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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 have also written a book about the Giving of the Torah, and a book on the Days of Awe, and a book on the books of Israel that have been written since the day the Torah was given to...

Quotes by Shmuel Yosef Agnon

I think I've wanted to be an actress since the day I was born. I even asked my parents for an agent for my seventh birthday!

Quotes by Shoshannah Stern

At the end of the day, though, the band members have to be strong. It's down to the individuals in the unit. Listen to me, I'm talking like I'm in the army and this is my squadron.

Quotes by Shirley Manson

I work a seventeen hour day, and I'm personally responsible for 108 staff members in the embassy.

Quotes by Shirley Temple

Research has shown that it takes 31 days of conscious effort to make or break a habit. That means, if one practices something consistently for 31 days, on the 32nd day it does become a habit. Information has been internalised...

Quotes by Shiv Khera

In long term investments, you don't need day to day management.

Quotes by Shiv Khera

Since the day I was born as a low-caste Indian, I've had to fight.

Quotes by Shiva Ayyadurai

To serve as prime minister while being too mindful of the approval rating is like serving as a prime minister on a roller coaster. What is important, I believe, is that I really act on promises that I make and...

Quotes by Shinzo Abe

This is Staples. On a good day, we get to stay at the Marriott Courtyard. We have a frugal culture.

Quotes by Shira Goodman

I'm president of my children's day school and have a tremendous passion for education.

Quotes by Shira Goodman

I am the people's politician. If the day should ever come when the people can't save me, I'll know I'm finished.

Quotes by Shirley Chisholm

Psychologists say don't expect your life to be happy all the time. I go with the philosophy that every day can't be tops. Life is not like that - it's up and down.

Quotes by Shirley Eaton

You have to work on your fitness, maintain it. I try to do it whenever I have an off day.

Quotes by Shikhar Dhawan

I worked with a group of people who argued day and night - professors, officials, the Minister of Finance - but there were decisions that I had to make.

Quotes by Shimon Peres

I dreamed of a future as a muscular, tanned, kibbutznik, who plowed the fertile fields of the Jezreel Valley in the day, sang religiously in the dining hall in the evening, and fiercely guarded the farmland at night, riding a...

Quotes by Shimon Peres

Very often, people talk about mothers, and they think that mother has to lose her sexuality. Mother has to be plain. Mothers cannot be exciting. Mother should not be up on what's going on; she shouldn't know the jargon of...

Quotes by Sheryl Lee Ralph

And yeah, my handicap was down to a 10 when we were at the thick of it. I trained for six or seven months, golfing every day for six hours, seven days a week, with eight trainers. It was intense.

Quotes by Shia LaBeouf

Write yourself a permission slip to be surprised by someone's potential. Who knows? One day that person could be you.

Quotes by Sherri Shepherd

One of the things that I do that I've found from being newly married is that my husband and I, we go in the bathroom and brush our teeth together. And that's when we talk about what's going on in...

Quotes by Sherri Shepherd

I was taught not to confront and interrupt people, but that's what I do every day on 'The View.'

Quotes by Sherri Shepherd

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.