Quotes About Routine

Treat your neck the same way you do your face.

When they were old enough to stand on a stool at the sink they washed out their shoelaces and polished their little white shoes every day before putting them away. They hung up their clothes if they were clean—which wasn't very often.

It is what we do routinely, not what we do rarely, that delineates the character of a person.

Yo le quería decir que el azar se parece al deseo que un beso es sólo un asalto y la cama es un ring de boxeo, que las caricias que mojan la piel y la sangre amotinan se marchitan cuando las toca la sucia rutina.

I had to take my makeup off at work every night. I wasn't allowed to do it at home because my mom said that when your work day is done, you're done with work.

I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read a book and not feel responsible for what will happen the next day.

Hurray', shouted Glokta. 'Porridge again!'He looked over at the motionless Practical. 'Porridge and honey, better than money, everything's funny, with porridge and honey!

Tomorrow came, and it was much like yesterday. Just more so.

Aunt Love said no housework was ever wasted, that it had to be done sooner or later anyway, but Jocie noticed the sooner you did it the sooner you had to do it again.

For now, I just want things all safe and familiar. My life may not be perfect, but it is what I have known.

Rain and I have routines. We like routines.

When frazzled, people tend to revert to the familiar and the well rehearsed.

There is a monotony to time in the air. Consistent air quality and temperature, limited collection of sounds, circumscribed range of motion for the passengers. Some people thrive within these restrictions and relax in the sky in a way they rarely do at home. They have powered down their phones and packed their computers in their luggage; they delight in being unreachable, and read novels, or giggle at sitcoms on the in-seat monitor.

Do you know our chicken schedule? Because we have a chicken schedule. We eat fried chicken on Mondays, roasted chicken on Wednesdays, and barbecued chicken breasts on Fridays. It never varies.

And in part because there are so many kids, they run the schools like factories, or, dare I say, jails. You're put in lines, moved when the bells ring, allowed to run around in a high-fenced yard once a day. None of this is conducive to deep thinking or creativity. You start to go deep into a subject, and a bell rings to pull you out of it.

They were dismantling their habits and routines, and it was like pulling up floorboards and finding joy underneath.

Lots of people haven't done anything,' said longest friend. 'And still they're not doing it, will always be not doing it, in their private coffins down at the usual place.

An audible 'click' sounded as the milkman and I ran by a bush and this was a bush I'd run by lots of times without clicks coming out of it.

Every weekday, rain or shine, gunplay or bombs, standoff or riots, I preferred to walk home, reading my latest book. This would be a 19th century book, because I did not like 20th century books, because I did not like the 20th century.

or, at least, should have a rota

Discipline — both mental and physical — is crucial.

Philibert prenait toujours du chocolat au petit déjeuner et son plaisir, c'était d'éteindre le gaz juste avant que le lait déborde. Plus qu'un rite ou une manie, c'était sa petite vistoire quotidienne. Son exploit, son invisible triomphe. Le lait retombait et la journée pouvait commencer : il maîtrisait la situation.

Le but, c'est que tu deviennes accro à mon picotin. Que tous les matins tu te lèves en te demandant ce qu'il y aura au menu.

Some, like Lorne, who ran the Three Ps—the shop for paper, printing, and postage—went on as they had before.