If my dear you seek to slumber,
Count the stars in endless number;
If you still continue wakeful,
Count the drops that make a lakeful.
-Franklin P. Adams (Franklin Pierce Adams (1881 - 1960))
Olive: What is the difference between a sleeping person and an awake person?
Oliver: With some people, it can be hard to tell the difference.
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With a butterfly kiss and a ladybug hug,
Sleep tight little one, like a bug in a rug.
-Author Unknown
“A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.” -Charlotte Brontë (1816 - 1855)
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Sleep and Sleeping Facts
- The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
- The ideal temperature for falling asleep is between 18 and 30 degrees Celsius (64 and 86 degrees Fahrenheit).
- About ninety percent of people depend on an alarm clock to wake them up.
- The most frequently requested wakeup call time at hotels is 7:00 a.m.
Why don’t birds and other animals fall out of trees when they sleep?
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“Nothing makes us so sleepy as the bell of our alarm clock.” -William Feather (William Arthur Feather (1889 - 1981)): as quoted in Ted Landphair: “Featherisms” (6 October 2008)
Count the stars in endless number;
If you still continue wakeful,
Count the drops that make a lakeful.
-Franklin P. Adams (Franklin Pierce Adams (1881 - 1960))
Olive: What is the difference between a sleeping person and an awake person?
Oliver: With some people, it can be hard to tell the difference.
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With a butterfly kiss and a ladybug hug,
Sleep tight little one, like a bug in a rug.
-Author Unknown
“A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.” -Charlotte Brontë (1816 - 1855)
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Sleep and Sleeping Facts
- The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
- The ideal temperature for falling asleep is between 18 and 30 degrees Celsius (64 and 86 degrees Fahrenheit).
- About ninety percent of people depend on an alarm clock to wake them up.
- The most frequently requested wakeup call time at hotels is 7:00 a.m.
Why don’t birds and other animals fall out of trees when they sleep?
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“Nothing makes us so sleepy as the bell of our alarm clock.” -William Feather (William Arthur Feather (1889 - 1981)): as quoted in Ted Landphair: “Featherisms” (6 October 2008)
The Cock Crows
The cock crows in the morn
To tell us to rise,
And he that lies late
Will never be wise.
For early to bed
And early to rise
Is the way to be healthy,
Wealthy, and wise.
by Author Unknown
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The cock crows in the morn
To tell us to rise,
And he that lies late
Will never be wise.
For early to bed
And early to rise
Is the way to be healthy,
Wealthy, and wise.
by Author Unknown
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“Sleeping is easy - I can even do it with my eyes closed.” -Author Unknown
Al: Did you hear the joke about the bed?
Len: No.
Al: That’s because it hasn’t been ‘made up’ yet.
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Patient: Doctor, doctor, I walk in my sleep!
Doctor: You must always remember to take money for the bus, then!
Al: Did you hear the joke about the bed?
Len: No.
Al: That’s because it hasn’t been ‘made up’ yet.
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Patient: Doctor, doctor, I walk in my sleep!
Doctor: You must always remember to take money for the bus, then!
Keep a Poem in Your Pocket
Keep a poem in your pocket
and a picture in your head
and you’ll never feel lonely
at night when you’re in bed.
The little poem will sing to you
the little picture bring to you
a dozen dreams to dance to you
at night when you’re in bed.
So - keep a picture in your pocket
and poem in your head
and you’ll never feel lonely
at night when you’re in bed.
by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (1914 - 2000)
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Keep a poem in your pocket
and a picture in your head
and you’ll never feel lonely
at night when you’re in bed.
The little poem will sing to you
the little picture bring to you
a dozen dreams to dance to you
at night when you’re in bed.
So - keep a picture in your pocket
and poem in your head
and you’ll never feel lonely
at night when you’re in bed.
by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (1914 - 2000)
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“The amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes more.” -Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)
“There is a close connection between getting up in the world and getting up in the morning.” -Author Unknown
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“There is a close connection between getting up in the world and getting up in the morning.” -Author Unknown
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“An important part of your bedtime routine should be checking to see if there are monsters hiding under your bed. If there are any, get them each a glass of milk and some cookies.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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Edward: What is huge and gray and sends people to sleep?
