In 1873 the president of the Philological Society of London declared that linguists «shall do more by tracing the historical growth of one single work - a-day tongue, than by filling wastepaper baskets with reams of paper covered with speculations on the origin of all tongues.» (discovermagazine.com)
You send in a cover letter that talks of how wonderful you are as a candidate without anything significantly backing up your claims, both your resume and cover letter find permanent homes in wastepaper bins. (coverlettersandresume.com)
Besides, no book about the Bible is worth its weight in wastepaper if it does not lead one to read the Bible for himself. (religion-online.org)