Routine Quotes

I saw my mother in a different light. We all need to do that. You have to be displaced from what's comfortable and routine, and then you get to see things with fresh eyes, with new eyes.
Amy Tan

Mother, Different, Eyes

I've worked for four presidents and watched two others up close, and I know that there's no such thing as a routine day in the Oval Office.
Dick Cheney

Two, Others, Office

I certainly know first hand the waste one lady can create through her primping routine, because I am a victim of fashion: to me a day without makeup and a bouffant to match is a day wasted. I love it all - whether it's fancy, cheap or, I'm ashamed to say, even if it's bad for the environment.
Beth Ditto

Love, Bad, Through

Too many would-be executives are slaves of routine.
James Cash Penney

Slaves, Executives

I think what's dangerous about being an actor who does action movies is you think, 'Well, I can totally handle myself now.' But if my opponent didn't know the other half of the routine, I don't know how well I'd do.
Kate Beckinsale

Movies, Action, Dangerous

Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom.
James Galway

Through, Boredom, Running

Most of life is routine - dull and grubby, but routine is the momentum that keeps a man going. If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.
Ben Nicholas

Life, Down, After

I started running outside when I was at 'Biggest Loser.' Then I got runner's knee, and thought I was never going to be able to shake it. When I overcame that and ran the L.A. Marathon, it was such an amazing thing, and now running is such a part of my routine.
Alison Sweeney

Amazing, Thought, Loser

I recommend that people try new stuff or take new fitness classes all the time. It's important to mix up your routine, not only for your body, but also for your mental state.
Alison Sweeney

Time, Fitness, Important

With 'Django Unchained,' when you're dealing with slavery, it's like a gymnastics routine with the highest amount of difficulty. Quentin Tarantino is not going to do a movie that's just going to lay there and be safe. There's going to be twists and flips.
Jamie Foxx

Movie, Gymnastics, Slavery

Later on when it became a routine it was not as exciting I'll admit that. The first three years were wonderful, the rest were just money making and having fun.
Larry Hagman

Money, Fun, Wonderful

The overall physical demand that Iraq has is pretty amazing. It's 130 degrees, and the soldiers are carrying about 100 pounds of extra gear. It's a pretty rigorous schedule and routine for them.
Joe Nichols

Amazing, Pretty, Soldiers

One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.
Ella Maillart

Away, Run, Enthusiasm

I go for my completely routine mammogram and then I get a call from my gynecologist. And she says, 'Well, I have some - it's not such great news, but here it is, but it's very small and we're just going to get in there and take it right out, right away, and then you'll probably have radiation.'
Cynthia Nixon

Great, Small, Away

I hate going to the gym and doing it the old-fashioned way. I hate anything that's too straightforward, too routine, too familiar. I get bored really, really quickly.
Rihanna

Hate, Bored, Gym

So, to come In with a set routine it's something I've never believed in. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel.
Buddy Rich

Play, Depend, Believed

In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine.
Noam Chomsky

Work, Done, Academic

These days I travel so much it's hard to get into a routine. When I'm on the road, I tend to use hotel gyms. When I'm home in L.A., I like to hike and hit the surf. All in all, I try to keep a balanced diet and exercise routine, which has stood me in good stead to date.
Curtis Stone

Good, Home, Travel

Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.
Arthur Helps

Order, Paralysis

Wigs have always been a part of my life and have become a staple accessory in my closet. I can remember being a little girl and hearing all the commotion in my house from my mom, aunts and grandmother when picking out their wigs for the day. It was such a good time for them and part of their everyday beauty routine.
Sherri Shepherd

Life, Beauty, Time

I don't really have any kind of rigorous or definite routine before I go onstage. I like to eat at least an hour or two before I go on. If I can't do that, I just wait until after. I try and drink lots of water before I go onstage.
Martina McBride

Two, Before, After

From my experience, politicians are much more uncomfortable being made fun of than they are being preached at and screeched at - you know, and the soapbox routine. They're much more uneasy knowing they're a target of ridicule.
Carl Hiaasen

Experience, Fun, Made

The most important thing about technology is that it can seamlessly work its way into your routine and your life.
John Legend

Life, Work, Technology

Working in an underdeveloped land for two or three years, the volunteer will often find that his work is routine and full of frustration.
Sargent Shriver

Work, Two, Find

In gymnastics, the longest routine you do is a minute and a half, and that's pretty tough to get through.
Shannon Miller

Through, Pretty, Tough

I don't have any writing routine. Sometimes I go to my local coffee shop and I write there for some hours. Apart from that, I am traveling most of the time. I write in airports, trains, hotel rooms... I can write anywhere.
Jo Nesbo

Time, Writing, Sometimes

Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to the development of true artistic genius.
John Philip Sousa

True, May, Rather

I like having a routine, because everything else... is so unpredictable.
Jordana Brewster

Everything, Else

I consider the guitar a tool for the most part. I do pick up the acoustic now and then, I certainly don't have any routine. Usually the only time I practice is when the band gets together. Hendrix has always been one of my favorite players, but I was a sucker for Nugent in the late 1970's.
Ian MacKaye

Time, Together, Guitar

Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly falls into a routine and people are likely to find themselves artistically exhausted when they want to work on something of their own.
Irwin Shaw

Work, Writing, Find

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