--- title: "12 Busy Lives Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Busy Lives quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Busy Lives sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/christina-baker-kline-1124_busy_i-have-a-lot-of-empathy-for-women-who-fi_979914.png" --- > [I have a lot of empathy for women who fit their writing into the crevices of their too-busy lives, as I once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-baker-kline/i-have-a-lot-of-empathy-for-women-who-fit-their-writing-into-the/) [Christina Baker Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-baker-kline/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/christina-baker-kline-1124_busy_i-have-a-lot-of-empathy-for-women-who-fi_979914.png) > [The only reason I don't do more is because, like all of us, we have busy lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-nash/the-only-reason-i-don-t-do-more-is-because-like-all-of-us-we-have/) [Steve Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-nash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/steve-nash-4910_busy_the-only-reason-i-don-t-do-more-is-becau_558722.jpg) > [“Our gods are much too busy in our lives for us to ignore them. (Myles)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamora-pierce/our-gods-are-much-too-busy-in-our-lives-for-us-to-ignore-them-myles/) [Tamora Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamora-pierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/tamora-pierce-935_busy_our-gods-are-much-too-busy-in-our-lives_308451.png) > [We live very busy lives. But everyone has a spare minute.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nuseir-yassin/we-live-very-busy-lives-but-everyone-has-a-spare-minute/) [Nuseir Yassin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nuseir-yassin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/488/nuseir-yassin-11130_busy_we-live-very-busy-lives-but-everyone-has_893607.jpg) > [Sadly as we grow older, we change. All of us are busy with our own lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/sadly-as-we-grow-older-we-change-all-of-us-are-busy-with-our-own-lives/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c77/anonymous-1_change_sadly-as-we-grow-older-we-change-all-of_1179596.jpg) > [There are plenty of examples of people who have had busy lives out there in the world, trying to do good, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-motion/there-are-plenty-of-examples-of-people-who-have-had-busy-lives-out/) [Andrew Motion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-motion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/716/andrew-motion-12897_busy_there-are-plenty-of-examples-of-people-w_3051799.png) > [1 fine day, all of us will get busy with our lives….. Long working hrs….No chats…………... Even wont have time 4 ourselves……………](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/1-fine-day-all-of-us-will-get-busy-with-our-lives-long-working-hrs-no/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/anonymous-1_busy_1-fine-day-all-of-us-will-get-busy-with_164785.jpg) > [Success is hard in general for most women. We now have such busy lives, and we're told we can do everything -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cat-deeley/success-is-hard-in-general-for-most-women-we-now-have-such-busy-lives/) [Cat Deeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cat-deeley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/cat-deeley-9067_busy_success-is-hard-in-general-for-most-wome_1501686.jpg) > [“Being Overwhelmed: The Success Killer Some days I have so much to do, I simply don’t know where to start. So I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liesha-petrovich/being-overwhelmed-the-success-killer-some-days-i-have-so-much-to-do-i/) [Liesha Petrovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liesha-petrovich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b3/liesha-petrovich-15428_busy_being-overwhelmed-the-success-killer-som_2556782.jpg) > [“We can keep ourselves so busy, fill our lives with so many diversions, stuff our heads with so much knowledge, involve ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/we-can-keep-ourselves-so-busy-fill-our-lives-with-so-many-diversions/) [John W. Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-w-gardner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70a/john-w-gardner-7687_life_we-can-keep-ourselves-so-busy-fill-our-l_2468649.jpg) > [I think we all have really busy lives now and there's so much stimulation, there's so many artists, there's so much music,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bea-miller/i-think-we-all-have-really-busy-lives-now-and-there-s-so-much/) [Bea Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bea-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/bea-miller-15807_art_i-think-we-all-have-really-busy-lives-no_2575451.jpg) > [“The busy lives people lead in the technologically driven culture that consumes our attention often produce a multitasking frenzy of activity that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-j-siegel/the-busy-lives-people-lead-in-the-technologically-driven-culture-that/) [Daniel J. Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-j-siegel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/096/daniel-j-siegel-13364_focus_the-busy-lives-people-lead-in-the-techno_2017524.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/busy-lives/#itemlist", "name": "Busy Lives Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have a lot of empathy for women who fit their writing into the crevices of their too-busy lives, as I once did.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Christina Baker Kline" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-baker-kline/i-have-a-lot-of-empathy-for-women-who-fit-their-writing-into-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/christina-baker-kline-1124_busy_i-have-a-lot-of-empathy-for-women-who-fi_979914.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/christina-baker-kline-1124_busy_i-have-a-lot-of-empathy-for-women-who-fi_979914.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/christina-baker-kline-1124_busy_i-have-a-lot-of-empathy-for-women-who-fi_979914.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have a lot of empathy for women who fit their writing into the crevices of their too-busy lives, as I once…” — Christina Baker Kline", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The only reason I don't do more is because, like all of us, we have busy lives.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steve Nash" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-nash/the-only-reason-i-don-t-do-more-is-because-like-all-of-us-we-have/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/steve-nash-4910_busy_the-only-reason-i-don-t-do-more-is-becau_558722.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/steve-nash-4910_busy_the-only-reason-i-don-t-do-more-is-becau_558722.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/steve-nash-4910_busy_the-only-reason-i-don-t-do-more-is-becau_558722.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The only reason I don't do more is because, like all of us, we have busy lives.” — Steve Nash", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Our gods are much too busy in our lives for us to ignore them. 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