spent quotes

En vano te hemos prodigado el oce  ano, En vano el sol, que vieron los maravillados ojos de Whitman; Has gastado los an‹  os y te has gastado, Y todav|a no has escrito el poema. We have lavished the ocean on you in vain, In vain the sun that was seen by Whitman's astounded eyes; You have spent your years and you have spent yourself, But you haven't written the poem yet.

-Jorge Luis Borges
  El otro, el mismo,'Mateo XX V, 30' ('Matthew 25:30').

I've had a tough time learning how to act like a Congressman. Today I accidentally spent some of my own money.

-Joseph P(atrick) II Kennedy
  In Newsweek, 9 Feb.