Astley Sir Jacob 1579-1652
Prayer before the battle of Edgehill
O Lord! thou knowest how busy I must be this
day: if I forget thee, do not thou forget me.
Faulkner William 1897-1962
An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they
choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why.
Francis of Sales, Saint 1567-1622
While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
Hubbard Kin 1868-1930
Some folks can look so busy doing nothin' that they seem indispensable.
Marquis Don 1878-1937
The successful people are the ones who think up things
for the rest of the world to keep busy at.
Milton John 1608-1674
‚L'Allegro'
Towered cities please us then,
And the busy hum of men.
Milton John 1608-1674
‚On the Morning of Christ's Nativity'
Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep,
Was all that did their silly thoughts so busy
keep.
Ovid 43 BC-AD c.17
Remedia Amoris
You who seek an end of love, love will yield to
business: be busy, and you will be safe.
Seldon Arthur 1584-1654
Capitalism
Government of the busy by the bossy for the bully.
Sitwell Dame Edith 1887-1964
I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty ... But I am
too busy thinking about muself.
Skelton John c.1460-1529
Magnificence
I blunder, I bluster, I blow, and I blother,
I make on the one day, and I mar on the other.
Busy, busy, and ever busy,
I dance up and down till I am dizzy.
Stevenson Robert Louis 1850-1894
Keep busy at something. A busy person never has time to be unhappy.
Wombat R.T.
The lazy man gets round the sun as quickly as the busy one.
Stevenson Robert Louis 1850-1894
Extreme busyness, whether at school, or college, kirk or market, is a symptom of deficient vitality; and a faculty for idleness implies a
catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.