Routine Quotes

623 quotes by 544 authors

The discovery in 1846 of the planet Neptune was a dramatic and spectacular achievement of mathematical astronomy. The very existence of this new member of… — James R Newman
Ministry of Disturbance, a regulated source of annoyance; a destroyer of routine; an underminer of complacency. — C. D. Darlington
One is only really inwardly comfortable, so to speak, after one's life has assumed some sort of shape. Not just a routine, like studying or… — Jessica Mitford
The FBI, to its credit in a self-serving sort of way, rejects the routine use of the polygraph on its own people. — Aldrich Ames
Leaks and whispers are a daily routine of news-gathering in Washington. — William Greider
Every kingdom work, whether publicly performed or privately endeavored, partakes of the kingdom's imperishable character. Every honest intention, every stumbling word of witness, every resistance… — Randy Alcorn
There are men who bloom in chaos. You call them heroes or villains, depending on which side wins the war, but until the battle call… — Guillermo del Toro
I'm afraid of habit patterns It would be too much of a routine if you had to establish definite ways of getting through things. You'd… — Edie Sedgwick
Every time a fellow golfer gives me a piece of advice I have thought about it. A different thing is that this advice can be… — Seve Ballesteros
Do we really need school? I don't mean education, just forced schooling: six classes a day, five days a week, nine months a year, for… — John Taylor Gatto
Never let yourself think that because God has given you many things to do for Himpressing routine jobs, a life full up with duties and… — Evelyn Underhill
To put yourself into a situation where a mistake cannot necessarily be recouped, where the life you lose may be your own, clears the head… — Al Alvarez
We must drop the idea that change comes slowly. It does ordinarily - in part because we think it does. Today changes must come fast;… — Donald M. Nelson
I've watched all (of Webb's) dunks on tape. I talked to him about what his preparations were going into the dunk contest. He just said… — Nate Robinson
When routine bites hard, and ambitions are low. When resentment rides high, but emotion won't grow...and we're changing our ways, taking different roads. Love will… — Ian Curtis
Plants and animals repeat routine, but men who are not restrained will go into the future like explorers into a new country. — Rose Wilder Lane
It was over in a blink of an eye, that moment when aviation stirred the modern imagination. Aviation was transformed from recklessness to routine in… — George Will
Men in general are too material and do not make enough human contacts. If we search for the fundamentals which actually motivate us we will… — Edward S. Jordan
The nobility danced for the sake of social grace, to exhibit their finery...peasants danced to make themselves happy, to escape the routine of their life,… — Jamake Highwater
If there is any one proof of a man's incompetence, it is the stagnant mentality of a worker who, doing some small routine job in… — Ayn Rand

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