Sleep. We all do it; some more than others. Here are some of my favorite quotes from famous people who’ve talked about sleep…
Many first time parents say don’t believe this until their first child is born to really believe in this one!…
“People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one.”
–Leo J. Burke
Because many people aren’t kidding when they say they won’t get married until they get their own room…
“Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.””
–Anthony Burgess
Some people have learned this one the hard way…
“It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward.”
–Baltasar Gracian
This one took often takes people a lot of years to recognize as true, but they finally catch on…
“If you can’t sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It’s the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.”
–Dale Carnegie
This one reminds many of the stuff that races through their heads just as they try to sleep…
“Life is something that happens when you can’t get to sleep.”
–Fran Lebowitz
This one is so absolutely true!…
“[Sleep is] the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.”
–Thomas Dekker
Simple? Yes. Obvious? Maybe. But sometimes it’s so obvious that we nearly miss it…
“There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.”
–Homer
As much as people fight over this, many find that this one is very true…
“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
–Benjamin Franklin
“Not being able to sleep is terrible. You have the misery of having partied all night… without the satisfaction.”
–Lynn Johnston
This sounds silly, but it’s true…
“To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep.”
–Joan Klempner
Mark Twain always said the most profound things. Here’s a good one…
“I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.”
–Mark Twain
This is a good one on the universal appeal of sleep…
“Oh sleep! It is a gentle thing,
Beloved from pole to pole.”
–Samuel Taylor Coleridge
This one’s creepy, but make you think. You may remember reading about sleep being referred to as ‘the little death’…
“Death’s brother, Sleep.”
–Virgil
Steven Wright makes people laugh. This was no exception…
“When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, ‘Did you sleep good?’ I said ‘No, I made a few mistakes.’”
–Steven Wright