Famous quotes containing the word busy:
“I do not wish to be any more busy with my hands than is necessary.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“In England, I was quite struck to see how forward the girls are madea child of 10 years old, will chat and keep you company, while her parents are busy or out etc.with the ease of a woman of 26. But then, how does this education go on?Not at all: it absolutely stops short.”
—Frances Burney (17521840)
“Im ashamed of myself and this magazine too. The sloppy, slovenly notion that everybodys busy doing bigger things. Well, there just isnt anything bigger than beating down the complacence of essentially decent people about prejudice. Yes, Im ashamed of myself.”
—Moss Hart (19041961)
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