Allen Neuharth Quotes

My philosophy is, 'Eat when hungry, stop when you're full.'

When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?

Preserve me from unseasonable and immoderate sleep.

Finish each day before you begin the next, and interpose a solid wall of sleep between the two. This you cannot do without temperance.

Eat only when you are hungry-not because it is one o'clock or seven o'clock or whatever.

I'm not into the money thing. You can only sleep in one bed at a time. You can only eat one meal at a time, or be in one car at a time. So I don't have to have millions of dollars to be happy. All I need are clothes on my back, a decent meal, and a little loving when I feel like it. That's the bottom line.

Denial of one appetite sharpens the others.

At least once every human should have to run for his life, to teach him that milk does not come from supermarkets, that safety does not come from policemen, that 'news' is not something that happens to other people. He might learn how his ancestors lived and that he himself is no different--in the crunch his life depends on his agility, alertness, and personal resourcefulness.

If we feel the least degradation in being amorous, or merry or hungry, or sleepy, we are so far bad animals & miserable men.

If I ain't horny, I check to see if my heart's beatin'.

If we cannot live entirely like human beings, at least let us do everything in our power not to live entirely like animals.

Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health.

Well, sometimes we do actually have to get up early, but a man will always trade sleep for sex.

Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep! He, like the world, his ready visit pays Where fortune smiles; the wretched he forsakes.

Sleep every chance you get. Eat every chance you get. Those were two of the many lessons that Kat learned at her father’s knee and her uncle’s table.

Sleep is like the holy grail. My trainer says if you're tired, your workout will suffer. Sleep is magic stuff.

The lion cares less about being king of the beasts than about finding his dinner.

The animal tends to eat with his stomach, and the man with his brain. When the animal's stomach is full, he stops eating, but the man is never sure when to stop. When he has eaten as much as his belly can take, he still feels empty, he still feels an urge for further gratification.

Sports is to war as pornography is to sex. We get to exercise some ancient, ancient drives.

Eat... to live, and do not live to eat.

The bore is good for promoting sleep; but though he causeth sleep in others, it is uncertain whether he ever sleeps himself; as few can keep awake in his company long enough to see. It is supposed that when he sleeps it is with his mouth open.

I wonder why I don't go to bed and go to sleep. But then it would be tomorrow, so I decide that no matter how tired, no matter how incoherent I am, I can skip on hour more of sleep and live.

Sexual attraction keeps throwing self-interest off course.