Quotes about Busyness

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We're angry about this, upset about that, but who has the time to do anything anymore? There are those reports to report — Mark Slouka, Essays from the Nick of Time: Reflections and Refutations
The greatest enemy of good thinking is busyness. — John C. Maxwell, The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization
Busyness chokes deep thinking. — Todd Stocker, Refined: Turning Pain Into Purpose
When you're feeding the second coachload of tourists that day you aren't thinking about the birthday party for fifty nex — Robin McKinley, Sunshine
He could take on anything and everything, it seemed, rather than leave himself time to reflect on his dissatisfaction wi — Claire Tomalin, Charles Dickens
I distrust the perpetually busy, always have. The frenetic ones spinning in tight little circles like poisoned rats. The — Mark Slouka, Essays from the Nick of Time: Reflections and Refutations
One response was given by the innkeeper when Mary and Joseph wanted to find a room where the Child could be born. The in — Billy Graham
Time is an excuse to delay. — Amitav Chowdhury
Sometimes we feel that the busier we are, the more important we are--as though our busyness defines our worth...We can s — Carolyn J. Rasmus, Simplify: A Guide To Caring For The Soul
The opposite of busy in today's world is sustained, focused attention. It is deep engagement in activities that really m — Tony Crabbe, Busy: How to Thrive in a World of Too Much
A person can hurry through or sleep walk through life, but whenever they stop to catch their breath or awaken from a lon — Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
Distraction leaches the authenticity out of our communications. When we are not emotionally present, we are gliding over — Marian Deegan, Relevance: Matter More
Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these — Thomas A. Edison
When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another - and ourselves. — Jack Kornfield
It is an oyster, with small shells clinging to its humped back. Sprawling and uneven, it has the irregularity of somethi — Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Gift from the Sea
But if the Busyness = Status equation works, it’s strictly because a social game has emerged wherein relatively privileg — Tasha Golden
Needs multiply as they are met. Woe to the man who would live a disentangled life. Be on guard, my soul, of complicating — Elisabeth Elliot, Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot
Leaders can hold onto busyness like a weapon of protection. — Angela Lynne Craig, Pivot Leadership: Small Steps...Big Change
There is no social stigma attached to the frenzy, no peer motivation to slow us down. Rather it is the opposite; busy is — Gillian Deacon, Naked Imperfection: A Memoir
Nothing consumes time like nothing. — Russell Ackoff