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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.

We're still in the first minutes of the first day of the Internet revolution.

Quotes by Scott Cook

I've been doing independent films for 10 years, but one out of five didn't see the light of day.

Quotes by Scoot McNairy

Working on 'Comedy Bang Bang,' we're there from 10-7, and that's a pretty light day compared to most other TV shows. Other shows, it's like 10-10.

Quotes by Scott Aukerman

One of my favorite things to do is play golf at Braemar Country Club. It's quiet and not overly crowded. The people are nice, and there's wildlife all around the course. As far as my game itself, I can go...

Quotes by Scott Baio

Every day I think, 'Can I commit?' I think I can and that I will.

Quotes by Scott Baio

I've always been a big fan of time travel, and I'm very into the notion that some day we'll be able to do it. Beam me up!

Quotes by Scott Bakula

People who go far don't sleep an average of 14 hours a day.

Quotes by Sayed Kashua

I remember back in the day when Chuck D called hip-hop the 'black people's CNN.' Well now, hip-hop is more like Fox News. It's biased, and highly suspect.

Quotes by Saul Williams

While losing weight I followed a protein diet in which you take 500 calories a day and don't eat after 9 P. M.

Quotes by Satish Kaushik

We then came to the Soviet Union. One day we were walking and carrying our banner and distributing a few leaflets in Russian to people, and we met two women on the road.

Quotes by Satish Kumar

You renew yourself every day. Sometimes you're successful, sometimes your not, but it's the average that counts.

Quotes by Satya Nadella

My cameraman and I devised a method, which we started using from my second film, which applies mainly to day scenes shot in the studio, where we used bounced light instead of direct light. We agreed with this thing of...

Quotes by Satyajit Ray

Few remember that the battle of Rorke's Drift was fought on the same day that the British Army suffered its most humiliating defeat at nearby Isandlwana.

Quotes by Saul David

The day I feel like I'm at an office job is the day I'll quit performing in front of a camera.

Quotes by Sasha Grey

My hair is very fine, so I use Tigi Bed Head Small Talk before I blow dry for volume, and I'm a firm believer in Tigi Rockaholic dry shampoo to keep volume throughout the day.

Quotes by Sasha Jackson

I cleanse, tone and moisturize twice a day. I exfoliate once a week and carry makeup wipes in the car for freshening up.

Quotes by Sasha Jackson

If I can go every day of the week, that's great and I'll do it. Usually I can't, so it's about 4 or 5 times a week that I'll go to the gym. I just do cardio and make sure...

Quotes by Sasha Pieterse

Back in the day when I started on the independent scene, guys would not watch women's matches, and if they did, they would do it to make fun of us.

Quotes by Sasha Banks

Cardio is tough after a day of skating, but with my iPod I can get into the moment and complete the cardio training for the day.

Quotes by Sasha Cohen

Every day, President Obama and Senator McCaskill are making it harder for working mothers and women of all ages to find a good-paying job. They continue to dictate to our families how they should live, stripping them of opportunities and...

Quotes by Sarah Steelman

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.