S Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with S. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Sleep is a little death, dreams the whisperings of the Other, who would drag us all into his eternal night.”
Source: A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five
“Sleep is a luxury even the poor can afford.”
“Sleep is a mirror of life in which can be seen the reflection of death.”
“Sleep is a most useful and most salutary operation of nature. Scarcely any minor annoyance angers me more than the being suddenly awakened out of a pleasant slumber. I understand that in Italy they torture poor people by depriving them of sleep. `Tis a torture that cannot long be endured.”
Source: The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt
“Sleep is a potential pilgrimage.”
“Sleep is a prison for a boy who has friends to meet.”
Source: The Cat's Table
“Sleep is a shallow death we practice every night.”
Source: How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky
“Sleep is a skilled magician, it changes the proportions of things, the distances between them, it separates people and they're lying next to each other, brings them together and they can barely see one another.”
“Sleep is a small death, Death is a long sleep.”
Source: Hope
“Sleep is a state in which a great part of every life is passed. No animal has yet been discovered, whose existence is not varied with intervals of insensibility; and some late philosophers have extended the empire of sleep over the vegetable world.”
Source: The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752
“Sleep is a sure peace whose balm lies swiftly near and casts its magic even upon the day.”
Source: Holiday
“Sleep is a temporary escape from your problems and reality, while achieved dreams serve as a permanent blueprint for solutions and destiny.”
Source: Exploring the Explosive Power of Big Dreams
“Sleep is a vital element within God’s creation and plan for humanity as it’s one of the avenues by which He teaches, matures, and sanctifies our very lives.”
Source: A Theology of Sleep: Trusting in the Lord When You Are Most Vulnerable
“Sleep is an eight-hour peep show of infantile erotica.”
Source: The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard
“Sleep is an essential part of life-but more important, sleep is a gift.”
Source: The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep
“Sleep is an under-ocean dipped into each night.”
Source: The Lords and The New Creatures
“Sleep is an unfortunate biological requirement that both wastes time and leaves one vulnerable.”
Source: Brimstone
“Sleep is closing your eyes and trusting you will heal.”
Source: Releasing A Toxic Person
“Sleep is coming. I feel it. At least this time, I want it.”
Source: The Little Sleep
“Sleep is cousin-german unto death: Sleep and death differ, no more, than a carcass And a skeleton.”
“Sleep is critical to me ... at least eight or nine hours a night. I start to slow down my body and my mind at least 30 minutes before I get into bed. I don't watch any disturbing or invigorating TV at night.”
“Sleep is critical to me... at least eight or nine hours a night. I start to slow down my body and my mind at least 30 minutes before I get into bed. I don't watch any disturbing or invigorating TV at night. I also get energy from meditation practice and from eating healthy fresh food, only one cup of espresso in the morning, and not drinking too much.”
“Sleep is crucial and I tend to find when the sun is shining I find it much more difficult to get that sense of sleep.”
“Sleep is death enjoyed.”
“Sleep is death without the responsibility.”
“Sleep is death's younger brother, and so like him, that I never dare trust him without my prayers.”
“Sleep is divine but by no means stable; the slightest shock makes it volatile. A friend to habit, it is kept night after night in tis appointed place by habit, more steadfast than itself, protected from any possible disturbance; but if it is displaced, if it is no longer subjugated, it melts away like a vapour. It is like youth and love, never to be recaptured.”
Source: The Captive / The Fugitive
“Sleep is easier to make up than a unique evening.”
Source: Diane Von Furstenberg's Book of Beauty: How to Become a More Attractive, Confident, and Sensual Woman
“Sleep is extremely important to me - I need to rest and recover in order for the training I do to be absorbed by my body.”
“Sleep is for the weak. Only those willing to sacrifice will ever make it.”
Source: Cross
“Sleep is for those people who are broke.”
“Sleep is for those people who are broke. I don't sleep. I've got an opportunity to make a dream become a reality.”
“Sleep is for those who are broke”
“Sleep is forbidden. When I'm working, I'm a machine and I don't look at other people like they are human.”
“Sleep is God. Go worship.”
Source: Death Masks: Book five of The Dresden Files
“Sleep is good.”
“Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all.”
“Sleep is good, he said, And books are better.”
Source: A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two
“Sleep is harder to reach and thinner, and sleeping is no longer the Drop into the black pit all oblivion until the alarm clock, no, sleep is thin and fitful and full of memories and reminders and the dark is never dark enough.”
“Sleep is heavy. It has mass.”
Source: The Little Sleep
“Sleep is highly overrated, Marmee; especially when there are books to be read. I shall sleep when I am dead and have enough of it.”
Source: The Case of the Wayward Fae
“Sleep is important for a variety of reasons. Science has confirmed the importance of sleep and rest, both physically and psychologically. Sleep helps the body to recuperate after a long day of work and effort, by restoring and repairing brain tissue; this is why we wake up in the morning feeling refreshed and energized. Research also indicates that sleep is important for concentration, storage of memories, creativity, problem-solving, and mood. Physically, sleep strengthens the body by boosting immune cells and fortifying the disease-fighting immune system.”
Source: Psychology from the Islamic Perspective
“Sleep is just a good idea. I bow to the god caffeine.”
Source: Solomon's Oak
“Sleep is just a symptom of caffeine lack”
“Sleep is key. Most people need upwards of fourteen hours or so. The modern age has forced us to live unnatural lives. Busy, busy, busy. Go, go, go. You probably work too much.”
Source: My Year of Rest and Relaxation
“Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it. I drank more and continued my mantra. 'Stop thinking', swig, 'empty your head', swig, 'now, seriously empty your head'.”
Source: Gone Girl
“Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it.”
Source: The Complete Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl, Dark Places, Sharp Objects
“Sleep is like a drug. Take too much at a time and it makes you dopey. You lose time and opportunities.”
“Sleep is like a fickle lover: one moment, it is warm and inviting; the next, cold and unattainable. - Too Young for Fury by Shawn Jones”
“Sleep is like the holy grail. My trainer says if you're tired, your workout will suffer. Sleep is magic stuff.”