Sleep Is Elusive Quotes

#1. The truth is that trout fishermen scheme and lie and toss in their sleep. They dream of great dripping trout, shapely and elusive as mermaids, and arise cranky and haggard from their fantasies. They are moody and neglectful and all of them a little daft. Moreover they are inclined to drink too much.

John D. Voelker

#2. Dad determined when the pork lard was hot enough for frying by dropping a match into it; if the match lit, the lard was hot enough.

Paul Prudhomme

#3. If, for example, you are miserly by nature, you will never go beyond a certain limit; only generous souls attain greatness.

Robert Greene

#4. When I finally lie down, I find sleep elusive. The same thoughts that trouble me during the day are only compounded by the stillness of night.

Brandon Sanderson

#5. Sleep was like wealth, elusive and for other people.

Cristina Henriquez

#6. A comprehended god is no god.

John Chrysostom

#7. Sleep, elusive as a ghost, plaintive as a widow, and as easy to hold as the wind.

Jeff Salyards

#8. I'm a big fan of historical fiction stuff. Historical battles - 'Gladiators,' 'The Patriot.'

Andrew Luck

#9. May as well leave the door open.

Aprilynne Pike

#10. He'd tried to sleep, too, but that was an elusive bitch who had no use for him tonight.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#11. It is like a dream. I didn't sleep for two nights because I was under so much pressure. That elusive medal is probably what has kept me going. I had none of the self-doubts which have bothered me in the past. I was totally positive.

Michaela Dorfmeister

#12. There is a lot of talk about the betrayal of Judas, and people are not aware that it is happening again. Christ is being sold again, not to the leaders of the Sanhedrin for thirty pieces of silver but to editors and booksellers for millions of dollars ...

Raniero Cantalamessa

#13. God, who oft descends to visit men
Unseen, and through their habitations walks
To mark their doings.

John Milton

#14. " Me? I'm afraid if God does exist, if there is a creator, he's just as confused about life and death and love as I am. Mostly I'm afraid that I'll continue to exist after I die.

Shane Crash

#15. Of processing and analyzing: two hours of sleep. Cost of thinking: two more hours of sleep. Cost of giving the elusive more to the insanely sexy Stone Wilder: priceless.

Jill Shalvis

#16. One way to compensate for a tiny brain is to pretend to be dead.

Scott Adams