--- title: "15 Getting Through The Day Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 15 Getting Through The Day quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Getting Through The Day sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/viggo-mortensen-1554_art_you-don-t-have-to-make-something-that-pe_857151.jpg" --- > [You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viggo-mortensen/you-don-t-have-to-make-something-that-people-call-art-living-is-an/) [Viggo Mortensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viggo-mortensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/viggo-mortensen-1554_art_you-don-t-have-to-make-something-that-pe_857151.jpg) > [“For the longest time all I cared about was getting through the day. When your every breath was an effort, that quickly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-meredith-walters/for-the-longest-time-all-i-cared-about-was-getting-through-the-day/) [A. Meredith Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-meredith-walters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7c/a-meredith-walters-2790_effort_for-the-longest-time-all-i-cared-about-w_18694.jpg) > [Habit is a good thing for the human race. ... You have to spend so much energy just getting through the day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-french/habit-is-a-good-thing-for-the-human-race-you-have-to-spend-so-much/) [Marilyn French](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-french/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39e/marilyn-french-8026_energy_habit-is-a-good-thing-for-the-human-race_2780998.png) > [“With you in my life I felt like I could conquer anything. It was as if I was on top of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ranata-suzuki/with-you-in-my-life-i-felt-like-i-could-conquer-anything-it-was-as-if/) [Ranata Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ranata-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b89/ranata-suzuki-10284_adversity_with-you-in-my-life-i-felt-like-i-could_1796736.jpg) > [I'm obsessive about the kind of melodrama of getting through the days and trying to make them good and funny and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-baker/i-m-obsessive-about-the-kind-of-melodrama-of-getting-through-the-days/) [Tom Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-baker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b42/tom-baker-11691_darkness_i-m-obsessive-about-the-kind-of-melodram_3108606.png) > [I live in a room and I go to work and I play a game called getting through the day while you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-hellman/i-live-in-a-room-and-i-go-to-work-and-i-play-a-game-called-getting/) [LILLIAN HELLMAN](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-hellman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d7/lillian-hellman-4752_games_i-live-in-a-room-and-i-go-to-work-and-i_55431.jpg) > [Getting through the day becomes more important than living a long life when you have no one else to live for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-ornish/getting-through-the-day-becomes-more-important-than-living-a-long/) [Dean Ornish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-ornish/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f8/dean-ornish-2921_day_getting-through-the-day-becomes-more-imp_314245.png) > [My main question that I ask of my characters is, 'What does it feel like to be you? And how do you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-o-nan/my-main-question-that-i-ask-of-my-characters-is-what-does-it-feel/) [Stewart O'Nan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-o-nan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/stewart-o-nan-16780_ask_my-main-question-that-i-ask-of-my-charac_3088497.jpg) > [I sometimes wonder, the tendency for anybody, especially when you're with friends and you're in the trenches, is to laugh at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-daniels/i-sometimes-wonder-the-tendency-for-anybody-especially-when-you-re/) [Christopher Daniels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-daniels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d5/christopher-daniels-7651_comedy_i-sometimes-wonder-the-tendency-for-anyb_356585.jpg) > [For me and my wife...the easiest part of my life is my marriage. Like if everything was as smooth and easy and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-rogen/for-me-and-my-wife-the-easiest-part-of-my-life-is-my-marriage-like-if/) [Seth Rogen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-rogen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f6/seth-rogen-1831_easier_for-me-and-my-wife-the-easiest-part-of-m_835401.jpg) > [That's the point of it, to have those connections, as painful as they are, as much worry as they might cause; they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-galloway/that-s-the-point-of-it-to-have-those-connections-as-painful-as-they/) [Gregory Galloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-galloway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/909/gregory-galloway-31605_believe_that-s-the-point-of-it-to-have-those-con_2028990.png) > [Miro, I'm so sorry. I always felt such pity for you humans because you could only think of one thing at a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/miro-i-m-so-sorry-i-always-felt-such-pity-for-you-humans-because-you/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/801/orson-scott-card-134_achievement_miro-i-m-so-sorry-i-always-felt-such-pit_2864188.png) > [“It won't ever go away entirely. I wish it did. But with things like this, with wounds on the inside, sometimes it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-o-malley/it-won-t-ever-go-away-entirely-i-wish-it-did-but-with-things-like/) [Daniel O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-o-malley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/daniel-o-malley-16394_hard-time_it-won-t-ever-go-away-entirely-i-wish-it_389643.jpg) > [“Everyone watching over his shoulder, Free French plotting revenge on Vichy traitors, Lublin Communists drawing beads on Varsovian shadow-ministers, ELAS Greeks stalking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pynchon/everyone-watching-over-his-shoulder-free-french-plotting-revenge-on/) [Thomas Pynchon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pynchon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fa/thomas-pynchon-533_freedom_everyone-watching-over-his-shoulder-free_820327.jpg) > [There are always meaningful songs for somebody. People are doing their courting, people are finding their wives, people are making babies, people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/there-are-always-meaningful-songs-for-somebody-people-are-doing-their/) [Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3be/leonard-cohen-448_affirming_there-are-always-meaningful-songs-for-so_2781466.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/getting-through-the-day/#itemlist", "name": "Getting Through The Day Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You don't have to make something that people call art. 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