Famous Quotes & Sayings

Anne Bronte

I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes.

Clive Anderson

This is me, Clive Anderson, saying good night. Good night.

Douglas Fairbanks

Good Night Sweet Prince and a flight of angels sing to thy rest.

Anna Letitia Barbauld

Say not 'Good-night' but in some brighter clime, bid me 'Good-morning.'

Amy Hempel

Then the children went to bed, or at least went upstairs, and the men joined the women for a cigarette on the porch, absently picking ticks engorged like grapes off the sleeping dogs. And when the men kissed the women good night, and their weekend whiskers scratched the women's cheeks, the women did not think shave, they thought stay.

E. W. Howe

There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.

Orson Scott Card

If you listen very carefully, you can hear the good fairy come in the night and leave our assignment for tomorrow.

William Shakespeare

So, good night unto you all. Give me your hands, if we be friends, and Robin shall restore amends.

Cassandra Clare

Let me say to you what I said once, in an entirely different context to Catherine the Great," Magnus declared. "My dear lady, you cannot afford me,and also, please leave that horse alone. Good night.

Mary McCarthy

The idea of Macbeth as a conscience-torm ented man is a platitude as false as Macbeth himself. Macbeth has no conscience. His main concern throughout the play is that most selfish of all concerns: to get a good night's sleep.

J. K. Rowling

Listeners, that brings us to the end of another Potterwatch. We don’t know when it will be possible to broadcast again, but you can be sure we shall be back. Keep twiddling those dials: the next password will be ‘Mad-Eye.’ Keep each other safe. Keep faith. Good night.

Grace Jones

Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.

Paul Newman

The Alexander Technique helped a long-standing back problem and to get a good night's sleep after many years of tossing and turning.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Man preys on man; and you mourn for the idle tapestry that decorated a gothic pillar, and the dronish bell that summoned the fat priest to prayer. You mourn for the empty pageant of a name, when slavery flaps her wing, ... Why is our fancy to be appalled by terrific perspectives of a hell beyond the grave? - Hell stalks abroad; - the lash resounds on the slave's naked sides; and the sick wretch, who can no longer earn the sour bread of unremitting labour, steals to a ditch to bid the world a long good night.

Poppy Z. Brite

Some nights are made for torture, or reflection, or the savoring of loneliness.

Jessica Pare

The advice I would give myself is: "Don't date that guy, don't drink that, go right home, get a good night's sleep."

Jessica Alba

I loved my baby dolls when I was a kid. I used to pray with them and say good night to each and every one of them because I didn't want their feelings to get hurt. I remember having that connection with my baby dolls.

Keith Olbermann

As a final crash of self-indulgent nonsense, when the incontrovertible truth of your panoramic and murderous deceit has even begun to cost your political party seemingly perpetual congressional seats....When somebody asks you, sir, about the cooked books and faked threats you foisted on a sincere and frightened nation; when somebody asks you, sir, about your gallant, noble, self-abnegating sacrifice of your golf game so as to soothe the families of the war dead; this advice, Mr. Bush: Shut the hell up! Good night and good luck.

Kris Carr

Sleep is the best time to repair, but it's hard to get a good night's rest when we don't dial the inner chatter down.

Kirsty Gallacher

My idea of a good night has always been having a lovely meal and a proper conversation.

Keanu Reeves

On a good night, I get underwear, bras, and hotel-room keys thrown onstage... You start to think that you're Tom Jones.

Kostya Tszyu

It's all about one split-second. Boxing is a funny thing. You blink your eyes and somebody says good night to you.

Margaret Atwood

Because you may think a bed is a peaceful thing, Sir, and to you it may mean rest and comfort and a good night's sleep. But it isn't so for everyone; and there are many dangerous things that may take place in a bed.

Mark Twain

Warm summer sun, shine kindly here. Warm southern wind, blow softly here. Green sod above, lie light, lie light. Good night, dear Heart, Good night, good night.

Hunter S. Thompson

I measure my life in pages. If I have pages at dawn, it's been a good night.

Jay Leno

Not a good night for President Obama. He lost elections in Virginia, New Jersey, and he's not doing good in Afghanistan either.

Bryan Cranston

When 'Malcolm in the Middle' was over, I was looking for a drama more than a comedy...but if it was a comedy that came up, it would have to be as well-written as 'Malcolm' was, and it would have to be a different kind of character than I played on that show. That's harder to come by. In drama, there were more opportunities, more options for me, and when I read ('Breaking Bad'), it was just, 'Good night, Nurse! I'm going after this sucker!'

Harry Dean Stanton

I just want to say, good night, sweet prince, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Remember that almost everything looks better after a good night's sleep.

Frank Borman

And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you - all of you on the good Earth.

George W. Bush

This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace. America has stood down enemies before, and we will do so this time. None of us will ever forget this day. Yet, we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world. Thank you. Good night, and God bless America.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.

Jean-Paul Sartre

I have such a desire to sleep and am so much behind my sleep. A good night, one good night and all this nonsense will be swept away.