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> [You should not actually stay in bed for very long awake, because your brain is this remarkably associative device, and it quickly learns that the bed is about being awake. So you should go to another room - a room…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/you-should-not-actually-stay-in-bed-for-very-long-awake-because-your/)

[Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/)

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## More by Matthew Walker

> [“Routinely sleeping less than six or seven hours a night demolishes your immune system, more than doubling your risk of cancer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/routinely-sleeping-less-than-six-or-seven-hours-a-night-demolishes/)

[Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/)

> [You're trying to sleep off a debt that you've lumbered your brain and body with during the week, and wouldn't it be lovely if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/you-re-trying-to-sleep-off-a-debt-that-you-ve-lumbered-your-brain-and/)

[Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/)

> [“The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep.”VII”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/the-best-bridge-between-despair-and-hope-is-a-good-night-s-sleep-vii/)

[Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/)

> [I think we perhaps are, with sleep, where we were with smoking about 50 years ago, in that we had all of the science,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/i-think-we-perhaps-are-with-sleep-where-we-were-with-smoking-about-50/)

[Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/)

> [It's simply that older adults don't seem to be able to generate sleep efficiently, and that's why they're not getting it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/it-s-simply-that-older-adults-don-t-seem-to-be-able-to-generate-sleep/)

[Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/)

> [The time of night when you sleep makes a significant difference in terms of the structure and quality of your sleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/the-time-of-night-when-you-sleep-makes-a-significant-difference-in/)

[Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/)

> [Do you tend to sleep in during the weekends? That usually signals that you're trying to sleep off a debt you've accumulated during the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/do-you-tend-to-sleep-in-during-the-weekends-that-usually-signals-that/)

[Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/)

> [No one wants to give up time with their family or entertainment, so they give up sleep instead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/no-one-wants-to-give-up-time-with-their-family-or-entertainment-so/)

[Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/)

> [If sleep does not provide a remarkable set of benefits, then it's the biggest mistake the evolutionary process has ever made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/if-sleep-does-not-provide-a-remarkable-set-of-benefits-then-it-s-the/)

[Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/)

> [Your subjective sense of how well you're doing under conditions of sleep deprivation is a miserable predictor of, objectively, how you actually are doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/your-subjective-sense-of-how-well-you-re-doing-under-conditions-of/)

[Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/)

> [If you were not to set an alarm clock, would you sleep past it? If the answer is yes, then there is clearly more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/if-you-were-not-to-set-an-alarm-clock-would-you-sleep-past-it-if-the/)

[Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/)

> [Friends say, 'Shall we go out to dinner at 8?' I say, 'I can't, I'm a 10 A.M.-till-6:30 P.M. kind of guy.' I keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/friends-say-shall-we-go-out-to-dinner-at-8-i-say-i-can-t-i-m-a-10-a-m/)

[Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/)

> [I give myself a non-negotiable eight-hour sleep opportunity every night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/i-give-myself-a-non-negotiable-eight-hour-sleep-opportunity-every/)

[Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/)

> [We know that efficiency and effectiveness are increased when you're getting sufficient sleep, and it will take you longer to do the same thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/we-know-that-efficiency-and-effectiveness-are-increased-when-you-re/)

[Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/)

> [As you try to tweak your sleep one way or the other, you might be, you might be doing great - you might do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/as-you-try-to-tweak-your-sleep-one-way-or-the-other-you-might-be-you/)

[Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/)

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