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Most Famous Sleep Quotes of All Time!

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If you were not to set an alarm clock, would you sleep past it? If the answer is yes, then there is clearly more sleep that is needed.

Quotes by Matthew Walker

Do you tend to sleep in during the weekends? That usually signals that you're trying to sleep off a debt you've accumulated during the week.

Quotes by Matthew Walker

The gross demonstration of caffeine is that it prevents you from falling asleep. The slightly more nefarious aspect of caffeine is that maybe you can fall asleep, but we know that the depth of deep sleep you're getting if caffeine...

Quotes by Matthew Walker

No one wants to give up time with their family or entertainment, so they give up sleep instead.

Quotes by Matthew Walker

We have stigmatised sleep with the label of laziness.

Quotes by Matthew Walker

When I give lectures, people will wait behind until there is no one around and then tell me quietly, 'I seem to be one of those people who need eight or nine hours' sleep.' It's embarrassing to say it in...

Quotes by Matthew Walker

Sleep is the Swiss army knife of health. When sleep is deficient, there is sickness and disease. And when sleep is abundant, there is vitality and health.

Quotes by Matthew Walker

If sleep does not provide a remarkable set of benefits, then it's the biggest mistake the evolutionary process has ever made.

Quotes by Matthew Walker

I give myself a non-negotiable eight-hour sleep opportunity every night.

Quotes by Matthew Walker

People dramatically underestimate how much sleep is linked to all the diseases killing us. We know a lack of sleep is linked to numerous forms of cancer - bowel, prostate, breast cancer.

Quotes by Matthew Walker

Below seven hours of sleep, there are objective impairments in the body. Eight hours are recommended.

Quotes by Matthew Walker

Based on the science, you can make somewhat clear statements: The number of people who can survive on six hours of sleep without impairment is zero.

Quotes by Matthew Walker

If you look at how humans tend to want to sleep, it seems to be either, you know, sort of a monophasic way or at least a biphasic way, where there's, perhaps, a long bout during the night and then...

Quotes by Matthew Walker

The fact that we don't have that biologic pressure to have highly polyphasic sleep, I think, probably tells us something in terms of, truly, whether it's useful or not.

Quotes by Matthew Walker

As you try to tweak your sleep one way or the other, you might be, you might be doing great - you might do better at remembering details of an event, but you might end up being poorer at abstracting...

Quotes by Matthew Walker

It's not that we simply get old, and memory starts to go, and sleep starts to deteriorate. But those two things actually are significantly interrelated.

Quotes by Matthew Walker

Our circadian biology, and the insatiable early-morning demands of a post-industrial way of life, denies us the sleep we vitally need.

Quotes by Matthew Walker

Individuals fail to recognise how their perennial state of sleep deficiency has come to compromise their mental aptitude and physical vitality, including the slow accumulation of ill health.

Quotes by Matthew Walker

Your subjective sense of how well you're doing under conditions of sleep deprivation is a miserable predictor of, objectively, how you actually are doing.

Quotes by Matthew Walker

Once I found a mouse under my bed in an apartment in Paris. I am terrified of mice! I couldn't sleep for days.

Quotes by Maud Welzen

Frequently Asked Questions

What different sleep habits and stories show up in these quotes?
They range from writing down funny things a husband says while asleep, to a strict weekday sleep schedule, to sleeping on the floor of a plane, to enjoying stretching out in bed alone. For more everyday moments like these, see our Day quotes.
Is there a quote about someone talking in their sleep?
Yes — it says, "I just write down what my husband says in his sleep," adding that "He's the funniest person, even unconscious..."
Does one quote describe a specific sleep schedule?
Yes. It says, "I'll get up at 5 or 6," and explains, "During the week, my ideal is to go to bed at 9 and wake up six hours later." For more on healthy routines, check our Good quotes.
Is there a quote about sleeping in an unusual place while traveling?
Yes — it says, "If we're on long-haul flights I've been known to sleep on the floor so I hear the engine." For more travel-related reflections, browse our Go quotes.
Does one quote talk about sleeping habits when alone?
Yes, it says, "When I'm alone, I can sleep crossways in bed without an argument." For more small, honest observations about daily life, see our Life quotes.

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