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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.

At the end of the day, a show like 'Strictly' is not about what colour you are, or where you come from. It is about how hard you are prepared to work and how well you can dance.

Quotes by Oti Mabuse

I'm smiling every single day because every opportunity I've been given feels like a baby in Disneyland, I'm constantly hoping to move on to the next job.

Quotes by Oti Mabuse

If you want to be a singer, you've got to concentrate on it twenty-four hours a day. You can't be a well driller, too. You've got to concentrate on the business of entertaining and writing songs. Always think different from...

Quotes by Otis Redding

I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.

Quotes by Oscar Levant

I think the hardest thing that, historically, the industry may have relied upon is that we can't control weather, we can't control air traffic control, and use that at the end of the day as an excuse. Things do happen...

Quotes by Oscar Munoz

Beyond this day, no thinking person could fail to see what would happen.

Quotes by Oskar Schindler

On the 1st day of December, 1830, I was confirmed, and in accordance with the word of the Lord I was ordained an Elder under the hands of the Prophet.

Quotes by Orson Pratt

The best thing about my job, though, is stopping at the end of the day and rejoining the human universe.

Quotes by Orson Scott Card

In my real movie-going days, which were the thirties, you didn't stand in line. You strolled down the street and sallied into the theater at any hour of the day or night.

Quotes by Orson Welles

We dried continuously day and night. We had no efficient way to do it, so we built this new popcorn plant.

Quotes by Orville Redenbacher

I think about making a comeback every single day. I went running, I went training, did that for a few days. But my body couldn't handle it.

Quotes by Oscar De La Hoya

The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.

Quotes by Orlando Aloysius Battista

As a child, I had the opportunity to meet the captain onboard a British Airways flight. It was so exciting to see the cockpit and controls. I was in awe of the captain, and he stamped my log book, which...

Quotes by Orlando Bloom

I've been in fandom for a really long time. Back in the day, you had to go to a con to engage in fandom, and that was really the only way.

Quotes by Orlando Jones

At the end of the day, I want to be a teacher at a university, teaching film or acting.

Quotes by Omar Dorsey

I grew up in poverty, so I thought, 'I want to be a billionaire one day. I'll go and work for Donald Trump. I'll go try to be on 'The Apprentice' and be successful.' But 15 years later, I never...

Quotes by Omarosa Manigault Newman

Sarah Huckabee stands in front of the country and lies every single day.

Quotes by Omarosa Manigault Newman

It's not every day you get to do what you love and have a major story behind it.

Quotes by OMI

Since becoming a pop star, I've experimented a lot more. I've gotten more creative with what I wear. My stylist is a bit more adventurous than I would normally be, but it's really worked, and the colours really work together....

Quotes by Olly Murs

I'm a keen runner, so I try to fit in a half hour every other day.

Quotes by Olly Murs

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.