Some old sayings disagree with each other.
2006-07-13 14:25:25 · 7 answers · asked by fresh2 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
I'd rather be wasted than lost...
on the other hand, I've gotten lost from being too wasted!
hmmmm....
2006-07-13 14:29:06 · answer #1 · answered by scratchwhiplash 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In different contexts both of these can make sense.
I say "haste makes waste" is correct because you need to stop and smell the flowers once in a while and enjoy life. You only get one life and it goes by fast enough as it is.
On the other hands the saying "He who hesitates is lost" can be true in that if we wait for things to come to us all the time, we're never going to progress in life. You have to work hard for that promotion or that A+ in high school. You can't sit around and expect it to fall in your lap.
2006-07-13 22:45:53 · answer #2 · answered by SquirrelBait 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every saying has a context--and a time when it's appropriate. If you take them out of context, they seem to contradict each other. I mean, if I say: It's raining, it's not raining, that's a contradiction, but if I say: It's raining here now, but it's not raining now in Peoria, that isn't a contradiction.
He who hesitates is lost means: If you face a critical situation where you must decide quickly, hesitation is bad.
Haste makes waste means: If you are trying to do something, or are doing something, do it carefully, take your time to do it right, otherwise you'll just waste your time and resources and have to do it over.
2006-07-13 21:40:03 · answer #3 · answered by Pandak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, my favorite out of that bunch is "Less haste, more speed!", meaning, quit *trying to rush things* and just get it done in the time it *takes* to do it naturally. Really, with a lot of things, trying to put a *rush* on it only makes you less efficient, forces errors, and makes you go back and correct things, which in turn takes MORE time than what it would have if you just took care of it at its *own* natural pace and got it all *right* the first time.
If that made any sense. :P The idea is to not be a slave to a clock and to respect the timing of the reality that *is* around you. Respect that most things, when they get done in their own due time, will be done quite *soon enough.*
Like this verbose piece of answer of mine, for example. :)
2006-07-13 21:50:15 · answer #4 · answered by Bradley P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he who hastes to hesitate is lost to waste.
2006-07-13 21:34:02 · answer #5 · answered by iamigloo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
haste makes waste
2006-07-13 21:28:44 · answer #6 · answered by ღbrownsugarღ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He who poops make waste, but sometimes you really need to haste to make waste.
2006-07-13 21:33:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