#busy

Most of us have considerable prosperity in our lives. Often, we are so busy pursuing our unmet desires that we are unable to enjoy all that we already have. Allowing ourselves to really appreciate the prosperity we have created is a big step toward opening to even greater fulfillment. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

#already #appreciate #big #busy #considerable

A little girl who finds a puzzle frustrating might ask her busy mother (or teacher) for help. The child gets one message if her mother expresses clear pleasure at the request and quite another if mommy responds with a curt 'Don't bother me - I've got important work to do.' ↗

— Daniel Goleman

#ask #bother #busy #child #clear

After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working. ↗

— Kenneth Grahame

#best #best part #busy #busy working #fellows

Animals arrived, liked the look of the place, took up their quarters, settled down, spread, and flourished. They didn't bother themselves about the past - they never do; they're too busy. ↗

— Kenneth Grahame

#arrived #bother #busy #down #flourished

I suppose all of us - we have the old Protestant work ethic of feeling guilty when you're not working, and getting a buzz from feeling like you're really busy. That's the reason to sort of carry on. ↗

— Jonny Greenwood

#buzz #carry #ethic #feeling #getting

Well, I motorcycle, I hunt, fish, I do all that. I keep busy. I'm never bored. I've never been bored. ↗

— Larry Hagman

#bored #busy #fish #hunt #i

I have a very busy head. I have inside voices that I have learned to contain. ↗

— Tom Hardy

#contain #head #i #i have learned #inside

I've tried in my career to do most everything, because it all intrigues me. And I've found the first time I work in a new form, I discover all the things that make that an exciting medium. I've been very busy most of my career. I've had very few vacations. ↗

— Rupert Holmes

#been #busy #career #discover #everything

I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality. ↗

— James Joyce

#busy #centuries #enigmas #i #immortality

Most of the time you're too busy to think about it. But every now and then you say, 'I work at "Saturday Night Live," and that is so cool. ↗

— Tina Fey

#busy #cool #every #i #live