Logo - Feel The Words

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 always say leave things at the door. Whether it's at your audition or at your house, leave the problems of the day away. Keep persevering, stick to yourself. Don't do what other people ask, do what you want!

Quotes by Jenna Ushkowitz

Live in the moment, day by day, and don't stress about the future. People are so caught up in looking into the future, that they kind of lose what's in front of them.

Quotes by Jenna Ushkowitz

I cook every day. If I don't cook, they don't eat. Who's going to do it? I'm their mother!

Quotes by Jennie Garth

Sitting around on the couch eating Pringles all day is not going to help anyone.

Quotes by Jennie Garth

I have to pick myself up every day and say, 'The show must go on,' meaning life as I know it must go on, whatever the obstacle is, I know I can handle it, and I can get through it.

Quotes by Jennie Garth

I cook every day.

Quotes by Jennie Garth

I would love to be in public one day and see someone reading my book. I think that would be so ridiculously cool.

Quotes by Jennifer A. Nielsen

When I was working on 'Vampires Suck,' I must have watched 'Twilight' and 'New Moon' literally almost every day.

Quotes by Jenn Proske

I have to read once a day, or I become cranky.

Quotes by Jenna Blum

Make a list of activities that keep you tethered to your creative world, and put it where you can see it every day - like, right in the center of your image board.

Quotes by Jenna Blum

One day I would love to have a couple children.

Quotes by Jenna Bush

I'm from Texas and actually went to a regular high school, but every day after school I'd run to dance class and practice a lot and then go back the next day and stuff like that.

Quotes by Jenna Dewan

I got good notice from that show, and on the last day of filming Townies, Twentieth Century Fox called wanting to meet with me about a development deal.

Quotes by Jenna Elfman

Kombucha is great for digestion - I drink it at the beginning of the day and sip on it all day.

Quotes by Jenna Johnson

I know that if I don’t work out in the mornings before my day gets started, I won’t get to the gym at all that day.

Quotes by Jenna Johnson

I spent all day in front of a digital screen, but I'm about to curl up with a book.

Quotes by Jeffrey Zeldman

I like Oprah. I could sit around and make vision boards all day, but I wouldn't actually get anything done if I were to concentrate on my feelings rather than doing.

Quotes by Jen Lancaster

Scare yourself every day, and do something that makes you feel totally excited and totally terrified.

Quotes by Jen Sincero

I think sleep's really important. I value it as much as waking up and having a full day.

Quotes by Jena Malone

Is there anything sadder than the foods of the 1950s? Canned, frozen, packaged concoctions, served up by the plateful, three meals per day, in an era in which the supermarket was king, the farmer's market was, well, for farmers, and...

Quotes by Jeffrey Kluger

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.