possibly can. - Kelly O'Connell

We are close to dead. There are faces and bodies like gorged maggots on the dance floor, on the highway, in the city, in the stadium; they are a host of chemical machines who swallow the product of chemical factories, aspirin, preservatives, stimulant, relaxant, and breathe out their chemical wastes into a polluted air. The sense of a long last night over civilization is back again. - Norman Mailer

Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded. - Bible

Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves. - Ovid

This welfare for wealthy companies wastes taxpayer dollars, harms the environment, and makes a mockery of the recent reductions in federal social spending programs. - Ralph Nader

This is a watchdog that has neither bark nor bite. The young people of California are facing appalling conditions. It hurts them, it hurts their families, it hurts their communities and it wastes the taxpayer dollars we are all paying out. - Sara Norman