“We hear the same refrain all the time from people: I have no life. I get up in the morning, daycare, eldercare, a 40 minute commute to work. I have to work late. I get home at night, there's laundry, bills to pay, jam something into the microwave oven. I'm exhausted, I go to sleep, I wake up and the routine begins all over again. This is what life has become in America.” PeopleHomeAmericaNightSleepPayMorningMinutesLateWake UpBillsGet UpRoutineExhaustedJamGoing To SleepRefrainLaundryOvensMicrowavesDaycareBills To Pay Author:Gerald Celente
“When I was young, I thought it was normal to go to sleep to the sounds of sirens. People on my block were in the biggest gang in the city. They were my close friends - they showed me the ropes, who to watch out for.” PeopleYoungSoundSleepCitiesWatchesNormalBlockRopeGangGoing To SleepClose FriendsSirens Author:Emily Rios
“Sleep is forbidden. When I'm working, I'm a machine and I don't look at other people like they are human.” PeopleHumansLooksSleepMachinesForbidden Author:Puff Daddy
“Pack the one bag. Unpack it, pack it, unpack it, pack it: passeport, ticket, book, taxi, airport, check-in, beer, announcement, stairs, airplane, fasten seat-belt, air born, flight, rocking, sun, stars, space, hips of strolling stewardesses, read, sleep, clouds, falling engine speed, descent, circling, touch down, earth, unfasten seat-belt, stairs, airport, immunization book, visa, customs, questions, taxi, streets, houses, people, hotel, key, room, stuffiness, thirst, otherness, foreignness, loneliness, fatigue, life.” PeopleBookEarthFallHouseStarsBornSleepSpaceRoomsSunAirStreetsLonelinessKeysCloudsSpeedChecksFlightHipsBeerSeatsBagsHotelCustomsEnginesAirplanePacksTicketsThirstAirportsBeltsFatigueStairsStrollingTaxiDescentAnnouncementsVisaOthernessSeat BeltsImmunizationStewardess Author:Ryszard Kapuscinski
“Some people we define as trolls are just critics. Sometimes they have a point. And I hear them. But for the ones who comment "I want to kill you in your sleep," I respond to them too.” PeopleWantSometimesSleepCriticsCommentTroll Author:Jenny Lawson
“I don't talk about these things if I haven't lived them, and I've hurt people in my life. It's something I still have to think about when I sleep at night.” PeopleIfsThinkingStillsNightHurtSleepHavens Author:Kendrick Lamar
“I posted a video a day for almost two months and was hardly sleeping, but I think it really pushed me to give music everything I had in me. I knew it was a chance I couldn't miss. The funny thing is I never saw my music video when it aired during the Super Bowl because as soon as I heard my song start I was in tears for the next 10 minutes! The most amazing thing that came out of all of this, however, was the support that had developed online. Without the people that came back day after day to vote for me, I'd be nowhere, and I really owe it all to them.” PeopleThinkingGivingTwoSongNextChanceSleepSupportSawsHeardMinutesMissingTearsMonthsVoteVideoOnlineBowlsFunny ThingsAmazing ThingsSuper BowlMost AmazingTwo MonthsVote For Me Author:Kina Grannis
“I'm one of the many people for whom coffee helps but often, inattention is a symptom of something else: for example, that you're not getting six to eight hours of sleep.” PeopleHelpingHoursSleepExampleSixEightCoffeeSymptomsInattention Author:Marty Nemko
“For many years I wrote nothing but "I will not sleep with Steve Almond" over and over again, page after page à la Jack Torrance in The Shining. Finally, hundreds of psychotherapy sessions and an intense shaman-guided DMT sweat lodge experience led to a breakthrough, and I was able to write about other people I would not sleep with, and also about people I would.” PeopleWritingYearsAbleSleepPagesShiningIntenseSweatBreakthroughSessionPsychotherapyLodgesDmtAlmonds Author:Alissa Nutting
