Sleep Deficit Quotes

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

You're trying to sleep off a debt that you've lumbered your brain and body with during the week, and wouldn't it be lovely if sleep worked like that? Sadly, it doesn't. Sleep is not like the bank, so you can't accumulate a debt and then try and pay it off at a later point in time.

I think many people walk through their lives in an under-slept state not realizing it. It's become this new natural baseline.

Normally I sleep for 9, 10 hours a night.

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.

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.

I've added up all the hours of zzz's I've missed in my lifetime, and it turns out I'm running on a rather substantial deficit.

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

Tired minds don't plan well. Sleep first, plan later.

Human beings are the only species that deliberately deprive themselves of sleep for no apparent gain. Many people walk through their lives in an underslept state, not realizing it.

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.

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