Night Quotes

Small: An orange on the table, your dress on the rug, and you in my bed, sweet present of the present, cool of night,
Jacques Prevert
"An orange on the table, your dress on the rug, and you in my bed, sweet present of the present, cool of night, warmth of my life"
Jacques Prevert, Poet
Small: Ive always been switching around the show to accommodate the audience, and you know it really makes it a lot m
"I've always been switching around the show to accommodate the audience, and you know it really makes it a lot more fun for me and keeps it fresh so that I'm not complacent with the same show every night and with every audience"
Deborah Cox, Musician
Small: Ive done that I was touring a couple of years ago with R. Kelly and the Lillith Fair, I would do the late nigh
"I've done that I was touring a couple of years ago with R. Kelly and the Lillith Fair, I would do the late night underground gigs as well because it's always around those times that there was a hot song, either on the radio or in the clubs, it would just be simultaneous"
Deborah Cox, Musician
Small: I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. Theres no second take
Fiona Shaw
"I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take"
Fiona Shaw, Actress
Small: I went along doing the one-salad-a-night routine for a year. And I remember feeling so tired and depressed and
Carol Alt
"I went along doing the one-salad-a-night routine for a year. And I remember feeling so tired and depressed and irritable. I had no personal life. I was always flying someplace - weekends, holidays, vacations. Dinners at night were no fun because I couldn't eat"
Carol Alt, Model
Small: There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is
Anthony Trollope
"There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another"
Anthony Trollope, Author
Small: To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means
"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting"
e. e. cummings, Poet
Small: I watched Someone to Watch Over Me the other night. I thought it was a really good movie. Its a great movie
"I watched Someone to Watch Over Me the other night. I thought it was a really good movie. It's a great movie"
Ridley Scott, Director
Small: Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman wholl give you a little love, a little affection, a
"Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you're in the wrong house, that's what it means"
Henny Youngman, Comedian
Small: I shall omit former particulars, and begin with informing the Reader, that, in 1792, I was strangely visited,
Joanna Southcott
"I shall omit former particulars, and begin with informing the Reader, that, in 1792, I was strangely visited, by day and night, concerning what was coming upon the whole earth"
Joanna Southcott, Celebrity
Small: Another night, I dreamed I saw my father sweeping out the barn floor clean, and would not suffer the wheat to
Joanna Southcott
"Another night, I dreamed I saw my father sweeping out the barn floor clean, and would not suffer the wheat to be brought in the barn. He appeared to me to be in anger"
Joanna Southcott, Celebrity
Small: Satire is what closes on Saturday night
"Satire is what closes on Saturday night"
George S. Kaufman, Dramatist
Small: Im fortunate that Im employed. And if youre in show business, of course, every night you go to bed and go, oh
"I'm fortunate that I'm employed. And if you're in show business, of course, every night you go to bed and go, oh my god, tomorrow I'll never, ever work again"
Rick Mercer, Comedian
Small: I do miss Saturday Night Live, thats for sure. Theres nothing like it. I just hosted, and I felt Id only been
"I do miss Saturday Night Live, that's for sure. There's nothing like it. I just hosted, and I felt I'd only been away for a week"
Mike Myers, Comedian
Small: I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for some
Anna Quindlen
"I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me"
Anna Quindlen, Journalist
Small: In my day, at 12 years old, which was 38 years ago, we worked out in summer months for two and a half hours.
Mark Spitz
"In my day, at 12 years old, which was 38 years ago, we worked out in summer months for two and a half hours. Today someone in that age group might work out for four hours, two hours in the morning and two at night"
Mark Spitz, Athlete
Small: They saw me, those reckless seekers of beauty, and in a night I was famous
"They saw me, those reckless seekers of beauty, and in a night I was famous"
Lillie Langtry, Actress
Small: On one night of my debut the Prince of Wales, the Princess, and the duchess of London came to see me. They lov
"On one night of my debut the Prince of Wales, the Princess, and the duchess of London came to see me. They loved me for what I was and what I gave them"
Lillie Langtry, Actress
Small: I think it all goes down to who plays the better football on the night
"I think it all goes down to who plays the better football on the night"
Steven Gerrard, Athlete
Small: My kids are more precious to me than anything. Im with them all day, and I write all night
"My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night"
Danielle Steel, Novelist
Small: Id rather play a few nights at the Fillmore than play one night at an arena
"I'd rather play a few nights at the Fillmore than play one night at an arena"
Lucinda Williams, Musician
Small: It is difficult to go on the next night after you receive a sandbagging
"It is difficult to go on the next night after you receive a sandbagging"
Richard O'Brien, Actor
Small: In our system, at about 11:30 on election night, they just push you off the edge of the cliff-and thats it.
