🎵 Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are... 🎵 How many of you heard this rhyme before hitting the hay when you were little? Those were the good times when napping and catching z's in the middle of the day was seen as praiseworthy and not just lazy. In this fast-paced modern lifestyle we live in today, the rich are those who can afford a full night's sleep. That's a wealth many of us give too little significance to. To appreciate the value of good rest, we have accumulated the most impactful sleeping quotes, dream quotes, rest quotes, or call them whatever you wish quotes that highlight how big of a role sleep actually plays in our lives.
On average, a person spends 33 years of their life in bed - 26 years sleeping and 7 years trying to fall asleep. Crazy, isn't it? One might think that the time we're asleep is wasted and lost. In some ways, yes. However, it is the time necessary for the body to recover and prepare to function for the remaining years that we are lucky to live through. We, youngsters, like to say that there will be plenty of sleeping in the grave. However, there's no better way to go about your day than after getting that whole night of zzzs. And the older we get, the more we appreciate the value of a good slumber. Heck, bedtime is so vital that people are making sleep quotes about it.
Sleep is such a prominent feature of our lives that it's easy to forget how utterly weird it really is. Although many studies and research have been done, it's still hard to comprehend the actual science of sleep. Our bodies just go into shutdown mode, and when the morning comes (or perhaps lunch time for the night owls), someone turns on the power switch, and we can function as we usually do. A bizarre phenomenon that is essentially a different experience for everyone. And that's quite ironic, considering that we participate in it subconsciously.
To express that odd, however unique experience to everyone, numerous people, including celebrities, authors, poets, and comedians, have said or written down quotes about sleeping. And while sleep may not be the answer to all your problems, sometimes the solution is much clearer after you sleep on it. Forget counting the sheep and enjoy these quotes about rest, sleep, and quotes about dreams!
#101
“We need time to defuse, to contemplate. Just as in sleep our brains relax and give us dreams, so at some time in the day we need to disconnect, reconnect, and look around us.” — Laurie Colwin
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#102
“My body has decreed that I shall nap, and nothing will stand in my way.” ― Kathryn Ormsbee
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#103
“I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy.” — Frank Zappa
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#104
“Without enough sleep, we all become tall two-year-olds.” — JoJo Jensen
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#105
“The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep.” — E. Joseph Cossman
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#106
"Sleep: a poor substitute for caffeine!" — Wallace Shawn
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#107
"Don't fight with the pillow, but lay down your head and kick every worriment out of the bed." — Edmund Vance Cooke
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#108
"I only sleep with people I love, which is why I have insomnia." – Emilie Autumn
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#109
“I sleep and sleep and sleep, yet I still have an unquenchable thirst for it.” – Maria Elena
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#110
“A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.” – Charlotte Brontë
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#111
"You won’t feel sleepy at work, if you sleep at work."
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#112
"Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It’s a palliative. The remedy is death." – Nicolas Chamfort
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#113
”Discover the great ideas that lie inside you by discovering the power of sleep.” – Arianna Huffington
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#114
“I crave the sweet surrender of sleep and my dreams’ uncensored communication: no tiresome small talk, sucking up to impress, or tiptoeing around charged topics. Dreams are the naked truth; get ready for it.” ― Judith Orloff
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#115
“No wonder Sleeping Beauty looked so good… she took long naps, never got old, and didn’t have to do anything but snore to get her Prince Charming.” ― Olive Green
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#116
“Nothing makes you feel better than when you get into a hotel bed, and the sheets feel so good. Why shouldn’t you wake up like that every day? Spend money on your mattress and bedding because these things make a difference on your sleep and, ultimately, your happiness.” — Bobby Berk
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#117
“The moment the alarm goes off is the first test; it sets the tone for the rest of the day. The test is not a complex one: when the alarm goes off, do you get up out of bed, or do you lie there in comfort and fall back to sleep? If you have the discipline to get out of bed, you win – you pass the test.” — Jocko Willink
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#118
“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.” — Matthew Walker
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#119
“For me, sleep is a major thing… I don’t always get it, and when I don’t, I look like I’ve been hit by a truck.” — Gwyneth Paltrow
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#120
“Asleep, he looked a lot younger than going-on-seventeen, but I had noticed that Johnny looked younger when he was asleep too, so I figured everyone did. Maybe people are younger when they are asleep.” ― S. E. Hinton
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