Busy

Famous quotes containing the word busy:

“I do not weep at the world—I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.”
—Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)

“My busy heart who shudders as she talks
Sheds the syllabic blood and drains her words.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

“My friend devotes himself to his life, whenever he can find the spare time. His motto is: ‘Don’t just sit there: live!’ So he’s too busy to stand, to walk, to do anything, except to live. He even refused to kiss a girl, when invited, on the grounds that it was time again to be living. Schedules are sacred to him.”
—Marvin Cohen, U.S. author and humorist. The Self-Devoted Friend, New Directions (1967)