Sleep is perverse as human nature, Sleep is perverse as a legislature, Sleep is as forward as hives or goiters, And where it is least desired, it loiters.

Quote by Ogden Nash

Topics: Mankind Quotes

Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you...

Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you...

One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence.

One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence.

Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.

Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.

When I look at you every aged phrase is new, and there are moments when...

When I look at you every aged phrase is new, and there are moments when...

An occasional lucky guess as to what makes a wife tick is the best a...

An occasional lucky guess as to what makes a wife tick is the best a...

Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny -...

Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny -...

People who have what they want are very fond of telling people who haven't what...

People who have what they want are very fond of telling people who haven't what...

The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk.

The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk.

A husband is a guy who tells you when you've got on too much lipstick...

A husband is a guy who tells you when you've got on too much lipstick...

There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that...

There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that...

Commitments the voters don't know about can't hurt you.

Commitments the voters don't know about can't hurt you.

Do you think my mind is maturing late, or simply rotted early?

Do you think my mind is maturing late, or simply rotted early?

Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet...

Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet...

A husband is a guy who tells you when you've got on too much lipstick...

A husband is a guy who tells you when you've got on too much lipstick...

Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor

Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor

The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we...

The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we...

If you don't want to work you have to work to earn enough money so...

If you don't want to work you have to work to earn enough money so...

Don't just work for the money; that will bring only limited satisfaction.

Don't just work for the money; that will bring only limited satisfaction.

Hard work never did anyone any harm

Hard work never did anyone any harm

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.