“Radio, or at least the kind of radio we're proposing to do, can cut through that. It can reach people who would otherwise never hear your work, and of course I find that very notion inspiring. Radio stories are powerful because the human voice is powerful. It has been and will continue to be the most basic element of storytelling. As a novelist (and I should note that working my novel is the first thing I do in the morning and the very last thing I do before I sleep), shifting into this new medium is entirely logical. It's still narrative, only with different tools.” PeopleShouldFirstsHumansKindHas BeensStillsDifferentStoriesLastsCoursesVoiceSleepPowerfulMorningNovelCuttingElementsToolsNotesNotionRadioStorytellingMediumsNarrativeNovelistsLogicalShiftingHuman Voice Author:Daniel Alarcon
“Every performance is different. There are so many factors involved... the people I've met that day, the weather, the city I'm in, conversations, sleep, mood, everything. However, there are many nights when the stars align and I feel like both the story teller and the stranger in the crowd, hearing it all for the very first time.” PeopleFeelsFirstsDifferentStoriesNightStarsSleepCitiesInvolvedMetsConversationFirst TimePerformancesCrowdsStrangerHearingMoodWeatherFactors Author:Dia Frampton
“Don't force things to happen. You can work towards things and keep yourself open to things, people, and opportunities, but you can't and shouldn't try to control everything. Also, if you haven't noticed so far, I think sleep is really important.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingImportantHappensOpportunityForceSleepHavens Author:Lisa Loeb
“King Hussein of Jordan dedicated his life - I witnessed it in his sleeping as well as waking hours - to trying to break through the impasses keeping people apart. He understood that the security and prosperity of any one of us in this world depends on the security and prosperity enjoyed by others. As Martin Luther King said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." In the Middle East, nothing could be more true.” PeopleWorldTryingWellsSaidHoursJusticeSleepBreakMiddleSecurityThis WorldDependsKingsUnderstoodThreatInjusticeProsperityEastEnjoyedWakingDedicatedMiddle EastHusseinLutherJordanBreak ThroughImpasseInjustice Anywhere Author:Queen Noor of Jordan
“Another option, which I think is the thing that makes more sense, is this fact that the police are a reflection of the occupation of certain neighborhoods and certain parts of cities that are designed, basically, to keep the bottom down and basically maintain the status quo, but out of sight, so that the other side - the people in power, the people with money, the people with comfort, the people that are living in the "safer" areas - are sure that they can sleep safely in their bed while bad thing are happening to people and it's not their problem.” PeopleThinkingFactsProblemCertainSidesSleepCitiesComfortBedHappeningsReflectionAreasSightPoliceDown AndBottomNeighborhoodBad ThingsOccupationStatus Quo Author:Oren Moverman
“Turkey's great if you're one of those people who can't sleep on planes because when the tryptophan kicks in, it's no problem.” PeopleIfsProblemSleepPlanesKicksNo ProblemTurkeysCan't Sleep Author:Mike Pesca
“All people want on this earth is to connect with others. Other than eating and sleeping. Human beings need to connect with other human beings. Otherwise, they lose their mind.” PeopleWantNeedsMindHumansEarthLosesHuman BeingsSleepEating Author:Sally Field
“Early studies of sleep and dreaming were crucially dependent on waking subjects up during sleep to find out whether they are dreaming or not. Using that strategy, it was found that when the eyes are rapidly moving (REM sleep) people are usually dreaming; when the eyes are not moving, there may be some mentation, but little in the way of visually rich dreams.” PeopleWayMayLittlesDreamEyeMovingFoundSleepStudyRichSubjectsStrategyDependentWaking Author:Patricia Churchland
“I like words and numbers. I'm obsessed with them. You know, I think I would've been a mathematician had I kept up, but it's the stuff in your head, you know? It's like being technologically adept. You have it or you don't. You can learn it, but some people just have it. They go to sleep, wake up, and know everything. I like games, too. I love playing games.” PeopleThinkingKnowsGamesStuffSleepNumbersWake UpObsessedMathematicianGoing To SleepPlaying GamesAdept Author:Jackee Harry
