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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 run every day now. I never ran before.

Quotes by Travis Barker

In the hospital, I promised myself that I ever walked again, that I would eat well and swim every day.

Quotes by Travis Barker

Do you need to train two hours a day? Probably not. The reason why my celebrity clients have to train two hours a day is because their endurance level is so strong. For Madonna to get results and keep results,...

Quotes by Tracy Anderson

Madonna is an athlete; she has to be treated like a professional athlete. She doesn't work out for six hours a day, though, like some of the press says. She never works out for more than two hours a day,...

Quotes by Tracy Anderson

My writing routine is: get son off to school and sit down at 8 A.M. I read what I wrote the day before, and then write longhand, into a notebook. I prefer paper and pen because it feels closer to...

Quotes by Tracy Chevalier

At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day on it, because all I want to do is make it good and get it done.

Quotes by Tracy Kidder

I'm like an old turtle these days. I don't run wide-open everywhere, but at the end of the day, I'll be where I'm supposed to be.

Quotes by Tracy Lawrence

I talk to women for a living. It's pretty much what I do with my day.

Quotes by Tracy McMillan

I think I had something to prove to myself, that I could book a cis role and then if I did come out one day and start auditioning for trans roles, I could say, 'Look, I've already worked in a...

Quotes by Trace Lysette

Emotions run high when you have a bad day; you can't hide it.

Quotes by Toto Wolff

We went to labor in the fields, my wife and I, hand in hand. Scarcely were we conscious of the fatigues of the day. Heaven always blessed our toil.

Quotes by Toussaint Louverture

This gun is liberty; hold for certain that the day when you no more have it, you will be returned to slavery.

Quotes by Toussaint Louverture

One makes a trip by day, but by night, one sets out on a journey.

Quotes by Tove Jansson

At first, my bedroom had flowers and yellow walls and huge furniture in plastic that was orange and green - and furry green bed cover and everything. Then, I think the day I turned 13, I painted the walls black...

Quotes by Tove Lo

The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe.

Quotes by Torquato Tasso

I just talk just to talk. I like to see what other people think. There's some things somebody tweets me every day where I'm like, 'Wow, I never thought of this issue that way.' It starts great conversation with people...

Quotes by Torrey Smith

It was between the ages of 14 and 20 and I started off not eating at all, maybe an apple a day.

Quotes by Torrie Wilson

I never go out during the day without sunglasses.

Quotes by Tory Burch

I could eat gazpacho three times a day.

Quotes by Tory Burch

I think people have to look at it from a certain view. I say things because, at the end of the day, I can say whatever I want.

Quotes by Tory Lanez

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.