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Bed Quotes

"Once, the parental bed collapsed because all the children sat on it at once."

"Once, the parental bed collapsed because all the children sat on it at once."

Diane Cilento, Australian Actress

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"To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed."

"To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed."

Sidney Poitier, American Actor

14

"I m up at 5 in the morning and in bed by 10 in the evening."

"I m up at 5 in the morning and in bed by 10 in the evening."

DeForest Kelley, American Actor

14

"I spent every night until four in the morning on my dissertation, until I came to the point when I could not write another word, not even the next letter. I went to bed. Eight o'clock the next morning I was up writing again."

"I spent every night until four in the morning on my dissertation, until I came to the point when I could not write another word, not even the next letter. I went to bed. Eight o'clock the next morning I was up writing again."

Abraham Pais, Dutch Scientist

Bed, Night, Word, Writing

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"I returned to upstate NY where I just laid in bed for days with a fever that just wouldn't go away. After more of this, I grew increasingly sure that this was not simply the flu!"

"I returned to upstate NY where I just laid in bed for days with a fever that just wouldn't go away. After more of this, I grew increasingly sure that this was not simply the flu!"

Daryl Hall, American Musician

13

"I was getting to bed about 10 P.M. so wound up and not getting to sleep by 11, and because I was putting the prosthetics on for five hours, I had to be up at 3 in the morning."

"I was getting to bed about 10 P.M. so wound up and not getting to sleep by 11, and because I was putting the prosthetics on for five hours, I had to be up at 3 in the morning."

Gerard Butler, Scottish Actor

13

"It's just an ice bucket with a bottle in it. The two flute glasses are little tray. I got to shut the curtains. I'm in my boxer shorts and shirt. I'm going to take a bath and go to bed. But I want to shut the blinds so it's really dark in the room."

"It's just an ice bucket with a bottle in it. The two flute glasses are little tray. I got to shut the curtains. I'm in my boxer shorts and shirt. I'm going to take a bath and go to bed. But I want to shut the blinds so it's really dark in the room."

Danny DeVito, American Actor

13

"I pushed myself way too hard during the first year of Veronica Mars and I got moody and run-down. Now I'll go to bed early instead of going out with friends. It's not always the most fun option, but I know I need at least eight hours of sleep to feel balanced."

"I pushed myself way too hard during the first year of Veronica Mars and I got moody and run-down. Now I'll go to bed early instead of going out with friends. It's not always the most fun option, but I know I need at least eight hours of sleep to feel balanced."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

Bed, First, Friends, Fun

12

"In reality, everyone is good in bed. Close eyes. Shutdown brain. Pause as necessary. Restart brain. Open eyes. What's there to not be good at? Bed is the one place where laziness is rewarded."

"In reality, everyone is good in bed. Close eyes. Shutdown brain. Pause as necessary. Restart brain. Open eyes. What's there to not be good at? Bed is the one place where laziness is rewarded."

John Dobbin, American Artist

Bed, Eyes, Laziness, Open

12

"There are no taboos in bed, and there shouldn't be any taboos in bed."

"There are no taboos in bed, and there shouldn't be any taboos in bed."

Frank Langella, American Actor

11

"In so many interviews, they bring up the sexual aspect of the record. I've had some journalists say it sounds like I'm lying down in bed singing with a microphone. It gets so old!"

"In so many interviews, they bring up the sexual aspect of the record. I've had some journalists say it sounds like I'm lying down in bed singing with a microphone. It gets so old!"

Lucinda Williams, American Musician

Bed, Lying, Singing

11

"What happens when the guy who runs the reactor gets out of bed wrong or decides, for some reason, that he wants to override his instruction sheet some afternoon?"

"What happens when the guy who runs the reactor gets out of bed wrong or decides, for some reason, that he wants to override his instruction sheet some afternoon?"

David R. Brower, American Environmentalist

Bed, Reason, Wrong

11

"Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid?"

"Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid?"

Lynda Barry, American Cartoonist

11

"I lay in the bed at the hospital and said, 'let's see what I have left.' And I could see, I could speak, I could think, I could read. I simply tabulated my blessings, and that gave me a start."

"I lay in the bed at the hospital and said, 'let's see what I have left.' And I could see, I could speak, I could think, I could read. I simply tabulated my blessings, and that gave me a start."

Dale Evans, American Actress

11

"I've got lots of good friends. I could have affairs. I can read a book all night, put the cat on the end of the bed. I can pick up my passport and go to France. I don't have to ask anybody."

"I've got lots of good friends. I could have affairs. I can read a book all night, put the cat on the end of the bed. I can pick up my passport and go to France. I don't have to ask anybody."

Joanna Lumley, English Actress

Bed, End, France, Friends

10

"I do have odd habits. I check under my bed every night for the bogeyman. That's just a little thing, though."

"I do have odd habits. I check under my bed every night for the bogeyman. That's just a little thing, though."

Tori Spelling, American Actress

Bed, Habits, Night

10

"I got briefly mistaken for someone who might be good in bed, which was very, very good."

"I got briefly mistaken for someone who might be good in bed, which was very, very good."

Bill Nighy, English Actor

10

"A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried."

"A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried."

Garson Kanin, American Playwright

Bed, Eye, Longevity, Man

9

"In bed at night, I could be reading some book, and I'll come across a sentence that's totally unrelated to some scene I did years ago. But I'll play the scene back in my mind and think, I did that wrong - I should've opened the door more slowly."

"In bed at night, I could be reading some book, and I'll come across a sentence that's totally unrelated to some scene I did years ago. But I'll play the scene back in my mind and think, I did that wrong - I should've opened the door more slowly."

Liam Neeson, Irish Actor

Bed, Mind, Night, Play

9

"Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed."

"Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed."

Thomas Ken, English Clergyman

Bed, Grave, May

9

"As I laid in the hospital bed I started thinking that I had a show to do. I was hoping the Doctor would put me together so I could do the show."

"As I laid in the hospital bed I started thinking that I had a show to do. I was hoping the Doctor would put me together so I could do the show."

Ben Vereen, American Actor

9

"Your English style will no doubt put all the other gentlemen to bed. I speak figuratively, of course."

"Your English style will no doubt put all the other gentlemen to bed. I speak figuratively, of course."

John Gielgud, English Actor

Bed, Doubt, Gentlemen

9

"Willie Mays was the best ever. When I was in college I once made a catch like the one Mays made over his head. Sometimes when I'm lying in bed at night I think about it. It still makes me warm."

"Willie Mays was the best ever. When I was in college I once made a catch like the one Mays made over his head. Sometimes when I'm lying in bed at night I think about it. It still makes me warm."

David Duchovny, American Actor

Bed, College, Lying, Night

9

"If it weren't for the rocks in its bed, the stream would have no song."

"If it weren't for the rocks in its bed, the stream would have no song."

Carl Perkins, American Musician

9

"At one point, I didn't get out of bed for, I think, three months, and I went down to the bottom of the hill one day and I had to call somebody to get me to come back up - come pick me up because I couldn't physically walk up the hill."

"At one point, I didn't get out of bed for, I think, three months, and I went down to the bottom of the hill one day and I had to call somebody to get me to come back up - come pick me up because I couldn't physically walk up the hill."

Tanya Tucker, American Musician

Bed, Day, Months

8

"I experienced a lot, and achieved nearly everything I wanted. I can enjoy that today. Go to bed at nine in the evening, because my child wakes up around seven, without having the feeling that I missed or are missing something."

"I experienced a lot, and achieved nearly everything I wanted. I can enjoy that today. Go to bed at nine in the evening, because my child wakes up around seven, without having the feeling that I missed or are missing something."

Thomas Kretschmann, German Actor

Bed, Evening, Feeling, Today

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