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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.

My wife is always trying to get rid of me. The other day she told me to put the garbage out. I said to her I already did. She told me to go and keep an eye on it.

Quotes by Rodney Dangerfield

A girl phoned me the other day and said... 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home.

Quotes by Rodney Dangerfield

We were the group that built the roads by day that the Vietcong traveled at night.

Quotes by Rodney Frelinghuysen

I saw my hometown burning that day.

Quotes by Rodney King

When I leave here, when my final day on this earth is up, I want to leave in peace. I want to have peace in my heart.

Quotes by Rodney King

Waking up sober is a good day. I love being able to wake up and do positive things, to go to the gym.

Quotes by Rodney King

I made a big mistake with him the first day I shot. We're shooting the scene where I come back from the party, the dance, in the sleigh with Julie Christie and we turn the corner and go past the...

Quotes by Rod Steiger

You go through life wondering what is it all about but at the end of the day it's all about family.

Quotes by Rod Stewart

I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist, so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside...

Quotes by Rod Taylor

I pray and try every day to be a better actor.

Quotes by Rod Taylor

I worked at Mark Foy's during the day and studied drama at night.

Quotes by Rod Taylor

Most working days I can be at my desk for nine hours a day.

Quotes by Roddy Doyle

WWE and I have a long history, and I remember some very fun days back in the day.

Quotes by Roddy Piper

I did three television shows in Poughkeepsie in one day, with Adrian Adonis and The Iron Sheik. They gave us no food.

Quotes by Roddy Piper

I don't want to look exactly the same in everything I do. And if I'm not identifiable, then that can be a blessing or a curse. But I'm fine with it. Because at the end of the day, I'm still...

Quotes by Rochelle Aytes

Looking back, in comparison, there wasn't that much that you could do with a wooden racket. In my day, the matches were certainly much less demanding physically.

Quotes by Rod Laver

There was never a day at West Point where I didn't ask myself, 'Where would I put the camera?'

Quotes by Rod Lurie

Every weekend from, like, 1974 to 1978, I'd trudge over to the Greenwich library, which gathered up almost every major newspaper in the country. I would sit there all day long and read and read and read the reviews. I...

Quotes by Rod Lurie

I can't understand people who give up and commit suicide. If I have a bad day, I figure tomorrow will be better. And even if it isn't, at least it isn't any worse.

Quotes by Rod McKuen

While other kids played with cars and toys, I listened to music all day. I wanted to sing it and learn it.

Quotes by Robin Thicke

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.