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"Leave me before I'm compelled to use your life-blood as cream for my coffee."

"Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of the day."
Garrett, Garrett, P.I.

"The morning is evil."
Avatar Korra, The Legend of Korra

"Tash, even secret Imperial plots don't get going until after breakfast."
Zak Arranda on rising at dawn to spy, Galaxy of Fear

Angel: You even look pretty when you go to sleep.
Buffy: Well, when I wake up it's an entirely different story.

Jon: Wake up, Garfield! The early bird gets the worm!
Garfield: The late cat would prefer coffee, pancakes, and a side of bacon.

"It's impossible for humans to wake up at 6 a.m."
Mako Reizei, Girls und Panzer (only to be told she has to get up at 5 a.m. instead!)

"Pierce, you remind me of a dog I once had. He too was cheerful in the mornings, so I gave him to a family of immigrant Japanese and they ATE him!"
Charles Winchester, M*A*S*H

Kaneway's eyelids creaked open with all the associated eloquence of a rusty manhole cover.
— Opening line of ALIEN!!! by Odon

The death rattle of a mortally wounded telephone is a horrible thing to hear at four o'clock on a Tuesday morning.
— Opening line of The Concrete Jungle by Charles Stross.

No I don't, don't, don't want to rise yet
I would rather stay here in my warm bed
Please don't let the sunlight in
Don't let my alarm clock ring
— Schnuffel, from the song "Sleepy Snuggle"

As we speak, there will be students Googling what "morning" is.

Shantae: You guys doomed humanity for a bag of coffee?!
Rottytops: Well, it WAS before 9:00 AM, so...

Linda woke, feeling rested but somewhat woozy, and chalked it up to her usual morning blahs. Supergirl or not, she hated rolling out of bed at 7 a.m.

The man who invented mornings was no Christian. I prefer to go straight into the afternoon.

He recovered consciousness to see Godzilla bearing down on him with all the fury of a mutant monster who's been woken by some idiot using an H-bomb as an alarm clock.

Bear: Good morning, Ojo...
Ojo: Good MORNING? What's so good about a morning when everybody's talking so LOUD!
Bear: Ohh... I think Ojo's having trouble waking up!
Bear in the Big Blue House, "Morning Glory"

Asuka buried her face in the pillow and waited for the city quake to cease. She had half an intention to go back to sleep when it was over, though she knew that wouldn't be the case. She was awake now and the damage was done. Still, she waited until it was over to get up, just so the city wouldn't be the thing that got her up in the morning. She wouldn't give it the satisfaction.

The little creature was not, by nature, an early riser. It was downright slothful, in fact. It tended to wish death upon the happy birds and the shining sun, and curl up in the darkest corner of its burrow with the pink quilt pulled over its head.
— "Little Creature and the Redcap" by Ursula Vernon

She got up from her bed, ready for another day in her life, she checked the alarm and saw it's 10 PM. At least she didn’t wake up at 12 PM as usual for her these days.
— Narration on Stella Zhau, Infinity Train: Star Finder

"I just woke up. I don't function well early in the morning."

"good morning! its my first morning as an official streamer, huh...

wait its already noon LMAOOO ughhh im just not a morning person at all..."

He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.

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