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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.

If the first lady is concerned about this Internet cycle, what would she have done during the heyday when there was 12, 13 editions of a paper in one day? What would she have done with that news cycle?

Quotes by Matt Drudge

Tax Day is right up there with 'Root Canal Day' in terms of days that no one wants to celebrate.

Quotes by Matt Gaetz

I’ve said that the era of the inevitable closure of community hospitals is over because I want community hospitals increasingly to become community health hubs where you have the physios, some of the day cases, the GPs, mental health services...

Quotes by Matt Hancock

In a government such as ours we have vigorous contests to determine who should lead. The recent election was no exception. Now we inaugurate a new government on a day that transcends any one individual or any one party.

Quotes by Matt Blunt

Once you start playing 'Call of Duty,' you better watch out, because before you know it, you've lost four or five hours out of your day.

Quotes by Matt Cain

I have tunnel vision. I go out and try to get better each and every day.

Quotes by Matt Cassel

I work out seven days a week, and I love every minute of it. It really is a way just to get away. I weight train and do cardio and stay active as much as possible every day; I have...

Quotes by Matt Cohen

I am a very private person, but when you get recognized, it's an opportunity to make somebody's day.

Quotes by Matt Czuchry

I don't have too many bad days because I just don't let them happen. When I'm having one of those days, I'll just be like. 'I'm not going to let this be a bad day,' and I'll do everything I...

Quotes by Matt Dallas

Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.

Quotes by Matsuo Basho

I still have a Japanese passport. I haven't become an American citizen, and I am worried about getting deported every day.

Quotes by Masi Oka

At the end of the day, I just want the world to live in peace and harmony.

Quotes by Masi Oka

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Quotes by Mason Cooley

Three meals plus bedtime make four sure blessings a day.

Quotes by Mason Cooley

I had Ibra at Milan, who every day would get angry about a misplaced pass, and I told him that if everyone was as talented as him, there would be no problems.

Quotes by Massimiliano Allegri

It's been awesome going indie. I don't need to be on a major label. I love not having to walk into a specific radio person's office to try to convince someone to play my songs. At the end of the...

Quotes by Mat Kearney

I always had the desire to perform. If it wasn't my career now, I'd still be doing amateur dramatics. It's just something you love, and when you get paid to do it, you pinch yourself every day.

Quotes by Mathew Baynton

Destiny's Child has never broken up officially. So don't be surprised one day if there's a new record or a tour because the group never officially broke up.

Quotes by Mathew Knowles

I worry that the superficial way we read during the day is affecting us when we have to read with more in-depth processing.

Quotes by Maryanne Wolf

I'm not a fighter, but in my mind I'm fighting every day. 'What's new? What am I doing?' I'm fighting myself. My soul is samurai. My roots aren't samurai, but my soul is.

Quotes by Masaharu Morimoto

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.