Brad Feld

I have several close friends who are insomniacs. Over the years, I've heard their stories about being up in the middle of the night, completely awake. I see them yawn at 11 A.M. and know that, regardless of what they are doing, they'd probably rather be in bed sleeping. I've always had sympathy for them, but I've never really understood it.

American Businessman

Carl Sagan

There is a wide, yawning black infinity. In every direction, the extension is endless; the sensation of depth is overwhelming. And the darkness is immortal. Where light exists, it is pure, blazing, fierce; but light exists almost nowhere, and the blackness itself is also pure and blazing and fierce.

American Scientist

John McLaughlin

You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could be yawning your head off when you hear them. So, it's not what you do, but the way you're doing it and in the end that's all that we have.

English Musician

Athol Fugard

For you in the West to hear the phrase 'All men are created equal' is to draw a yawn. For us, it's a miracle. We're starting out at rock bottom, man. But South Africa does have soul.

South African Playwright

Sayani Gupta

One of the most difficult things I find as an actor is to laugh on cue. It is way harder than crying or other emotions. It's sometimes harder than yawning on cue.

Indian Actress

Jim Rash

When you get onstage, you can see everyone in the audience's face, down to the detail. You can see who may or may not be yawning.

American Actor

Bette Midler

Cherish forever what makes you unique, 'cuz you're really a yawn if it goes.

American Actress

Stendhal

Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained.

French Writer

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

He is an old bore. Even the grave yawns for him.

English Actor

Gilbert K. Chesterton

English Writer

Seeing or hearing someone yawn often makes others feel like yawning too.

Contagious Action

It's considered impolite to yawn openly in some cultures, especially without covering your mouth.

Politeness

A yawn can unintentionally signal that a person is bored, even if they aren't.

Expressing Boredom

Describing someone's yawn as 'big' or 'loud' is a way to emphasize its intensity.

Figure of Speech

'Yawn' as a verb can create a vivid image of vast, open spaces in literature.

Visual Imagery

Used metaphorically, 'yawn' suggests something is empty or lacking.

Metaphorical Use

'Yawn' can express the effect of dull events on people's emotions.

Emotional Effect

When saying something 'yawns us,' it's less about literally yawning and more about feeling bored.

Less Literal

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 Think of fixed action pattern like a reflex. Your yawn makes me yawn. Similar to a domino effect, one person's yawn triggers a yawn in a person nearby that has observed the act. Once this reflex is triggered, it must run its course. Have you ever tried to stop a yawn once it has begun?

Why is yawning...

 not our everyday, like, yawning tears, but our emotional tears -- there's high concentrations of stress hormones and leucine enkephalins, which, easier on my tongue, is endorphins. And while our stress hormones are helping our bodies out, our endorphins, those feel-good chemicals,

The mood-boosting power...

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 bonobos they know yawning so it seems that bonobos have even a level of emotional engagement or even empathy towards strangers that we don't see in other species here is a species that could teach us more about how to be humane then probably anything else in

Things You Probably...

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Hippo Fights Crocodiles...

 So now we have two calm surrender. Can you see it? Mm-hmm. So that's why it's so important to assess and evaluate how they feel, not what they did, what they're doing right now. Right. Yawning is good. A yawn equals relaxation.

Calming an Overly...

 impassive, sluggish, lethargic, placid, calm, mellow, laid-back and, well, slothful! I am relaxed and tranquil, and I like to live in peace. But I am not lazy.' Then the sloth yawned and said, 'That's just how I am.

A librarian's case...

 some troubadours didn't see yawning as caused by tiredness or boredom like we do today, but thought it a symbol of the deepest love? Or that in that same period, brave men -- knights --