“You can have 100 people tell you how beautiful you look, and one person will say, "God, did you sleep last night?" Not even "You're ugly," but "Did you sleep?" and you're all of a sudden like, "What?!" And the whole day that's what you'll remember.” PeopleLooksPersonsWholeLastsBeautifulRememberNightSleepUglyLast NightBeautiful You Author:Khloe Kardashian
“I can cry myself to sleep because I'm not as great as Leonard Cohen, but who cares? Maybe you can't be as great as some people, but it's a tragedy when you don't follow your dreams.” PeopleI CanDreamCareSleepCryTragedyYour DreamsWho CaresFollow Your Dreams Author:Lykke Li
“Not many people sleep with other men and when the other man leaves have a nervous breakdown.” PeopleMenSleepNervousBreakdownNervous Breakdown Author:Andrew Sullivan
“So people only focus on getting the really deep sleep, but in reality, we spend almost 60% of the night in the stage two sleep.” PeopleTwoRealityNightSleepFocusStageReally DeepDeep Sleep Author:Shelby Harris
“People tend to remember their dreams in the morning a little bit better and if earlier in the night, when you're in a lot of deep sleep, if someone wakes you, or the phone rings or something, you're really confused.” PeopleIfsLittlesDreamRememberNightBitsSleepMorningLittle BitPhonesRingsConfusedWakes YouDeep Sleep Author:Shelby Harris
“Workplace accidents with people who are sleep deprived or people who work shifts and they don't get the right amount of sleep during the day or at night.” PeopleNightSleepAmountAccidentsWorkplaceDeprivedSleep Deprived Author:Shelby Harris
“There's a new line of research showing that people who don't get enough sleep, they're body doesn't metabolize as well. And so they actually - it leads to weight gain. So if you're not getting enough sleep, you might have difficulty losing weight.” PeopleIfsWellsEnoughBodyMightLinesSleepLosingResearchGainsWeightDifficultyEnough Sleep Author:Shelby Harris
“When they [people with insomnia] start worrying about not sleeping, I'll say, "Say the mantra to myself; if I don't sleep tonight, I'll likely sleep tomorrow, and if not tomorrow then definitely the third" because our body has a way of naturally catching up.” PeopleIfsWayBodySleepWorryTomorrowThirdsTonightInsomniaCatchingMantrasCatching UpNot Sleeping Author:Shelby Harris
“We're not really sure why it [broken circadian rhythm] continues, but when they become adults, we usually have to treat it because many people need to get up early to go to work and they can't be sleeping until 11:00 or 12:00. So we use treatments like bright light therapy, melatonin, things like that that are very effective.” PeopleNeedsUseLightSleepBrokenAdultsTreatsGet UpRhythmTherapyTreatmentUp EarlyBright LightsCircadian RhythmMelatonin Author:Shelby Harris
“So a lot of people who work rotating shifts and they work at night, their bodies are set to want to be awake during the day and sleep at night. So there are some people who have a lot of trouble adjusting their rhythms and they have trouble working the night shift, they're sleepy, they're drowsy driving home.” PeopleWantHomeBodyNightSleepTroubleDrivingRhythmAwakeSleepyAdjustingDrowsyNight ShiftRotatingDriving Home Author:Shelby Harris
“It's uncommon, but there are some people who just have a delayed circadian rhythm and they just - they sleep better during the day then they do at night. So they've - a lot of those people with delayed sleep phase disorder they start to work in bars, they work some of the late night shifts, they sort of adjust to doing it more and more as time goes on.” PeopleNightSleepGoes OnLateBarsRhythmDisorderPhasesUncommonDelayedLate NightTime Goes OnNight ShiftCircadian Rhythm Author:Shelby Harris
“Night terrors are very different from nightmares. A lot of people will think they're the same, but they're really not. Night terrors - you want to look at the time of night when you're having the problem. Night Terrors happen in deep sleep. Nightmares tend to happen in a lighter REM sleep.” PeopleThinkingWantLooksDifferentProblemHappensNightSleepTerrorNightmareLightersDeep SleepNight Terrors Author:Shelby Harris
