Not Sleeping Quotes

• For in that sleep of death what dreams may come.

  William Shakespeare

  Death, Dream, Sleep

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 1, l. 56

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• Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.

  Bill Cosby

  Fake People, Sleep, Eye

  Twitter post from Nov 05, 2009

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• The worst thing in the world is to try to sleep and not to.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Sleep, Insomnia, Trying

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• The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows.

  Gaston Bachelard

  Morning, Sleep, Night

  "The Poetics of Reverie". Book by Gaston Bachelard, 1960.

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• To die: - to sleep: No more; and, by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished.

  William Shakespeare

  Death, Sleep, Heart

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 1, l. 56

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• The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling in the world.

  E. W. Howe

  Sleep, Insomnia, Emotional

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• Not being able to sleep is terrible. You have the misery of having partied all night... Without the satisfaction.

  Lynn Johnston

  Sleep, Night, Insomnia

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• If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.

  Dale Carnegie

  Happiness, Lying, Sleep

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• Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking.

  Clifton Fadiman

  Dream, Sleep, Insomnia

  Clifton Fadiman (1957). “Any Number Can Play”, Cleveland : World Publishing Company

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• To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune, Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles, And by opposing end them: to die, to sleep No more; and by a sleep, to say we end The Heart-ache, and the thousand Natural shocks That Flesh is heir to? 'Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. To die to sleep, To sleep, perchance to Dream; Aye, there's the rub.

  William Shakespeare

  Death, Suicide, Dream

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 1, l. 56

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• I'm not sleeping with all the women I appear with.

  Ringo Starr

  Sleep

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• A man who excels in creating new things is the one who is good at dreaming when not sleeping.

  Khem Veasna

  Dream, Sleep, Men

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• Waking up was a daily cruelty, an affront, and she avoided it by not sleeping.

  Gregory Maguire

  Sleep, Insomnia, Wake Up

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• It's amazing how quickly things start to change when you haven't slept. Your memory goes. Physically, you don't feel well. Emotionally, you're all over the place - you know, if you miss one night of sleep. You can only imagine five nights of not sleeping. I was in an alternate state of reality.

  Jenny Lewis

  Memories, Sleep, Night

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• 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.

  Shelby Harris

  Sleep, Insomnia, Worry

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I would like to say in defense of the Christian religion that there are nice things about it. There really are. And Marilyn can tear up the Bible all he wants and I understand why, but... there's good things in the Bible. Good things. Like about, you know, not killing people, and... you know... not sleeping with people's husbands.

  Courtney Love

  Christian, Husband, Nice

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• I miss 'EastEnders.' I loved it. But I was exhausted when I left. They asked me to go back recently - they've asked a few times. I am tempted! But my husband Scott says you have to really think about it. Because, towards the end, I was so exhausted and not sleeping at night. I'm not quite ready for it.

  Barbara Windsor

  Husband, Sleep, Thinking

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• Obviously I'm not getting much sleep. You guys can see I'm not getting much sleep right now, but I'm OK with that. I'm OK with not sleeping to be able to prepare myself and mentally keep myself intact on what's the main objective for me right now.

  LeBron James

  Sleep, Nba, Guy

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• At night numbers must sleep; it is their duty, just as it is their duty to work in the daytime. Not sleeping at night is a criminal offense.

  Yevgeny Zamyatin

  Sleep, Night, Numbers

  Yevgeny Zamyatin “We”, Two-Gunner Pulp Press

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• If you have breakouts, it can be really healing, it's a little bit stinky, but if you're not sleeping over at your boyfriend's, it's really effective

  Scarlett Johansson

  Healing, Sleep, Your Boyfriend

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• Mania starts off fun, not sleeping for days, keeping company with your brain, which has become a wonderful computer, showing 24 TV channels all about you. That goes horribly wrong after awhile.

  Carrie Fisher

  Depression, Fun, Sleep

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• I'm a workaholic and I don't believe in 'no.' If I'm not sleeping, nobody's sleeping.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Believe, Sleep, Feminist

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• Young people are moving away from feeling guilty about sleeping with somebody to feeling guilty if they are *not* sleeping with someone.

  Margaret Mead

  Sex, Moving, Sleep

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• Time to grow up. Time to stop bawling. Time to do SOMETHING. And that means, if I'm not sleeping, my nerd-herd isn't sleeping either-sun or no sun.

  P. C. Cast

  Growing Up, Mean, Sleep

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• And since I’m marrying into the Quartet, I have certain privileges and duties. If you’re sleeping with Laurel—” “I’m not sleeping with Laurel. We’re dating.” “Right, and the two of you are just going to hold hands, admire the moon, and sing camp songs.” “For a while. Minus the singing.

  Nora Roberts

  Song, Sleep, Moon

  Nora Roberts (2010). “Savor the Moment”, p.89, Penguin

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