Yawning Quotes - Page 3

• There is no yawning gulf between man and God. Through his aspiration and meditation, Man can become conscious of his oneness with God.

  Sri Chinmoy

  God, Men, Oneness

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• Subtly, in the little ways, joy has been leaking out of our lives. The small pleasures of the ordinary day seem almost contemptible, and glance off us lightly...Perhaps it's a good time to reconsider pleasure at its roots. Changing out of wet shoes and socks, for instance. Bathrobes. Yawning and stretching. Real tomatoes.

  Barbara Holland

  Real, Shoes, Roots

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• The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people.

  Criss Jami

  People, Bored, Cynic

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.115, Criss Jami

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• Yes, Boss?' Dorcas, the last twenty or thirty years I've been a worthless, no-good parasite.' She yawned again. 'Everybody knows that.' Nevermind the flattery. There comes a time in every man's life when he has to stop being sensible--a time to stand up and be counted--strike a blow for liberty--smite the wicked.' Ummm...' So quit yawning, the time has come.' She glanced down. 'Maybe I had better get dressed.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Men, Blow, Years

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.89, Penguin

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