“I gyve unto my wief my second best bed with the furniture”

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English playwright and poet 1564–1616

Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent le…

“The bed is a metaphysical piece of furniture.”

Nélson Rodrigues (1912–1980) Brazilian writer and playwright

Memórias - Página 73, de Nelson Rodrigues - Publicado por Edições Correio de Manhã, 1967

“You know, my Friends, with what a brave Carouse
I made a Second Marriage in my house;
Divorced old barren Reason from my Bed
And took the Daughter of the Vine to Spouse.”

Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) Persian poet, philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer

The Rubaiyat (1120)

“The furniture is comfortable to me. Rather than making a chair to sleep in or a machine to live it, it is better to make a bed. A straight chair is best for eating or writing. The third position is standing.”

Donald Judd (1928–1994) artist

Source: 1990s, "It’s Hard to Find a Good Lamp," 1993, p. 21

“My own experience is that a certain kind of genius among students is best brought out in bed.”

Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997) American poet

“The best thing about the bedroom was the bed. I liked to stay in bed for hours, even during the day with covers pulled up to my chin. It was good in there, nothing ever occurred in there, no people, nothing.”

Charles Bukowski book Ham on Rye

Source: Ham on Rye

“My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.”

Cary Grant (1904–1986) British-American film and stage actor

As quoted in "Quotable Cary" at American Masters (25 May 2005)
Source: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33680672/the-los-angeles-times/ "Cary Grant: Doing What Comes naturally,"

“I was in love with my bed.”

William Shakespeare The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Speed, Act II, scene i.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1590–1)

“It's my lie and I believe in it
It's my lie and I wanted it
It's my bed and I'll bleed in it
It's my bed, and I'll lie
And I sit on the corner
And I drink drown soda
I wanna bomb the whole state of Minnesota”

Courtney Love (1964) American punk singer-songwriter, musician, actress, and artist

"Drown Soda"
Song lyrics, B-sides and compilations

“To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady.”

Wilson Mizner (1876–1933) American writer

Quoted by John Burke, Rogue's Progress, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1975, ISBN 0-399-11423-8.
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“I gyve unto my wief my second best bed with the furniture”

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