Quotes About Routine

The trouble in corporate America is that too many people with too much power live in a box (their home), then travel the same road every day to another box (their office).

She and Addie Mae made quick work of the dishes and had the kitchen looking spotless in no time. Of course, it would be a mess again the next night, but that was how things worked in the restaurant business; she wouldn't have had it any other way.

This is my home now. I like it. Nothing happens here. I know what to expect from one day to the next. I can control everything, and I can eat. I like eating.

During the day she would read science fiction novels. In the evenings she watched television. And she ate, and ate, and drank, and ate.

Alone at last, Rina stood up, stretched, and glanced at her watch again. Her own boys were still at the Computer Club. Steve would walk them home to a waiting baby-sitter so there was no need to rush. She could take her time. Removing her shoes, she rubbed her feet, slipped them into knitted socks and shuffled along the gleaming white tile. Loaded down with a bucket full of soapy water, a handful of rags, and a pail of supplies, she entered the hallway leading to the two bathrooms.

Ma qui bisogna finirla con questo andirivieni continuo! Bisogna decidersi a stare in un posto qualunque, ma stabilmente, a casa propria, coi figli, come tutti gli altri cristiani...

En este tiempo presente en que ahora vivo aquellos recuerdos, todas las mañanas son imprevisibles en su manera de ser distintas. Sin embargo, lo que es más distinto, el ánimo con que las vivo, la especial manera de sentir la vida de cada mañana, la luz diferente con que el sol da sobre las cosas, las formas diferentes de las nubes que pasan o se quedan, todo eso se me olvida. Únicamente quedan los objetos que me rodean y que sé que son los mismos.

The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.

The bell rings, we get up. The bell rings again, we go to bed. We retire to our rooms; we saw life pass by beneath our windows, observed it in books and on our walks, watched the seasons change. It was always a reflection, a reflection that seemed to freeze on our windowsills... We imagined the world. What else can we imagine now if not our own deaths? The bell rings and it's all over.

La vie est une sitcom: une suite de scènes qui se déroulent toujours dans les mêmes décors, avec à peu près les mêmes personnages, et dont on attend les prochains épisodes avec une impatience teintée d'abrutissement.

Me gustaría mucho que vinieras, ya que, aunque seas huraño, formas parte de mi paisaje cotidiano. Me he acostumbrado a encontrarte cada mañana en tu pupitre, dormido o haciendo garabatos sobre tu cuaderno negro. Si un día dejaras de venir, al universo le faltaría algo. [pp. 126]

We tiptoe around like we're the Frank family and the Gestapo is downstairs. The baby monitor is in our room, and the unspoken rule is that when the kids go down, so do we. So at seven P.M., I'm in bed waiting for the sandman to come. I can't watch TV, because the noise may wake up the kids; I can't listen to music with my iPod earbuds, because then I can't hear the monitor; and I can't have sex, because that could wake up Janice.

True prayer is a way of life, not just for use in cases of emergency. Make it a habit, and when the need arises you will be in practice.

Retirement is fine for some people, but I got bored. I'm used to more of a fast-paced life.

Routine is the enemy of instinct......It's better to change and fail than to settle.

I have to re-create the universe every morning when I wake up and kill it in the evening, which is a bit outrageous, but there you go.

Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom?

Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature.

You are what you do. If you do boring, stupid, monotonous work, chances are you'll end up boring, stupid and monotonous.

most of what we call "brand loyalty" is simply habit, convenience, mild satisfaction or easy availability.

I get up at 4:30 in the morning, seven days a week, no matter where I am in the world.

Always enter your shoes before wearing them.

Many people look forward to the weekend; Few people have the privilege to look forward to Monday.

Most of the time, I'm here in Michigan and I'm taking out the garbage every Monday.