Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.

Will Rogers (1879-1935) American humorist
Column (1930-04-28), “Daily Telegram: Will Rogers Sees No Value in All the Time We Save”
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Written while in Beverly Hills. Collected in The Autobiography of Will Rogers, ch. 15 (1949) [ed. Donald Day].