Being Busy Quotes

“Voices

Voices in my head,
Chanting, 'Kisses. Bread.
Prove yourself. Fight. Shove.
Learn. Earn. Look for love',

Drown a lesser voice,
Silent now of choice:
'Breathe in peace, and be
Still, for once, like me'.”
― Vikram Seth

“MOTHER TIME: Life goes by so very fast, my dears, and taking the time to reflect, even once a year, slows things down. We zoom past so many seconds, minutes, hours, killing them with the frantic way we live that it's important we take at least this one collective sigh and stop, take stock, and acknowledge our place in time before diving back into the melee. Midnight on New Year's Eve is a unique kind of magic where, just for a moment, the past and the future exist at once in the present. Whether we're aware of it or not, as we countdown together to it, we're sharing the burden of our history and committing to the promise of tomorrow.”
― Hillary DePiano, New Year's Thieve

“If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do. Lucille Ball

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― Lucille Ball

“is knowledge increasing, or is detail accumulating?”
― Jeanette Winterson, Sexing the Cherry

“King is not, he who is not king of his time
Rich is not, he who lives on borrowed time
Poor is he who of himself is a zealot”
― Lamine Pearlheart

“Being busy is an excellent escape from adversity, boredom, and nonsense.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“Putting in the time doesn’t cut it; getting the job done is what counts.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, BECOME: Unleash the Power of Moral Character and Be Proud of the Life You Choose

“He was a busy man selling discount furniture in a rough neighborhood during the day, and reading reading reading, thinking writing grieving all night the bad world-ending politics which were using up the last years of his life.”
― Grace Paley, Later the Same Day

“I Stop Writing the Poem

to fold the clothes. No matter who lives
or who dies, I'm still a woman.
I'll always have plenty to do.”
― Tess Gallagher

“It just so happens that I gather emptiness in my shirt pocket
and run like I have things to do or I’m chased by some
illusion”
― Nasser Rabah

“I was just beginning
to wonder about my own life
and now I have to return to it
regardless of the weather
or how close I am to love.
Doesn’t it bother you sometimes
what living is, what the day has turned into?
So many screens and meetings
and things to be late for.
Everyone truly deserves
a flute of champagne
for having made it this far!
Though it’s such a disaster
to drink on a Monday.”
― Alex Dimitrov