Night Quotes

"I don't go out that much anymore, unfortunately. I used to enjoy it, but I'm just so busy. Like last night, everybody else went out, and I just went straight home and went to bed"

Lee Ann Womack, Musician

"I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker"

Darren Aronofsky, Director

"By the time I got home at night, my eyes were so chlorinated I saw rings around every light"

Esther Williams, Actress

"Turn up your radio. Watch lots of telly and eat loads of choc. Feel guilty. Stay up all night. Learn everything in six hours that has taken you two years to compile. That's how I did it"

Dawn French, Comedian

"The first year we actually did a lot of night shooting and the writers weren't even allowed on location"

James MacArthur, Actor

"Late night television is ready for someone like me... standards have gone to an all-time low"

Howard Stern, Entertainer

"They got all the size over there, and the teams are really good, so, I think night after night you're just going to have to be ready to lace them up and be ready to play. The teams out there are really good"

Latrell Sprewell, Athlete

"When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That's when I feel beautiful"

Drew Barrymore, Actress

"The environment doesn't change that radically. You are still going to go home at night and NBC is going to be there, ABC and CBS will still be there"

Dick Wolf, Producer

"If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night"

Eamon de Valera, Statesman

"My dad had a movie theater so I was there every night"

Brion James, Actor

"When Toots finally could breathe again and the blood returned to his brain, he recalled that he had not passed or been passed by Jackie at any time in the race. Toots never used foul language but he came close that night. Jackie paid"

Audrey Meadows, Actress

"From that night on, wherever Barney and I went UFOs paced us"

Betty Hill, Celebrity

"Where do these arms come from, these Saturday night specials that constitute the instrument of threats in bank robberies, or the hand grenades used by terrorists? How can their sales and their import be permitted?"

Alva Myrdal, Diplomat

"What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; love's the cloudless summer sun, nature gay adorning"

Robert Burton

"When I get into bed at night, I hope I don't get into it alone!"

Calvin Klein, Designer

"I'm for whatever gets you through the night"

Frank Sinatra, Musician

"Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the morning; and as the island was found to be six or seven leagues distant, and the tide was against us, it was noon when we arrived there"

Christopher Columbus, Adventurer

"A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away"

William Wycherley, Dramatist

"I don't like to be gone all weekend and at night too. Because for 20 years, I've had children who are in school"

Meryl Streep, Actress

"No, and I never, ever eat in between the meals. I control it well enough and with no pills, and I sleep seven hours a night. I go to bed. I fall asleep, and I wake up seven hours later, and this is the most important"

Karl Lagerfeld, Designer

"Every one should find some suitable time, day or night, to sink into his depths, each according to his own fashion. Not every one is able to engage in contemplative prayer"

Johannes Tauler, Theologian

"The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows"

Gaston Bachelard, Philosopher

"Every single night I'm nervous. You never know how the audience is going to react"

Vivien Leigh, Actress

"Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels"

Frank Sinatra, Musician

"You don't go dancing in the day. You don't go golfing in the night"

Mark McKinney, Comedian

"I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time - those two companions without whom no journey can yield us anything"

Lawrence Durrell, Writer

"Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever"

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Psychologist

"Yeah, that came out of a reading. It was great. It's such a fun crew to be with, and we all went out the night before and that really encouraged us to go out and get drunk"

John Leguizamo, Comedian

"Believe me, it jabs you. When you're on the side of buses and New York loves you, you love to go out there every night. It's like a race. Curtain opens, out you go, and New York is yours"

Angela Lansbury, Actress

"Through the years, I have so many wonderful memories of playing with the Red Wings: winning four Stanley Cups, scoring big goals, going into battle every night side by side with my teammates, playing with every ounce of effort I could muster"

Ted Lindsay, Athlete

"If you don't think you want to go on a train and read the paper every day and work from nine to six at night, there was something about the uncertainty when I was younger which was very attractive"

Ron Silver, Actor

"We have an incredible warrior class in this country - people in law enforcement, intelligence - and I thank God every night we have them standing fast to protect us from the tremendous amount of evil that exists in the world"

Brad Thor, Novelist

"Saturday Night Live is such a comedy boot camp in a way, because you get to work with so many different people who come in to host the show and you get thrown into so many situations and learn how to think on your feet, so filmmaking actually feels slow, in a good way"

Will Ferrell, Comedian

"The more I thought of the McClure offer the less I thought of it. So I told him last night I was satisfied where I was, and that the $75 he offered me was no inducement"

Richard H. Davis

"I live in Spain. Oscars are something that are on TV Sunday night. Basically, very late at night. You don't watch, you just read the news after who won or who lost"

Javier Bardem, Actor

"The relationship between 'My Chemical Romance' and Michael Pedicone is over. He was caught red-handed stealing from the band and confessed to police after our show last night in Auburn, Washington. We are heartbroken and sick to our stomachs over this entire situation"

Frank Iero, Musician

"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible"

T. E. Lawrence, Archaeologist

"As we look forward to freedom, the shining city on the hill and the best days of America lying ahead, it is the men and women in uniform who protect, defend and make us proud to whom we should look and give thanks every night"

Robin Hayes, Politician

"I hate crowds of people pretending to be happy on one night of the year, where they get drunk and obnoxious by the end of the night"

Kenny Hickey, Musician

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