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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'm afraid this man will kill me some day.

Quotes by Nicole Brown Simpson

I just woke up one day was like, 'People know you're fat whether you have a cardigan on or your arms are out, so why not just let your arms be out because you're hot.'

Quotes by Nicole Byer

If someone is going to say something nasty to me about my body, that means my body is powerful. If you really stopped your day because you needed to say something to me, that's power.

Quotes by Nicole Byer

There’s no such thing as working too hard. Don’t throw in the towel. Keep trying. But always make time for playfulness and silliness and joy in every day.

Quotes by Nicole Fosse

Every day there is a compromise. Living with somebody requires a lot of understanding. But I love being married. I really love it.

Quotes by Nicole Kidman

I did a guest episode of 'Royal Pains,' and then right after that, 'Supergirl' happened, and I was like, 'How did I get here?' Every day, I walk on set, and I'm waiting for someone to be like, 'Ma'am, you...

Quotes by Nicole Maines

Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.

Quotes by Nicolas Chamfort

The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.

Quotes by Nicolas Chamfort

Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before.

Quotes by Nicolas Chamfort

I remember my father's last race very clearly when he drove at Hockenheim in front of 100,000 people and I was sitting next to him on the roof of his car and waving to the fans. That was the moment...

Quotes by Nico Rosberg

Winning at Monaco feels unbelievable, because it's such a special race and it's also my home race. My first memories were of watching Ayrton Senna here with his yellow helmet, and one day dreaming to win the Monaco GP.

Quotes by Nico Rosberg

I've been acting since I was 8 - I used to play hockey and there was a kids' theatre down the street from my house and one day I just walked in and signed up for auditions for 'The Wizard...

Quotes by Nico Tortorella

Everyone is beatable on the right day.

Quotes by Nicola Adams

Spiders keep me awake at night. If I see one that's too big to get under a glass, there will be big problems. I'll spend the rest of the day feeling like I'm being terrorised by this missing spider.

Quotes by Nicola Adams

My uniform is usually just comfortable clothing. Being a stylist, you spend most of the day at photo shoots covered in safety pins.

Quotes by Nicola Formichetti

I feel lucky to be doing TV right now because I get another chance every day.

Quotes by Nick Wechsler

Great product trumps all. You can have the biggest marketing budget, the biggest show, a perfect merchandising plan, but at the end of the day, it doesn't mean anything if the design and quality of the product you are offering...

Quotes by Nick Wooster

There is a man out there who prosecuted me. He's been constantly calling different lawyers, telling them how afraid of me his is. He's afraid I'll come after him now that I'm out, because of all the horrible things he...

Quotes by Nick Yarris

I used music and reading to erase my world, so basically I read for up to 16 hours a day for 23 years.

Quotes by Nick Yarris

Even in practice, me and Kobe get into it every day. I do my best to challenge him. He's still going to be Kobe, talking trash.

Quotes by Nick Young

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.