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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.

Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources.

Quotes by Eduard Shevardnadze

Even the pyramids might one day disappear, but not the Palestinians longing for their homeland.

Quotes by Eduard Shevardnadze

One day, I saw a statue of Benjamin Franklin, and I said to myself, 'I can do that kind of work, too.'

Quotes by Edmonia Lewis

My mother was a schoolteacher and very keen that I go to a city school, so although it was fairly impoverished times, I traveled every day to the Auckland Grammar School.

Quotes by Edmund Hillary

A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.

Quotes by Edith Hamilton

There's no rule I want to break or ever wanted to break - I find the conventional life gratifying - as long as I can sit at my typewriter, alone, for half a day.

Quotes by Edith Pearlman

I've always wanted to sing, just as I've always known that one day I would have my own niche in the annals of song. It was a feeling I had.

Quotes by Edith Piaf

You can get racially abused 10 times before you even reach the football stadium. If you've been confronted every day with something like that, it's hard. This is not about people playing the 'race card.' This is a reality that...

Quotes by Edgar Davids

We do high heels, and people know us for that, but the idea of wearing a flat from day to night feels special.

Quotes by Edgardo Osorio

I like statement flats that can take you from day to night.

Quotes by Edgardo Osorio

No one wears high heels all day, every day.

Quotes by Edgardo Osorio

I'll be making music 'til the day I die. I've done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming.

Quotes by Eddie Van Halen

'Cooking Lucky' is a show for guys - or girls - or really for anyone who is all thumbs in the kitchen and needs some help cooking meals that are so incredibly impressive they make it look like you've been...

Quotes by Eden Riegel

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

Edgar Allan Poe

For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much - if he lives and uses that in hand day by day - shall be full to running over.

Quotes by Edgar Cayce

When I was ten years old, I would get up at 5 in the morning, cycle to the swimming baths, do an hour-and-a-half session, then cycle to school, do a day at school, then cycle back to the baths after.

Quotes by Eddie Hall

I tend to wake up around 7, and I start the day with a protein shake.

Quotes by Eddie Hall

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day; this is where most people will make their first big mistake if they're trying to lose weight.

Quotes by Eddie Hall

I've got four kids - I unblock a toilet every day.

Quotes by Eddie Marsan

I don't know where Hank Aaron will break Ruth's record but I can tell you one thing - ten years from the day he hits it three million people will say they were there.

Quotes by Eddie Mathews

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.