I remember hearing a quote from Winston Churchill about napping.
Apparently he napped regularly and defended the practice without
shame. The quote was something like "There's nothing wrong with
napping, in fact I find I get more accomplished after a late afternoon
nap and I challenge any man to dispute it." or something... ...etc. 

If nothing comes up then I'd settle for some equally impressive other
person endorsing naps.

Also... I hope this question will re-initiate my GA account with my
new credit card number I entered last week since my last one expired
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Hello.

I believe that I've located the Churchill quote that you're seeking:

"You must sleep some time between lunch and dinner, and no half-way
measures. Take off your clothes and get into bed. That?s what I always
do. Don?t think you will be doing less work because you sleep during
the day. That?s a foolish notion held by people who have no
imagination. You will be able to accomplish more. You get two days in
one-well, at least one and a half, I'm sure. When the war started, I
had to sleep during the day because that was the only way I could cope
with my responsibilities."
source:
WinstonChurchill.org
http://www.winstonchurchill.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=226

Churchill's statement apparently was made in 1946 and was reported by
Walter Graebner, the London representative for Time-Life.

I believe that it's likely that this is the quotation that you had in
mind because it covers the basic elements that you describe:

-Churchill admitting napping regularly and without shame;
-Churchill claiming that he could accomplish more by napping;
-Churchill expressing challenge/hostility to napping naysayers (i.e.,
"That?s a foolish notion held by people who have no imagination.")

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If you need a specific source to cite, the quotation was apparently
reported in Walter Graebner's book, "My Dear Mister Churchill" (1965).
Citation mentioned in this document at Udel.edu:
http://www.udel.edu/PR/PT/profile.pdf

Bibliographic information for "My Dear Mister Churchill," at Library of Congress:
http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v3=1&DB=local&CMD=010a+65085604&CNT=10+records+per+page


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search strategy:
churchill nap napping
churchill, sleep, "no halfway measures"
churchill, sleep, "no halfway measures", "foolish notion"
churchill, graebner, "foolish notion"

I hope this helps.

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Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 02 Jan 2004 23:30 PST

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You nailed it. Thank you so much. I've been looking for that for quite some time.