Eduardo: A hypno-potamus.
“There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast.” -Author Unknown
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Ellie: Why was the man running around his bed?
Ella: Because he wanted to catch up on his sleep.
“I had just dozed off into a stupor when I heard what I thought was myself talking to myself. I didn’t pay much attention to it, as I knew practically everything I would have to say to myself, and wasn’t particularly interested.” -Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945)
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Georgia: How can you shorten a bed?
George: Don’t sleep ‘long’ on it.
Pollyanna: What question can never be answered with, “Yes.”?
Jenna: “Are you asleep?”
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Robin: What is the best thing to do if you are a worm who is worried about being caught by the early bird?
Sparrow: Sleep late!
“Last night, as I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky, I thought to myself, ‘Where is the ceiling?’” -Author Unknown
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“If people were meant to pop out of bed, we’d all sleep in toasters.” -Author Unknown
Ersa: Where does the Little Mermaid sleep?
Erma: In a water-bed.
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“It is no small art to sleep, to achieve it one must keep awake all day.” -Friedrich Nietzsche (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900))
Jeffrey: Who sleeps at night with his shoes still on?
Geoffrey: A horse.
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“He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.” -W. D. Howells (William Dean Howells (1837 - 1920))
Goodnight stars
Goodnight air
Goodnight noises everywhere
-Margaret Wise Brown: “Goodnight Moon” (1947)
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“When they cannot get to sleep, some people count sheep, and others talk to the Shepherd.” -Author Unknown
“Oversleeping keeps a lot of dreams from coming true.” -Charley Grant
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A proposed new invention, the microwave bed, would allow a person to get eight hours sleep in just three minutes. We are going to buy two of them, so that we can get eight hours of sleep in just one-and-a-half minutes!
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Edward: What is huge and gray and sends people to sleep?
Eduardo: A hypno-potamus.
“There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast.” -Author Unknown
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Ellie: Why was the man running around his bed?
Ella: Because he wanted to catch up on his sleep.
“I had just dozed off into a stupor when I heard what I thought was myself talking to myself. I didn’t pay much attention to it, as I knew practically everything I would have to say to myself, and wasn’t particularly interested.” -Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945)
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Georgia: How can you shorten a bed?
George: Don’t sleep ‘long’ on it.
Pollyanna: What question can never be answered with, “Yes.”?
Jenna: “Are you asleep?”
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Robin: What is the best thing to do if you are a worm who is worried about being caught by the early bird?
Sparrow: Sleep late!
“Last night, as I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky, I thought to myself, ‘Where is the ceiling?’” -Author Unknown
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“If people were meant to pop out of bed, we’d all sleep in toasters.” -Author Unknown
Ersa: Where does the Little Mermaid sleep?
Erma: In a water-bed.
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“It is no small art to sleep, to achieve it one must keep awake all day.” -Friedrich Nietzsche (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900))
Jeffrey: Who sleeps at night with his shoes still on?
Geoffrey: A horse.
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“He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.” -W. D. Howells (William Dean Howells (1837 - 1920))
Goodnight stars
Goodnight air
Goodnight noises everywhere
-Margaret Wise Brown: “Goodnight Moon” (1947)
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“When they cannot get to sleep, some people count sheep, and others talk to the Shepherd.” -Author Unknown
“Oversleeping keeps a lot of dreams from coming true.” -Charley Grant
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A proposed new invention, the microwave bed, would allow a person to get eight hours sleep in just three minutes. We are going to buy two of them, so that we can get eight hours of sleep in just one-and-a-half minutes!
Goodnight!
Goodnight, sleep tight,
Don’t let the bedbugs bite -
If they do, get your shoe,
And hit them till they’re black and blue!
Goodnight, sleep tight,
Don’t let the bedbugs bite -
If they do, here’s what to do:
Blow them up with dynamite!
by Author Unknown
Goodnight, sleep tight,
Don’t let the bedbugs bite -
If they do, get your shoe,
And hit them till they’re black and blue!
Goodnight, sleep tight,
Don’t let the bedbugs bite -
If they do, here’s what to do:
Blow them up with dynamite!
by Author Unknown
“Put duties aside at least an hour before bed and perform soothing, quiet activities that will help you relax.” -Dianne Hales
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Bedtime
The evening is coming,
The Sun sinks to rest;
The rooks are all flying
Straight home to their rest.
