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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.

When I'm not on the road I'm in the studio every day.

Quotes by Dennis DeYoung

I would love, one day before this is all over, to do a Western. That, and to play a priest.

Quotes by Dennis Farina

I think my high-school acting career lasted a day.

Quotes by Dennis Farina

You really have to act on the force, too. You're involved in a hundred things a day, and you have to react in a hundred different ways, depending on what's going on. And you learn that as you go through...

Quotes by Dennis Farina

I was so emotional. Choked up. I could hardly talk all day. I'll be cleaning out my trailer and saying goodbye soon, realizing what a wonderful experience this has been.

Quotes by Dennis Franz

Catch me on a good day, I think half of my books aren't too bad. Catch me on a bad day, I think I've never written a good line.

Quotes by Dennis Lehane

The average American's day planner has fewer holes in it than Ray Charles's dart board.

Quotes by Dennis Miller

As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.

Quotes by Denis Waitley

The key is consistency. Do your ab exercises at least three times a week, or even a few minutes each day.

Quotes by Denise Austin

People are awake about 16 hours a day, so to devote 30 minutes to keeping your weight down, keeping your body healthy, is not a lot of time.

Quotes by Denise Austin

Aim to eat healthy six days out of the week, and then enjoy what I call a 'super splurge' on the seventh day. It helps you enjoy yourself and not feel so deprived, so you're ready to recommit to healthy...

Quotes by Denise Austin

Some of the routines take less than 10 minutes, making Pilates the perfect form of exercise for anyone who finds there's not enough time in the day for exercise.

Quotes by Denise Austin

I tweet 20 times a day, not only about Mexican politics, but about film, books, restaurants, U.S. politics.

Quotes by Denise Dresser

During the day I don't wear much makeup.

Quotes by Denise Richards

I don't know what I would do without my smartphone as I am on the go all day.

Quotes by Denise Van Outen

I have a Father's Day every day.

Quotes by Dennis Banks

I think it is time to call it a day, and watch the game from the stands.

Quotes by Dennis Bergkamp

Well, I heard of Sunny Ade, and looks as if his music is gonna be big on a global level, because I was in London the other day and some people asked me to review the album.

Quotes by Dennis Brown

Well, until this very day, I'm still learning.

Quotes by Dennis Brown

Every day you learn something new.

Quotes by Dennis Brown

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.