100 Insomnia Quotes
Following is our list of insomnia quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about suffering from insomnia.
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Famous Insomnia Quotes
Insomnia is an all-night travel agency with posters advertising faraway places. — Charles Simic
Know what the best thing about insomnia is? That I get to stay up all night figuring it out. — Olivia Munn
Insomnia: A contagious disease often transmitted from babies to parents. — Shannon Fife
I prefer insomnia to anaesthesia. — Antonio Tabucchi
I'm an insomniac, my mind works the night shift. — Pete Wentz
The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world. — Leonard Cohen
I have major sleeping problems. I'd rather be up thinking about things than actually sleeping. — Jared Kushner
When I am with you, we stay up all night. When you're not here, I can't go to sleep. Praise God for those two insomnias! And the difference between them. — Rumi
I can't sleep very well at night. It takes me a while to get to sleep. I could just be nocturnal. I have my nighttime witching hour where I hang out, listen to records or watch TV. — Billie Joe Armstrong
Sleep and watchfulness, both of them, when immoderate, constitute disease. — Hippocrates
Impossible to spend sleepless nights and accomplish anything: if, in my youth, my parents had not financed my insomnias, I should surely have killed myself. — E. M. Cioran
…our lack of sleep is a slow form of self-euthanasia… — Matthew Walker
If you can't fall back asleep, get up and do something relaxing until you feel sleepy again. Avoid giving your insomnia a purpose. — Peter Attia
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
In true rock star fashiuon, I had insomina last night and I didn't sleep at all. So all I need is a bottle of Jack Daniels and some groupies, and I'll be just like David Lee Roth. — Chris Jericho
Short Insomnia Quotes
- I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death. — Nas
- I don't sleep. I got an opportunity to make a dream become a reality. — 50 Cent
- I'm so tired, but I can't sleep. Standing on the edge of something much too deep. — Sarah McLachlan
- Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep. — Mahatma Gandhi
- The night is the hardest time to be alive and 4am knows all my secrets. — Poppy Z. Brite
- There is nowhere in the world where sleep is so deep as in the libraries of the House of Commons. — Henry Channon
- Call me a sinner, Mock me maliciously: I was your insomnia, I was your grief. — Anna Akhmatova
- O sleep! O gentle sleep! Nature's soft nurse. — William Shakespeare
- Bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret. — Charles Caleb Colton
- The worst thing in the world is to try to sleep and not to. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Macbeth Insomnia Quotes
You lack the season of all natures, sleep. — William Shakespeare
O bed! O bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head. — Thomas Hood
Sleep lingers all our lifetime about our eyes, as night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir-tree. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sleep, rest of things, O pleasing Deity, Peace of the soul, which cares dost crucify, Weary bodies refresh and mollify. — Ovid
The worst thing in the world is to be bland. — Ben Huh
Suffering From Insomnia Quotes
Whenever I’m suffering from insomnia, I just look at a picture of a Toyota Camry and I’m straight off. — Jeremy Clarkson
On some nights, he has nowhere to sleep, on others he suffers from insomnia. "That's just how it is," thinks the warrior. "I was the one who chose to walk this path." — Paulo Coelho
I sometimes suffer from insomnia and one of the first times it ever happened I was like, "I don't know what to do with myself," so I started writing a song and by morning it was finished. It was about how I couldn't sleep... I was 14. — Eliot Paulina Sumner
That ideal reader suffering from an ideal insomnia. — James Joyce
Ruthless and arrogant though power can appear, it is only ever held by mere mammals who excrete and yearn, and who suffer from insomnia and insecurity. These mammals are also necessarily vain in the extreme, and often wish to be liked almost as much as they desire to be feared. — Christopher Hitchens
Insomniac Quotes
For every poet it is always morning in the world; history a forgotten, insomniac night. The fate of poetry is to fall in love with the world in spite of history. — Derek Walcott
Olivia Newton-John - Australia's gift to insomniacs. It's nothing but the blonde singing the bland. — Minnie Riperton
It is not the slumber of reason that engenders monsters, but vigilant and insomniac rationality — Gilles Deleuze
These ante meridiem cats, insomniacs... Four in the mornin' we throwin back some Cognac juice. — Prodigy
I either eat too much or starve myself. Sleep for 14 hours or have insomniac nights. Fall in love very hard or hate passionately. I don't know what grey is. I never did. — Anais Nin
Mario, what do you get when you cross an insomniac, an unwilling agnostic and a dyslexic?" "I give." "You get someone who stays up all night torturing himself mentally over the question of whether or not there's a dog. — David Foster Wallace
I'm a bit of an insomniac. I go to bed at 5am because I get caught up in watching TV or listening to music at night. — A. J. McLean
I have met guys who work the overnight shift at 7-11, selling Slurpees and Camels to insomniacs who have more introspection than a lot of people in the mainstream media. — Bernard Goldberg
Montovani? They play Montovani to insomniacs that don't respond to strong drugs — Robin Williams
As a seasoned insomniac, I knew sometimes the way to beat sleeplessness was to outwit it: to pretend you didn't care about sleeping. Then sometimes sleep became piqued, like a rejected lover, and crept up to try to seduce you. — Erica Jong
Trouble Sleeping Quotes
And never, ever, no matter what else you do in your whole life, never sleep with anyone whose troubles are worse than your own. — Nelson Algren
Life is populated with scarecrows—all those people and things that seem so scary and trouble our sleep. Isn't it nice to know that most of them turn out to be made of nothing but straw? — Jerry Spinelli
Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain, Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep, So men against their will Learn to practice moderation. Favours come to us from gods. — Aeschylus