“Sleep paralysis is something that is actually very common. Many people have it, I've had it myself. And what happens is, when you're in that REM stage of sleep, your brain is very active. You're dreaming your most during that stage, you're mind, your eyes are moving, there's a lot going on. It's like fireworks going on in your brain.” PeopleMindDreamHappensEyeMovingSleepCommonBrainStageActiveCommon ManParalysisFireworks Author:Shelby Harris
“There's confusional arousals, there are states in deeper sleep that can happen where people will go and they'll disappear and they'll take on some other persona. They'll commit some crime, but it's all when they are in a very deep stage of sleep. So you really need to have a very thorough evaluation.” PeopleNeedsStatesHappensSleepStageCrimeDeeperDisappearCommitPersonaThoroughVery DeepEvaluationArousal Author:Shelby Harris
“I think of being an actor as kind of a young man's gig. It's emasculating, in a way, people messing with you and putting make-up on you and telling you when to wake up and when to go to sleep, holding your hand to cross the street. I can do it up to a certain point, and then I start to feel like a puppet.” PeopleThinkingMenWayFeelsKindI CanHandsYoungCertainActorsCan DoSleepStreetsCrossesWake UpYoung ManGigsGoing To SleepPuppetsI Can Do It Author:Kevin Bacon
“We spent all day travelling, living away from the people you love, not sleep in our own bed ... We are far from our own houses. We live in hotels, clubs. And now that I am a father it is much more difficult.” PeopleFatherHouseDifficultSleepBedClubsHotel Author:Novak Djokovic
“I really think that I don't mind people sleeping during my films, because I know that some very good films might prepare you for sleeping or falling asleep or snoozing. It's not to be taken badly at all.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMindMightFilmFallSleepTakenVery GoodGood FilmsFalling Asleep Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“There are 160,000 of our men and women in Iraq that wonder whether there is going to be a hand grenade or a missile lobbed into where they are sleeping at night. Those are people who make a real sacrifice.” PeopleMenRealHandsNightSleepWonderSacrificeMen And WomenIraqMissilesGrenadeSleeping At Night Author:Mitt Romney
“Many people theorize poverty, but so many elements of poverty, individually, for most people who theorize about poverty would be really difficult to even comprehend the individual things. Just take homelessness. If you are homeless, what does it mean not to have a post box where people can contact you; what does it mean not knowing where you're going to sleep at the end of the day; what does it mean not having a place where you can store what little you might possess. So dealing with homelessness in itself is a huge thing for most people who are commentators [on] or benefactors to poverty.” PeopleIfsMeanLittlesDoeEndsMightWould BeIndividualDifficultSleepPovertyKnowingHugeElementsBoxesStoresContactPostsThe End Of The DayNot KnowingHomelessHomelessnessGoing To SleepCommentatorsBenefactors Author:Kumi Naidoo
“My routine is fly, play, sleep, record. My center is the music I am making; when I see people together wherever it is on the planet, that we connect, that's what keeps my heart beating.” PeopleHeartPlayTogetherSleepRecordsPlanetsMy HeartRoutineHeart BeatHeart Beating Author:David Guetta
“I'm not one of those people who is trying to act like I don't sleep. I used to be like, "Oh, I only need four hours." Now I need exactly 5 1/2 to 6 in order to feel like I've done well.” PeopleNeedsFeelsTryingWellsDoneUsedOrderHoursSleepFourUsed To Be Author:Oprah Winfrey
“It's so good for your health to take those naps. I don't know why people brag that they sleep five hours. I'd be ashamed. I'm proud that I sleep nine hours.” PeopleKnowsHoursSleepFiveProudNineAshamedNapsBrag Author:Sandra Cisneros