“Caw!” says the rook,
As he flies overhead;
“It’s time little people
Were going to bed!”
by Author Unknown
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The evening is coming,
The Sun sinks to rest;
The rooks are all flying
Straight home to their rest.
“Caw!” says the rook,
As he flies overhead;
“It’s time little people
Were going to bed!”
by Author Unknown
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If you cannot sleep, try counting your blessings. For example, you still have most of your fingers and toes, you can still think lots of interesting thoughts, and you have a sense of humor that allows you to recognize that this is a joke. What other blessings can you add to this list?
Husband: It must be time to get up.
Wife: How can you tell?
Husband: The baby has finally fallen asleep.
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“I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing.” -Martha Stewart
“He who sleeps on the floor will not fall off the bed.” -Robert Gronock
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“It’s hard to sleep at night if you’re worried that a ten-pound frog from Southern Cameroon may come and jump on your stomach.” -Charles M. Schulz (Charles Monroe ‘Sparky’ Schulz (1922 - 2000))
In the days of English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), mattresses were filled with straw and held up by rope stretched across bedframes. When someone pulled on the rope to tighten it, a mattress would sag less and become firmer, for a more comfortable sleep . . . and this is believed to be the origin of the rhyming phrase, “Good night, sleep tight!”
A Little Thought to Close the Day
The day, with the work God gave me to do, is done, and now He has given me the night, quiet and soothing, for rest. I will, therefore, trust myself - body and spirit - into His loving, tender care, through the mystery of sleep. As flood tides from the ocean fill each bay or inlet, so power and love and peace can fill my life to overflowing as I rest quietly, serenely, patiently, bravely, lovingly, with confidence and perfect faith.
by Author Unknown
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“Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man.” -Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719): “Cato, A Tragedy” (1713), Act V, scene iv
“Before you sleep, read something that is exquisite, and worth remembering.” -Desiderius Erasmus Roterdamus (also known as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus (1466 - 1536))
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“To sleep - perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub!” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” (1601), Act III, Scene 1, line 1758; words of character Hamlet
Toby: How do you know an elephant is hiding under your bed?
Tobias: Because when you get into bed, your nose touches the ceiling.
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Helpful Tip: A spring-loaded mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep when you hit the snooze button.
“Before you fall asleep every day, say something positive to yourself.” -Enid Bagnold
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Husband: It must be time to get up.
Wife: How can you tell?
Husband: The baby has finally fallen asleep.
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“I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing.” -Martha Stewart
“He who sleeps on the floor will not fall off the bed.” -Robert Gronock
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“It’s hard to sleep at night if you’re worried that a ten-pound frog from Southern Cameroon may come and jump on your stomach.” -Charles M. Schulz (Charles Monroe ‘Sparky’ Schulz (1922 - 2000))
In the days of English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), mattresses were filled with straw and held up by rope stretched across bedframes. When someone pulled on the rope to tighten it, a mattress would sag less and become firmer, for a more comfortable sleep . . . and this is believed to be the origin of the rhyming phrase, “Good night, sleep tight!”
A Little Thought to Close the Day
The day, with the work God gave me to do, is done, and now He has given me the night, quiet and soothing, for rest. I will, therefore, trust myself - body and spirit - into His loving, tender care, through the mystery of sleep. As flood tides from the ocean fill each bay or inlet, so power and love and peace can fill my life to overflowing as I rest quietly, serenely, patiently, bravely, lovingly, with confidence and perfect faith.
by Author Unknown
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“Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man.” -Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719): “Cato, A Tragedy” (1713), Act V, scene iv
“Before you sleep, read something that is exquisite, and worth remembering.” -Desiderius Erasmus Roterdamus (also known as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus (1466 - 1536))
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“To sleep - perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub!” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” (1601), Act III, Scene 1, line 1758; words of character Hamlet
Toby: How do you know an elephant is hiding under your bed?
Tobias: Because when you get into bed, your nose touches the ceiling.
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Helpful Tip: A spring-loaded mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep when you hit the snooze button.
“Before you fall asleep every day, say something positive to yourself.” -Enid Bagnold
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