Matthew Walker Quotes

People have written about 'Sleep' as if it were some kind of record attempt, but I could just put repeat marks at the end, and it would be 16 hours. It's not about that.

What I do notice is, man, I sleep hard. When my head hits the pillow at night, it feels like five o'clock rolls around real quick.

Some people seem to survive on very little sleep but I am definitely not one of them.

I usually sleep ten to eight hours per night. I sometimes also have a nap in the afternoon.

I have no trouble with my sleep, but the amount I have varies from four to eight hours, depending on my schedule.

Normally I sleep for 9, 10 hours a night.

I'm a very good sleeper.

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'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.

The amount of sleep - the total amount of sleep that you get - starts to decrease the older that we get. I think one of the myths out there is that we simply need less sleep as we age, and that's not true, in fact.

That short-sleeping that we're now suffering is a consequence of our lifestyle. It's not a consequence of evolutionary habituation.

I never sleep for more than five hours, hardly ever.

Dear, don't think of getting out of bed yet. I've always suspected that early rising in early life makes one nervous.

Sleep is huge. That's your biggest way of recovering. In baseball, it's such a hard sleep schedule during the season, but you try to do the best you can. Because you can take all the protein drinks, you can do all these things, but your recovery is your sleep.

Honestly, I don't remember the last time I had a dream. I don't really sleep often enough to be able to have any dreams.

I try and get about eight hours of sleep every single night. And I like to think that I drink more water than anyone, ever.

Some struggle with medical issues - like insomnia - that make sleep hard. But for many of us, the quantity and quality of sleep come down to a matter of choice. Still, only a few enterprising economists have looked closely at this, and generally, those have assumed that we choose our hours of sleep optimally.

I'm someone who needs more sleep than average, and I'm quite jealous of people who need only five or six hours and they're good to go.

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'm like a three-and-a-half, four-hour-a-night sleeper. It's not enough to function.

For some people, what really matters to them is 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.

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