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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.

Acting is a privilege, and I'm exceedingly blessed to be able to do what I do. At the end of the day, it's all entertainment.

Quotes by Russell Hornsby

My philosophy is to save, spend minimally, and buy things as much as you can on sale, never pay full price, and just don't spend a lot of money at the end of the day.

Quotes by Russell Hornsby

I've never boxed before in my life. I've had one day's training at a boxing gym, and it's an incredibly difficult sport.

Quotes by Rupert Penry-Jones

I still say the 'Lord's Prayer' every day. It covers a lot of ground in our relation to the world.

Quotes by Rupert Sheldrake

I sat with myself one day and asked, 'Who is in those prestigious literary circles? Do they represent me? Do they appreciate the topics I write about and the style in which I write? Do those gatekeepers let a demographic...

Quotes by Rupi Kaur

It just makes me smile - every time I hear somebody say 'Rusev Day,' it just makes me smile.

Quotes by Rusev

Being the United States champion, it makes me elevate the title even more because, at the end of the day, that is what I wanna do. I wanna elevate the title, whether it be the world championship, the universal championship,...

Quotes by Rusev

Eventually, one day, you know, cream rises to the top. So, you know, I'm waiting... I'm waiting for the rise.

Quotes by Rusev

I attended sports school in Bulgaria just like my parents. I attended class twice a day and trained twice a day.

Quotes by Rusev

How does Vince McMahon feel about Rusev Day? He's supportive; he's trying to teach me a lot.

Quotes by Rusev

I don't overwork - a couple of hours a day is fine for me.

Quotes by Ruskin Bond

When I was making beats, I don't remember thinking about doing it as a career, I just remember that every day I wanted to do it.

Quotes by Russ

Tea Party people know that I stood against the Wall Street scam from Day One, that I voted against TARP, that I voted against repealing Glass-Steagall Act that kept these guys under some control.

Quotes by Russ Feingold

I try to do three active things a day because I have to fit into costumes that are very tight.

Quotes by RuPaul

I'm not religious, but I do pray. It's 60 seconds of meditation, visualizing myself, looking at myself, and being conscious of my own consciousness. That will align me for the rest of the day.

Quotes by RuPaul

Having an automobile in Los Angeles enables me to change clothes at least three times a day: I will go from western wear to nautical to Savile Row in the course of 12 hours.

Quotes by RuPaul

Somebody talked me into writing an autobiography about six or seven years ago. And I said I'd try. We talked into a tape recorder, and after a couple of months, I said, To hell with it. I was so depressed....

Quotes by Rupert Murdoch

When we had our first son, four different people gave us the same present: a copy of Ezra Jack Keats' 'The Snowy Day.' A new child often inspires duplicate gifts - we were given a dozen mostly useless baby blankets,...

Quotes by Rumaan Alam

Wishing there were more children's books like 'The Snowy Day' is a bit like wishing there were more grownup books like 'Anna Karenina.' There are only so many masterpieces out there.

Quotes by Rumaan Alam

I know I've had a charmed experience of being a parent, with healthy kids, a helpful partner, access to good day care, and great public schools.

Quotes by Rumaan Alam

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.