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Day Quotes

Lines on routine, duty and the shape of an ordinary day.

These quotes span a wide range of daily experience: actors describing the grind of read-throughs and reshoots, and reflections on the discipline service members carry with them off duty as well as on. For more on the rhythm of daily life, see our Day-To-Day Life quotes.

I used to leave my house at 6:30 in the morning, and I would visit 10 shops every Saturday, starting at the furthest shop I'd decided to go to that day, ending up in Oxford Street 12 hours later.

Quotes by Philip Green

I remember the day after the general election when Harold Wilson had lost, I remember quite clearly cycling from my house in Hutton along Long Ridings and feeling what a relief to live in a country with a Tory government...

Quotes by Philip Hammond

We need society, and we need solitude also, as we need summer and winter, day and night, exercise and rest.

Quotes by Philip Gilbert Hamerton

Acting is just a job at the end of the day, and it's a very strange one.

Quotes by Philip Glenister

The first day in office I guess is Tuesday, right? God willing, I'll get sworn in and I won't blow that.

Quotes by Phil Murphy

When you buy a company that's been on its butt you raise a lot of money, you instantly put new management in place, but that's the end of the glory for three to five years, grinding it out one day...

Quotes by Phil Murphy

My sister is one of the best netball players England's ever produced, and she is now England manager. Almost every day, we sit round the table; we talk about what she's done in her job, how she's dealt with players....

Quotes by Phil Neville

At the end of the day, if I'm playing for a manager who I know cares about me, then I'm going to give more.

Quotes by Phil Neville

The biggest thing I will miss is 4 July when Everton are due back for pre-season training. I loved that day. I lived for it, getting back with the lads.

Quotes by Phil Neville

I remember going to see my dad pitch against other coal-mining teams, and he was successful with the knuckleball. I saw how bad guys would look like swinging, and how guys talked about how he could throw every day and...

Quotes by Phil Niekro

When I worked in a medical practice, our practice provided the insurance. When I retired the next day to run for public office to run for Congress, I had to pay first dollar.

Quotes by Phil Roe

There are days when I don't count sets at all, but then there are some days when I have to realize that I don't want to overwork because I still have an hour of cardio ahead of me or another...

Quotes by Phil Heath

When you see me at the show, I'm smiling because I want you to know I can do this all day.

Quotes by Phil Heath

If you can get to the gym 4-5 days a week, that would be perfect. You can still do chest/tri's, back/bi's, legs, shoulders, and make the fifth day a cleanup day, meaning focus on body parts you may be weaker...

Quotes by Phil Heath

Meeting sports athletes that are the best in the world is a thrill to this day.

Quotes by Phil Knight

It was a wonderful experience to live the life for a year; to spend all day doing Shakespeare and then do a play in the evening.

Quotes by Phil Daniels

At the end of the day, every member of the conservative movement, from our political commentators and thinkers to our elected officials, share an important and common purpose in advancing the cause of liberty, reigning in a bloated federal government,...

Quotes by Phil Gingrey

I use Bed Head shampoo and conditioner, but I try not to shampoo every day because it's so drying.

Quotes by Peyton List

I think that what makes you cool at the end of the day is letting go, not being superficial or uptight, and being different.

Quotes by Peyton List

My hair holds curls so well, and I don't wash it every day because it doesn't need it.

Quotes by Peyton List

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the theme connecting the quotes on this Day page?
The quotes gathered here touch on daily life and routine from different angles - one speaker reflects on being held accountable "twenty-four hours a day," and another describes the routine of a scene-by-scene read-through happening the day before filming, giving the page a loose, everyday-life throughline. For quotes centered specifically on daily routines, see Day-To-Day Life.
Do these quotes come from a specific field or background?
They span a few different worlds - one is a personal reflection on skin and diet changes since college, another discusses accountability among those serving in Iraq, and two more describe the day-to-day realities of working on film and TV sets.
Is there a quote here about filmmaking routines specifically?
Yes, one entry describes not having "the luxury of rehearsal time on most films," explaining that a scene-by-scene read-through often happens just before shooting rather than well in advance.
What about quotes touching on imagination or escaping routine?
This page focuses more on grounded daily-life reflections, so if you're looking for quotes about mentally drifting away from the day-to-day, Daydream quotes might be a better fit.
How is this different from the Daybreak or Daylight pages?
This page's quotes are reflections tied to daily routine and experience in general, rather than the specific moment of morning or sunrise - for that, Daybreak and Daylight are the more focused pages.

Other related pages include our Daybreak quotes for morning-themed lines and Daydream quotes for something more imaginative.