Subject: Activities » Sleep (Page 2)

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who cannot sleep with window shut, and a woman who cannot sleep with the window open.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

I bought a new pair of pajamas with pockets, which is great, cause now i don’t have to hold things when I sleep.

(1973 – ) American comedian

Early to rise, early to bed, makes a man healthy but socially dead.

(1959 – ) Australian writer & television producer

A professor is one who talks in someone else’s sleep.

(1907 – 1973) poet & critic

A married friend of mine does that thing where he never goes to bed angry… because every time he and his wife fight, she makes him sleep on the couch.

Jewish-American stand-up comedian & writer

Life is something that happens when you can’t get to sleep.

(1856 – 1915) writer, publisher, artist & philosopher

I certainly do not drink all the time, I have to sleep you know.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

I remember when I swallowed a bottle of sleeping pills… my doctor told me to have a few drinks and get some rest.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

For [my husband], getting out of bed in the morning is a career move.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

There is only one thing worse than dreaming you are at a conference and waking to find that you are at a conference, and that is the conference where you can't fall asleep.

People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one.


The one who snores will fall asleep first.

The only time that most women give their orating husbands undivided attention is when the old boys mumble in their sleep.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

No human being believes that any other human being has a right to be in bed when he himself is up.

(1879 – 1949) Irish writer

Sleep… the most beautiful experience in life – except drink.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

I don’t know if you’ve ever fallen asleep whilst eating a plate of cauliflower, and then woken up, and thought you were in the clouds.

(1964 – ) English comedian

My friend’s snoring is so bad his wife bought one of those anti-snoring devices; I believe it’s called a Taser.

American speaker, humorist & singer-songwriter

I wrote my nightmares out this afternoon so I can get a good night’s sleep tonight.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

I sleep eight hours a day and at least ten at night.

(1961 – 1994) comedian

I’ll never die in my sleep… I don’t sleep that well.

(1889 – 1966) American humorist, writer, illustrator & cartoonist