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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've grown this mustache which saves me from having to glue on one every day in the heat.

Quotes by Keith Carradine

We manage to bounce ideas off one another. Every band fights, but at the end of the day, we're very positive about the way we fight. At least we come out with a result.

Quotes by Keith Emerson

Look, at the end of the day, we do what we do because it suits us.

Quotes by Keith Flint

I thought I'd be a chef by night and paint by day. Now I just have fabulous dinner parties.

Quotes by Kehinde Wiley

I'd like to think that even if I wasn't acting professionally, I would still be doing it for free. It helps me get through the day.

Quotes by Kaya Scodelario

In terms of its endorphin-boosting potential, a good hair day is on par with a good workout.

Quotes by Kayleen Schaefer

Galentine's Day is the day before Valentine's Day. People sometimes think, 'Oh, it's a replacement for Valentine's Day.' But it's not. You can celebrate Galentine's and Valentine's. And it comes from the sitcom 'Parks And Recreation'... Amy Poehler's character created...

Quotes by Kayleen Schaefer

As a human being, you find a way to survive, moment by moment, every single day of your life.

Quotes by Keala Settle

I still doubt myself every single day.

Quotes by Katy Tur

My mom likes to say I've been covering news since the day I was born - longer if you count my time in utero.

Quotes by Katy Tur

I'm 5'2'', 5'3'' on a good day.

Quotes by Katy Tur

After college, I moved to Breckenridge, Colorado, and went snowboarding every day. I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I knew what I didn't want to do. So I applied to grad school for writing, and I just...

Quotes by Kaui Hart Hemmings

I like to work out every day, so that takes up some time.

Quotes by Kaui Hart Hemmings

My seven-year-old daughter knows old songs and how the neighborhoods got their names. There are little things: Businesses receive blessings from Hawaiian priests before opening, and everyone's kids have their debut luau. You can't really get through a day without...

Quotes by Kaui Hart Hemmings

I feel like having details from their day and having a plot and action and things to do is much more revealing than having a character sitting and thinking to themselves. When I'm writing, I want people to actually have...

Quotes by Kaui Hart Hemmings

One day during filming, George Clooney was wearing his surf shirt and board shorts, and my six-year-old daughter was in the background as an extra, playing in the sand - playing herself. She and Clooney suddenly looked equally Hawaiian, equally...

Quotes by Kaui Hart Hemmings

I wake up around seven, and I give my daughter breakfast. I spend the first hour or two of her day with her.

Quotes by Kay Cannon

It's rough being a teenager in this day and age.

Quotes by Kay Panabaker

When I'm talking about depression, I'm talking about the more severe forms of depression, and I think that conceptualising as a form of grief is probably not the most effective way of looking at it. I mean, at the end...

Quotes by Kay Redfield Jamison

I like to wear more traditional work outfits like pants and a blouse, but I want the blouse to have something that is a little bit different and interesting - like with some studs on it or a little bit...

Quotes by Katrina Lake

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.