Maria Konnikova Quotes

Time, motion and wine cause sleep.

The more sleep you get in before the clock turns midnight, the more rested you feel no matter what time your alarm goes off.

I usually fall asleep between 11 P.M. - 1 A.M., and I wake up between 6:30 A.M. - 8:00 A.M.

I try to get eight or nine hours of sleep a night, and if I don't, I'll make sure to take a nap.

Sleep is huge for me. I don't set an alarm. I just wake up when I wake up.

I love a sleep mask, havin' total darkness is essential for good sleep, you know, cuttin' that light out of your eyes.

Sleep is the secret of life! I must have a comfortable bed, a room at exactly 60 degrees, and complete darkness like a tomb to sleep. If I don't get 10 hours, then I'm miserable and I make everyone around me miserable.

I spend a lot of time obsessing about getting a dignified eight hours' sleep.

There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.

Normally I sleep for 9, 10 hours a night.

I'm a very good sleeper.

Before the advent of artificial light, we had 13, 14 hours in bed every night... and so what we experience now is about a 40% contraction of how we used to sleep, and I for one am glad of that - I don't want to spend 13 hours in bed.

Depending upon my activities, I sleep between five and ten hours every night. I sleep in an extra-wide single bed, and I use only one heavy down comforter over me, summer or winter. I have never been able to wear pajamas or creepy nightgowns; they disturb my sleep.

I am serious about my sleep.

I sleep seven hours. If I go to bed at two, I wake up at nine. If I go to bed at midnight, I wake up at seven. I don't wake up before - the house can fall apart, but I sleep for seven hours.

I think sleep's really important. I value it as much as waking up and having a full day.

I like to sleep a lot. I mean I really like to sleep.

I don't sleep all that much, but when I do, it's sound.

I tend to sleep a lot.

Where you're not allowed to be woken up by any outside sources, you wake up naturally.

I like to be in bed at 11, and I like to get 11 hours of sleep.

I'm such a good sleeper that I can have tea any time of day, and I will have no problem taking a nap. I'm a professional napper.

I know the best way to recover and get the right amount of sleep.

I think the most important healthy habit is to rest. Eight hours... every night.

Whatever you need to increase the quality of your sleep is really, really important.