I know only one thing. when i sleep, i know no fear, no, trouble no bliss. blessing on him who invented sleep. the common coin that purchases all things, the balance that levels shepherd and king, fool and wise man. there is only one bad thing about sound sleep. They say it closely resembles death. — Andrei Tarkovsky
It's like Samson and Delilah: watch your back, because trouble could be the person you're sleeping with. — Elizabeth Wurtzel
With a vegan diet you always have energy, so much that sometimes I have trouble sleeping at night. You feel light. You don't feel bulky or heavy. This would benefit any athlete in any sport. — Timothy Bradley
Unnatural deeds do breed unnatural troubles. — William Shakespeare
The trouble with sharing one's bed with cats is that they'd rather sleep on you than beside you. — Pam Brown
Sleep is the best cure for waking troubles. — Miguel de Cervantes
Unnatural deeds Do breed unnatural troubles: infected minds To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets. — William Shakespeare
People Writing About Insomnia
More Insomnia Quotes
A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by One after one; the sound of rain, and bees Murmuring; the fall of rivers, winds and seas, Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky - I've thought of all by turns, and still I lie Sleepless. — William Wordsworth
Live in rooms full of light. Avoid heavy food. Be moderate in the drinking of wine. Take massage, baths, exercise, and gymnastics. Fight insomnia with gentle rocking or the sound of running water. Change surroundings and take long journeys. Strictly avoid frightening ideas. Indulge in cheerful conversation and amusements. Listen to music. — Aulus Cornelius Celsus
There are just some nights where I don't wanna sleep, and for whatever reason, I feel compelled to go all night. — MrBeast
I've crossed some kind of invisible line. I feel as if I've come to a place I never thought I'd have to come to. And I don't know how I got here. It's a strange place. It's a place where a little harmless dreaming and then some sleepy, early-morning talk has led me into considerations of death and annihilation. — Raymond Carver
How do people go to sleep? I'm afraid I've lost the knack. I might try busting myself smartly over the temple with the night-light. I might repeat to myself, slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound; if I can remember any of the damn things. — Dorothy Parker
I also turn to homeopathic remedies for the treatment of indigestion, travel sickness, insomnia and hay fever just to name a few. Homeopathy offers a safe, natural alternative that causes no side effects or drug interactions. — Cindy Crawford
For most people, we often marvel at the beauty of a sunrise or the magnificence of a full moon, but it is impossible to fathom the magnitude of the universe that surrounds us. — Richard Baker
I've always envied people who sleep easily. Their brains must be cleaner, the floorboards of the skull well swept, all the little monsters closed up in a steamer trunk at the foot of the bed. — David Benioff
From this cascade comes a prediction: getting too little sleep across the adult life span will significantly raise your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Precisely this relationship has now been reported in numerous epidemiological studies, including those individuals suffering from sleep disorders such as insomnia and sleep apnea.VIII Parenthetically, and unscientifically, I have always found it curious that Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan—two heads of state that were very vocal, if not proud, about sleeping only four to five hours a night—both went on to develop the ruthless disease. The current US president, Donald Trump—also a vociferous proclaimer of sleeping just a few hours each night—may want to take note. — Matthew Walker
There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled. — Edward Lucas
If feeling anxious about anything Dr Bachs night time rescue remedy is great. Sometimes a bath before bed helps. Burning Lavender or Clary Sage in the room before retiring. Try not to work on my computer very late and then bed straight after. Getting enough exercise definitely helps sleep. — Rachel Ryan
The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you don't know the difference between reality and fantasy, when for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is reality, and it really happened. — Oprah Winfrey
That's the advantage of insomnia. People who go to be early always complain that the night is too short, but for those of us who stay up all night, it can feel as long as a lifetime. You get a lot done — Banana Yoshimoto
The mania started with insomnia and not eating and being driven, driven to find an apartment, driven to see everybody, driven to do New York, driven to never shut up. — Patty Duke
At first, I could lie about my lack of sleep and she'd fall for it, but she started suspecting insomnia when I began seeing purple elephants in the air vents at the office. I knew I shouldn't have asked her about them. I thought maybe she'd redecorated. — Darynda Jones
Many things, such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly - are done worst when we try hardest to do them. — C. S. Lewis
Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking. — Clifton Fadiman
I only sleep with people I love, which is why I have insomnia. — Emilie Autumn
A conscious attempt to fall asleep is sure to produce insomnia, to try to be conscious of one's own digestion is a sure way to upset the stomach. Consciousness is a poison when we apply it to ourselves. Consciousness is a light directed outward. it's like the headlights on a locomotive—turn them inward and you'd have a crash. — Boris Pasternak
Laugh and the world laughs with you! — Grant Morrison
His insomnia was so bad, he couldn't sleep during office hours. — Arthur Baer
In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Another intruder that plagues our good health is sleeplessness. Insomnia is much like constipation in that stress or nervous tension can bring it on or aggravate it until there's almost no coping with it. That's why you find sleeping pills in so many medicine cabinets next to the laxatives. — Jack LaLanne
The amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes more. — Wilson Mizner
What strangely enchanted tunes gush forth during those sleepless nights! — Emile M. Cioran
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