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 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.

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...

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

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

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...

I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making...

I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless...

I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless...

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...

To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit...

To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit...

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.

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...

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone...

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone...

Remorse is a violent dyspepsia of the mind.

Remorse is a violent dyspepsia of the mind.

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.

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.