Busyness Quotes

When the fire of prayer goes out, the barrenness of busyness takes over.

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers.

I fill my life with a lot of 'busyness' in between jobs. Then I work very hard. Some of it is quite unhealthy. It's compulsive. I don't know what to do about it. I'm a little old to change.

If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian principle - absolute busyness - then utopia and melancholy will come to coincide: an age without conflict will dawn, perpetually busy - and without consciousness.