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

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

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

I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.

I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.

Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.

Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.

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.

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

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...

I have an idea that the phrase 'weaker sex' was coined by some woman to...

I have an idea that the phrase 'weaker sex' was coined by some woman to...

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

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

They take the paper and they read the headlines, so they've heard of unemployment and...

They take the paper and they read the headlines, so they've heard of unemployment and...

Too clever is dumb.

Too clever is dumb.

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an...

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an...

Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for.

Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for.

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...

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...

Middle age ends and senescence begins, The day your descendants outnumber your friends.

Middle age ends and senescence begins, The day your descendants outnumber your friends.

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

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...

To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his right and left hand....

To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his right and left hand....

Chance is irrelevent. We will succeed.

Chance is irrelevent. We will succeed.

If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority

If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised...

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised...