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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.

Every day, I wake up, and the first thing I think of is my kids.

Quotes by Nikki Sixx

We all fall off the wagon. It's only one day; it's not the rest of your life. Pick yourself up and go again.

Quotes by Nikki Sixx

Amsterdam is such a fun, cool place, and it's very Instagrammable with the canals and the boats and the flowers and the architecture. It's amazing for outfit of the day shots.

Quotes by NikkieTutorials

I don't want to sound like a retrospective person stuck in the past, but the fact remains that, in my day, everything was in the hands of the driver - the gear changes, the delicate art of clutch control during...

Quotes by Niki Lauda

I go home every day, and my mum still lives in the same house. It's not one of the most affluent areas of Liverpool - some may say it's deprived - but we have an abundance of love and support.

Quotes by Nikita Parris

Traditionally Presidents Day was Washington's birthday. It was celebrated as a public holiday on February 22 each year, in peace or in war.

Quotes by Nigel Hamilton

I'm not promising to write 'JFK 2' - but one day, I might!

Quotes by Nigel Hamilton

If our system of cabinet government is to work effectively, the prime minister of the day must appoint ministers he or she trusts and then leave them to carry out that policy.

Quotes by Nigel Lawson

I have long argued that in the modern world, corporation tax has had its day as a major source of tax revenue.

Quotes by Nigel Lawson

You have got to clear up that corporation tax in the modern way has had its day as a major source of revenue, and we have got to find a new system.

Quotes by Nigel Lawson

You do not need to be within the single market to be able to export to the European Union, as we see from the wide range of goods on our shelves every day.

Quotes by Nigel Lawson

I put the heart attack down to 66 cigarettes a day.

Quotes by Nigel Lythgoe

We've had nothing but support from everybody in the dance world for a National Dance Day.

Quotes by Nigel Lythgoe

In our day, the driver probably had more input into the car. We didn't have power steering or fully automated gearboxes. We didn't have all the technical whizzes that are on the car now, so we actually controlled the car...

Quotes by Nigel Mansell

So I would always try and be the lightest I could. In high school, I really wouldn't eat. I would only have lunch and I would only have salads. And then it got so crazy as to just eating like...

Quotes by Nicole Polizzi

I'm a Virgo and I'm really good at scheduling. And I really make it work. I get up 6.30 every day.

Quotes by Nicole Richie

I feel great, very healthy and alive and really happy that I can remember yesterday and I can remember the day before.

Quotes by Nicole Richie

You cry and you scream and you stomp your feet and you shout. You say, 'You know what? I'm giving up, I don't care.' And then you go to bed and you wake up and it's a brand new day,...

Quotes by Nicole Scherzinger

I will pursue my passion of cooking every day until my hands fall off and I lose all sense of smell and taste.

Quotes by Nicole Trunfio

I don't have a desire to do reality. Because my truth is not what people are responding to. My truth is funny; I laugh with my husband every day.

Quotes by Niecy Nash

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.