"In our system, at about 11:30 on election night, they just push you off the edge of the cliff-and that's it. You might scream on the way down, but you're going to hit the bottom, and you're not going to be in elective office"
Walter F. Mondale, Lawyer
Small: No Roman ever was able to say, I dined last night with the Borgias
"No Roman ever was able to say, 'I dined last night with the Borgias'"
Max Beerbohm, Actor
Small: Im not a party person or someone who likes to sit and drink in clubs all night, and never really have been. I
Robin Gibb
"I'm not a party person or someone who likes to sit and drink in clubs all night, and never really have been. I have a good time through work"
Robin Gibb, Musician
Small: It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the
"It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope"
Pope John XXIII, Clergyman
Small: Im not playing for other musicians. Were trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck a
"I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy"
Nat King Cole, Musician
Small: With Zeppelin, I tried to play something different every night in my solos. Id play for 20 minutes but the lon
"With Zeppelin, I tried to play something different every night in my solos. I'd play for 20 minutes but the longest ever was 30 minutes. It's a long time, but whenI was playing it seemed to fly by"
John Bonham, Musician
Small: I believe that writers, unless they consider themselves terribly exquisite, are at heart people who live by ni
"I believe that writers, unless they consider themselves terribly exquisite, are at heart people who live by night, a little bit outside society, moving between delinquency and conformity"
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Novelist
Small: When Hank Jones had his night off, I would get somebody to take my place as intermission pianist and Id play t
"When Hank Jones had his night off, I would get somebody to take my place as intermission pianist and I'd play the show with Ella, so I would get a chance to play with Ray Brown and Charlie Smith as well"
George Shearing, Musician
Small: Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard
"Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world's heavyweight champion"
Gene Tunney, Athlete
Small: Playing live, you cant survive, certainly not in England. We used to work daytime jobs and play gigs at night.
"Playing live, you can't survive, certainly not in England. We used to work daytime jobs and play gigs at night. It was very exhausting"
Gavin Rossdale, Musician
Small: I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted - stay up all night or eat ice-cre
"I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted - stay up all night or eat ice-cream straight out of the container"
Bill Bryson, Writer
Small: I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me
"I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me"
Bette Midler, Actress
Small: Two packed houses. I guess the theater sat 2,700 people every night so it was an amazing experience
"Two packed houses. I guess the theater sat 2,700 people every night so it was an amazing experience"
Blair Underwood, Actor
Small: Sometimes when I get home at night in Washington I feel as though I had been in a great traffic jam
Grace Abbott
"Sometimes when I get home at night in Washington I feel as though I had been in a great traffic jam"
Grace Abbott, Activist
Small: Its absolutely fine to think of new ways of doing things, and Im not just asking for the traditional reporter
"It's absolutely fine to think of new ways of doing things, and I'm not just asking for the traditional reporter to look into our living rooms night after night"
Jonathan Dimbleby, Writer
Small: I used to be hung up on my figure, but its a waste of time. I dont believe in diets. Have four pints one night
Sophie Ellis Bextor
"I used to be hung up on my figure, but it's a waste of time. I don't believe in diets. Have four pints one night, be healthy the next"
Sophie Ellis Bextor, Musician
Small: Well, no. I was getting into trouble messing around with it for roles. So one night I went home, cut it down w
"Well, no. I was getting into trouble messing around with it for roles. So one night I went home, cut it down with a pair of scissors and then got in the bath and shaved it all off. I've never looked back"
Richard O'Brien, Actor
Small: Happy Days, which we did for 11 years, we did with three cameras in front of a live audience. Very special. We
"Happy Days, which we did for 11 years, we did with three cameras in front of a live audience. Very special. We had a party every Friday night. The boys, Ron, Henry, they grew up on that show"
Marion Ross, Actor