Night Quotes
The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, circa 412 B. C.
If it was an overnight success, it was one long, hard, sleepless night.Dicky Barrett
I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams.Dr. Jonas Salk
History is made at night. Character is what you are in the dark.Lord John Whorfin
A vision without action is called a daydream; but then again, action without a vision is called a nightmare.Jim Sorensen
All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.T. E. Lawrence
Weather forecast for tonight dark.George Carlin
It was a dark and stormy night the rain fell in torrents - - Except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets for it is in London that our scene lies, rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.Edward Bulwer - Lytton
Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow.William Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet", Act 2 scene 2
The gates of Hell are open night and day Smooth the descent, and easy is the way But, to return, and view the cheerful skies In this, the task and mighty labor lies.John Dryden
I think somebody should come up with a way to breed a very large shrimp. That way, you could ride him, then after you camped at night, you could eat him. How about it, science.Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day Rage, rage against the dying of the light.Dylan Thomas
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.Japanese Prove
To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.Alexis Carrel
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.George Orwell, (attributed)
I bet what happened was, they discovered fire and invented the wheel on the same day. Then, that night, they burned the wheel.Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
I had a dream last night that a hamburger was eating ME!Jerry Seinfeld, Seinfeld episode "The Van Buren Boys" - Broadcast on February 6, 1997
The heights of great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night.Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill
At the opera in Milan with my daughter and me, Needleman leaned out of his box and fell into the orchestra pit. Too proud to admit it was a mistake, he attended the opera every night for a month and repeated it each time.Woody Allen
What is life? It is a flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.Crowfoot
Fear can keep us up all night long, but faith makes one fine pillow.Philip Gulley
Life is like a blanket too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder; but cheerful folks manage to draw their knees up and pass a very comfortable night.Marion Howard
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight and never stop fighting.E e cummings
Now cracks a noble heart. Good night sweet prince And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.William Shakespeare
Last night I dreamed I ate a ten - Pound marshmallow, and when I woke up the pillow was gone.Tommy Coope
Eric Draven Jesus Christ Stop me if you heard this one Jesus Christ walks into a hotel. He hands the innkeeper three nails, and he asks... Can you put me up for the night.Crow, The
Contrary to popular belief, English women do not wear tweed nightgowns.Hermione Gingold
The man who does not learn is dark, like one walking in the night.Chinese Prove
In the vast reaches of the dry, cold night, thousands of stars were constantly appearing, and their sparkling icicles, loosened at once, began to slip gradually toward the horizon.Albert Camus
I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.Bette Midle
Weather forcast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning.George Carlin
I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets.D. H. Lawrence
A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.Leonard Bernstein
One of the simple but genuine pleasures in life is getting up in the morning and hurrying to a mousetrap you set the night before.Kin Hubbard
People sleep peacably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.George Orwell
Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort that I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought.Alexander Hamilton
A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.Marilyn Vos Savant
