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

I do not like to get the news, because there has never been an era...

I do not like to get the news, because there has never been an era...

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

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

Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.

Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.

Daybreak is one of the greatest disadvantages of living under the solar system: It means...

Daybreak is one of the greatest disadvantages of living under the solar system: It means...

Nobody agrees with anybody else anyhow, but adults conceal it and infants show it

Nobody agrees with anybody else anyhow, but adults conceal it and infants show it

One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence

One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence

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...

The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.

The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.

The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.

The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.

The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.

The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are...

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are...

I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers.

I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers.

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 door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.

A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.

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...

There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is...

There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is...

Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the...

Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the...

Too clever is dumb.

Too clever is dumb.

Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven...

Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven...

Remorse is a violent dyspepsia of the mind.

Remorse is a violent dyspepsia of the mind.