Quotes About Routine

People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.

I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walks.

Most of us prefer to remain on our cow paths, where we know the language and we do not need maps because we know the way by heart. Some of us even stay behind our own fences because we do not want to be mistaken for interlopers in other people's pastures

Tom was not. "Seems to me," he said, "that she's at her drawing board evenings more than she's watching TV, and that you're the one who uses the sitting room for

The beauty of it, to him, was that the routine was never the same. Bud break never occurred on the same date two years in a row. Waiting for it, watching for it, feeling the excitement when the vines suddenly burst into the palest of pale greens was … incredible. Same the critical few days when the buds burst into bloom.

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work — that goes on, it adds up.

Why does a person even get up in the morning? You have breakfast, you floss your teeth so you'll have healthy gums in your old age, and then you get in your car and drive down I-10 and die. Life is so stupid I can't stand it.

I chase him around with a bottle of water and an orange all day long.

One did not drink sherry before the evening, just as one did not read a novel in the morning.

Also, it was the morning and it seemed a little odd to be thinking about poetry before luncheon.

They've moved me to a new office and I don't like it at all. Different pigeons come to the window.

Yes, life has to go on, and I suppose a cup of tea does make it seem to be doing that more than anything.

This conversation was remarkable only in its unremarkableness.

Border Collies need stability, but they don't have to have routine – in fact, once in a routine they can become quite demanding

They need some form of exercise every day but it doesn't have to be at the same time, or for the same length of time, or for the same distance.

Not having a strict routine allows for some changes in day-to-day patterns, but Border Collies love companionship and do not cope with being left alone for long and regular periods of time.

The persistence of the normal is strong.

It's up to the owner to make sure elimination actually happens. If [he doesn't eliminate right away], go back inside, crate the pup for five minutes or so, then take him out and try again.

Before you even bring your new puppy home for the first time, you should have decided where his potty spot will be. Before he goes inside to meet the family, he will need to "go" outside. As soon as you arrive home, take him to the designated spot.

When you set him down, keep the leash loose and, if possible, out of his mouth. This is not playtime. Stand with him, moving him back and forth in a small area; 15 square feet is the maximum. If he's showing you how well he can sit, running a few steps may inspire him to get up. But you're not going anywhere. This is not a walk; it's "go potty" time.

Here I am, 5 o'clock in the morning, stuffing breadcrumbs up a dead bird's butt!

I usually tug my helmet's brim once, then push it back up into position, but I'm not wearing a helmet. I'm embarrassed to find myself miming the action through sheer muscle memory.

All I have to do is wake up in the morning and go to bed at night, Jazz. Everything else is optional.

The affair ran the usual course. Fever, boredom, trapped.