Matthew Walker Quotes

The amount of sleep you get has an impact, not just on how you feel the next day, but it has an impact on your long-term health as well.

I hate going to bed. I read scripts, clean, listen to the radio - I've fallen asleep to 'This American Life' more times than I can count!

I get as much sleep as possible. When I get home, I have just enough energy to lay out my clothes and go to bed.

There is no magic. There is no secret. You need your sleep. A lot of our society tries to get by, but the truth is it is up to each individual to get their optimal sleep amount. If you get less than that you can get by temporarily, but it's only temporary.

I need nine hours of sleep because of all the activity I do. It doesn't always happen, but I really try.

I would prefer to get more sleep, quite frankly, because I think I would be more productive at everything.

I need to sleep more. The 'sleep when I die' mantra is not cute.

I love sleep so much. That's the one thing I won't sacrifice. I really cannot.

The only thing I'm obsessed with is sleeping. I'm really good at it and if I don't do it I'm horrible.

Sleep is so important. I think more important than we know. When I haven't slept, I'm not myself. I'm not as easy-going.

To stay awake all night adds a day to your life.

I'm always without sleep. I've got two kids. I understand sleep deprivation on a profound level.

If I don't get eight hours, I can't function, so I'm a great believer in power naps.

I have a hard time waking up. No alarm clock works! It sounds childish, but I seriously have my manager, my mom or a buddy of mine wake me up if I have to be somewhere. It's a serious issue! I've been very late for some serious gigs because of it!

I have a hard time getting past the day without the nap, so the nap is a must.

Lack of sleep makes me less productive. I need a good seven or eight hours a night.

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.

I've had insomnia since I was five years old. I just don't require much sleep. I'm never tired.

Even were sleep is concerned, too much is a bad thing.

I'm blessed by the fact I only need five hours of sleep on a daily basis. I do tend to regard Saturday and Sunday as work days.

Most nights, I'm good for only four or five hours of sleep. That leaves the other 20. I have to fill them some way.

I get maybe four hours of sleep a night. I'm a little bit crazy.

I have to have eight hours a night. I feel that everything falls apart if you don't sleep. If I spend four hours memorizing dialogue but don't sleep, then the next day I will not be able to stand in front of the camera and say my lines. For me, sleep is the number one thing.

I just don't sleep enough. But I have never met someone very successful who, at the end of their life, says 'I wish I slept more.'

It turns out that the 'Cry It Out' method of baby sleep training, where you ignore that your kid is screaming, crying and turning 40 shades of purple so that she can break herself out of the habit of being spoiled and cuddled to sleep, does more harm - way more - than good.