Sleep Needs Quotes

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

Sleep is very important. I always try to get 7-9 hours.

When I was training in medicine for example, there was a culture in medicine that strong people didn't need sleep, that the less you slept, the more you just powered through a tough call not on no sleep, the stronger you were. That is not helpful to have a culture that supports healthy practices like that.

Human beings generally need between six and eight hours of restful sleep each night. Restful sleep means that you're not using pharmaceuticals or alcohol to get to sleep, but that you're drifting off easily once you turn off the light and are sleeping soundly through the night.

Get at least 8 hours of beauty sleep. 9 if you're ugly.

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

I actually don't sleep much; I only need about four hours a night.

I'm always in bed by 11 or 12 and people laugh all the time - they want me to hang out until two in the morning, but n-n-no, I need my nine hours.

I'm an eight hours kind of sleeper, so I definitely try to schedule that in.

It might be asked, 'How much time shall I allow myself for rest?' The answer is that no rule of universal application can be given, as all persons do not require the same measure of sleep, and also the same persons, at different times, according to the strength or weakness of their body, may require more or less.

Well, if I don't get at least 16 hours, I'm a basket case.

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.

And so I fell devoutly asleep and slept a long time, because young people seem to need sleep more than the old, who have already slept so much and are preparing to sleep for all eternity.

Ever since having kids, napping is something that I'm prone to do and very easily could do but rarely get the chance to.

I would say sleep can always be emphasized - I didn't do it enough in my 20s, because you don't think you need it.

I'm not one who can get by on six hours sleep night after night. You can see it on my face and hear it in my voice. When working 14-hour days, I have to go home, go to sleep, and wake up in time for crew call. I hate naps. They throw me off the rest of the day.

Other people need a full night's sleep in order to function and be healthy and alert. But I'm different.

Since my body isn't big, I don't need much sleep. I'm fine with four hours.

I used to be someone that needed nine hours of sleep; otherwise, I didn't think I was going to sound good when I sang, and I was very disciplined and anal about my preparation. When you become a parent, there just isn't that time, you know?

As a teenager you've got a lot of stuff going on all the time. It's hard to find a couple extra hours of sleep.

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

I know that I need a lot of sleep, and while I'm filming, I probably won't get it.

We all parent the best we can. Being human, we're ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep.

Everyone else in the 'iCarly' cast can operate on 5 hours of sleep, but not so for 'Old Man Nathan!'

Your body tells you what it needs, and if you sleep past your alarm on a Saturday morning, it's probably because you need the sleep.