Quotes and Sayings About Naps
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The Sunflow'r, thinking 'twas for him foul shame To nap by daylight, strove t' excuse the blame; It was not sleep that made him nod, he said, But too great weight and largeness of his head.
-- Abraham Cowley -
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If you find a reluctancy to go into the presence of God, there may be unconfessed, unrepented sin in your life. Part of your quiet time is to get your heart clean and pure. Each of us needs to take ourselves by the nap of our necks and confess and repent before we come into God's holy presence to fellowship.
-- Adrian Rogers -
But why didn't you just ask me?" I set down my fork and glare at her. "Because you were sleeping," She says, taking a sip if Chardonnay. "I was taking a nap, Mom. It wasn't intended to be some kind of Disney fairy-tale hundred-year snooze.
-- Alyson Noel -
Work less than you think you should. It took me a while to realise there was a point each day when my creativity ran out and I was just producing words - usually lousy ones - for their own sake. And nap: it helps to refresh the brain, at least mine.
-- Amy WaldmanSource : "Paperback Q&A: Amy Waldman on The Submission". www.theguardian.com. July 3, 2012.
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There are two ways to get rid of an anxiety monster,my friend-you either have a bath or a nap.
-- Andrew KaufmanSource : Andrew Kaufman (2013). “All My Friends Are Superheroes”, p.25, Coach House Books
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Short naps are good. Given modern workplace demands, this is not possible for many people - but if you have the option, try napping for ten to twenty minutes in the afternoon, preferably lying down in a darkened room.
-- Andrew Weil -
If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness.
-- Andy Rooney -
Take a quick dip, relax with a schnapps and a sandwich, stretch out, have a smoke, take a nap or just rest, and then sit around and chat until three. Then I hunt some more until sundown, bathe again, put on white tie and tails to keep up appearances, eat a huge dinner, smoke a cigar and sleep like a log until the sun comes up again to redden the eastern sky. This is living…. Could it be more perfect?
-- Annie Dillard -
The Italians and Spanish, the Chinese and Vietnamese see food as part of a larger, more essential and pleasurable part of daily life. Not as an experience to be collected or bragged about - or as a ritual like filling up a car - but as something else that gives pleasure, like sex or music, or a good nap in the afternoon.
-- Anthony Bourdain -
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I remember lying down for a nap one day at about 4:00 and walking up at 11:00 the next morning.
-- April Winchell -
My very first kiss happened when I was 6, underneath some desks during 'nap time', but my first real kiss happened when I was 15 in the parking lot at a Mexican food restaurant.
-- Armie HammerSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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Bad news should be followed with soup. Then a nap.
-- Augusten Burroughs -
I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. That's when it's time for my nap.
-- Bob Hope -
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No day is so bad that it can not be fixed by a good nap.
-- Carrie Snow -
I eat really healthy, and if I'm tired, I take a nap.
-- Casper Van Dien -
Temperament, you'll find, is highly dependent on time of day, weather, frequency of naps, and whether one has had enough to eat.
-- Catherynne M. Valente -
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All jobs are odd, or they would be games or naps or picnics.
-- Catherynne M. Valente -
I love my bed. It is larger than a desk and better designed to hold books and papers. It is softer than a desk and better designed for naps. It is the center of all good things. And day or night, everyone knows where to find me.
-- Cathleen Schine -
...It had been a perfect nap -- the sort a man runs into now and again by chance...
-- Charles Finch -
Hockey is the only job I know where you get paid to have a nap on the day of the game.
-- Chico Resch -
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Have you slept yet?' 'Sure. I took a power nap on the way over.' 'Didn't you drive there?' 'Yeah. Other drviers kept waking me up. Car horns should be illegal.' - Charley & Cookie
-- Darynda Jones -
'Project Runway' was my guilty pleasure while my son was napping or nursing.
-- Debra Messing -
All dust is the same dust. Temporarily separated To go peacefully And enjoy the eternal nap.
-- Dejan Stojanovic -
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A power nap, is when you sleep on someone who's weaker than you
-- Demetri Martin -
And then, just as Wilbur was settling down for his morning nap, he heard again the thin voice that had addressed him the night before. "Salutations!" said the voice. Wilbur jumped to his feet. "Salu-what?" he cried. "Salutations!" repeated the voice. "What are they, and where are you?" screamed Wilbur. "Please, please, tell me where you are. And what are salutations?" "Salutations are greetings," said the voice. "When I say 'salutations,' it's just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning.
-- E. B. White