Busy

Famous quotes containing the word busy:

    “Doctor, the devil is a busy man.”
    —Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)

    “During the first World War women in the United States had a chance to try their capacities in wider fields of executive leadership in industry. Must we always wait for war to give us opportunity? And must the pendulum always swing back in the busy world of work and workers during times of peace?”
    —Mary Barnett Gilson (1877–?)

    “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)