Night Quotes · Page 293

It's the hardest job in telly as a newbie. You're writing standup every night on your own and presenting live TV. It's…

— Rob Beckett

Be hole, be dust, be dream, be wind/Be night, be dark, be wish, be mind,/Now slip, now slide, now move unseen,/Above, beneath,…

— Neil Gaiman

Sunday night, I reread The Catcher in the Rye until I felt tired enough to fall asleep. Only I never got tired…

— Kami Garcia

I was the second female writer ever hired at 'Late Night.' When I applied for the job in 1988, I had no…

— Nell Scovell

And there was no reason for them to be dancing the Peter Lake could see, except that it was an exceptionally beautiful…

— Mark Helprin

“Jason had joked that dust bunnies under the bed were pets he didn’t mind keeping: they never whined for food and didn’t…

— Erik Bundy

“Now let the night be dark for all of me / Let the night be too dark for me to see /…

— Staci Hart

I like breakfast food - like three pancakes, bacon, eggs, and a smoothie. Growing up, I would be up all night and…

— Quinn Cook

For the first few months, I was a comically inept parent. The first night home from the hospital, I held her bare…

— Nick Flynn

The abuse was just routine. I didn't wake up the next day and say, 'Dre, why did you hit me?' We never…

— Michel'le

I am glad you encouraged me with the 'Stoke' [his painting 'Stoke-by-Nayland', circa 1835] What say you to a summer morning? July…

— John Constable

Our parents were very strict. Not in a brutal or awful way, but there were definite rules, such as after six on…

— Caroline Corr

It's the time of the night I like best, when most people are asleep and it feels like the world belongs completely…

— Lauren Oliver

Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. The past no longer is. The future has not yet…

— Gautama Buddha

I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not even fun…

— Ben Affleck

Life is extraordinarily suave and sweet with certain natural, witty, affectionate people who have unusual distinction and are capable of every vice,…

— Marcel Proust

You're better off betting on a horse than betting on a man. A horse may not be able to hold you tight,…

— Betty Grable

So before we end And then begin We'll drink a toast to how it's been A few more hours to be complete…

— Billy Joel

I think of the flower in the bud: huddled, compressed, dark. Yet somehow it feels the night, knows moon from sun. It…

— Jerry Spinelli

Movies are a big thing in our house. Every Friday, we do family pizza night, and we make pizza from scratch, and…

— Eric Johnson

I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was…

— Ishmael Beah

Traveller, let your step be light, So that sleep these eyes may close, For poor Scarron, till to-night, Ne'er was able e'en…

— Paul Scarron

American Girls and American Guys We'll always stand up and salute We'll always recognize When we see Old Glory Flying There's a…

— Toby Keith

One of the simple but genuine pleasures in life is getting up in the morning and hurrying to a mousetrap you set…

— Kin Hubbard

“I think I had one too many drinks last night. I need to go back and listen to the last 5-6 mins…

— Sienna McQuillen

Success is meaningless if you can't sleep at night because of harsh things said, petty secrets sharpened against hard and stony regret,…

— Margaret Cho

The really nice thing about the town of Hua Hin - and Thailand generally - is that it's so safe. You can…

— Prue Leith

In Los Angeles you get the sense sometimes that there's a mysterious patrol at night: when the streets are empty and everyone's…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I actually stop breathing, I think it's 80 times a night, because I have sleep apnea. I've had it since I was…

— Shaun Ryder

I couldn't help but think, This car is taking me to a mental hospital and my mother is treating it like open-mic…

— Augusten Burroughs

“In this little night-covered world with you, I hope to find what I long for; a clue, a map, a bird flying…

— Jeanette Winterson

I guess I can't blame him for feeling bitter. Going from being the terror of Bulgarian nights to a janitor would kinda…

— Kiersten White

I began writing with a Michael Buble mentality. I think he's fantastic, and it's the perfect music for any date night, ever.

— Joe Jonas

Cold morning on Aztec Peak Fire Lookout. First, build fire in old stove. Second, start coffee. Then, heat up last night's pork…

— Edward Abbey

I've become a day writer: most people start as night writers, and I used to be, but something happened to my endocrine…

— Douglas Coupland

“Live each day and close your eyes each night with the knowledge that you’ve spent the hours well. That’s all any of…

— Valerie Sherrard

Think day and night, I am of the essence of that Supreme Existence, Knowledge, Bliss-what fear and anxiety have I? This body,…

— Swami Vivekananda

I have always been amazed at my contemporaries’ lack of finesse, I whose soul writhed from morning to night, in the mere…

— Samuel Beckett

I don't care who wins, I'll fight either one of them. As a matter of fact, I'll fight them both on the…

— James Toney

Sex always has consequences. When Hitler's mother spread her legs that night, she effectively canceled out the spreading of fifteen to twenty…

— George Carlin