Busy
Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a busy merchant.
Constantly at work; diligent; active.
Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and times; as, a busy street.
Officious; meddling; foolish active.
Careful; anxious.
To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy; as, to busy one's self with books.
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Busy Quotations
Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.
John Lennon
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
Socrates
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
Henry David Thoreau
It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?
Henry David Thoreau
When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.
Theodore Roosevelt
I'm too busy acting like I'm not Naive. I've seen it all, I was here first.
Kurt Cobain
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
Dale Carnegie
If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
Dale Carnegie
Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.
Thomas A. Edison
He not busy being born is busy dying.
Bob Dylan
Busy Translations
busy in Afrikaans is beset, besig
busy in Dutch is druk, bezet
busy in Italian is diligente, occupato
busy in Norwegian is opptatt, travel, opptatt
busy in Portuguese is ocupado
busy in Spanish is animado, industrioso, ocupado, comunica
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