“We all do the wrong thing. And then we have to wake up the next morning and live with the fact that we have done things that are wrong.” DoneFactsNextMorningWake UpWrong Things Author:Dar Williams
“I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever way God turns my feet, I go.” WayLooksTurnsAttitudeMorningFeetWake UpMy WayPositive AttitudeBeing Yourself Author:Pearl Bailey
“I don't wake up in the morning and say, wow I've got a great idea for a story. But I sit down, and I figure well, let's see.” WellsIdeasStoriesMorningFiguresWake UpDown AndWowGreat Idea Author:Stan Lee
“I'm perfectly happy to admit that insecurity. It doesn't bother me. It's there, just the same as the color of my eyes is there. I'm never going to get rid of it. I'm not going to wake up one morning and really like the way I look, but as long as other people like the way I look, that's fine.” PeopleWayLooksLongEyeMorningColorFineWake UpBotherInsecurity Author:George Michael
“Who I believed myself to be was a hopeless case. I would wake up in the mornings and notice I was still alive and breathing and hate God, hate myself, hate life, and contemplate ways of killing myself.” WayStillsHateMorningCasesAliveWake UpKillingBreathingHopelessContemplatingSelf HateHate MyselfKilling MyselfHate LifeHate God Author:Byron Katie
“Basically, I wake up at nine o'clock in the morning, go to different record stores, go to the studio, think up different ideas for songs. Just workin'.” ThinkingIdeasDifferentSongMorningRecordsWake UpStudiosStoresNineClockDifferent IdeasRecord Stores Author:The Notorious B.I.G.
“I wake up every morning and it's like when you break up with somebody who has really broken your heart.” HeartBreakMorningBrokenWake UpEvery Morning Author:Madonna Ciccone
“When I wake up in the morning, I think about Syria.” ThinkingMorningWake UpSyria Author:Samantha Power
“By the mid-'80s, it was really apparent to me that I really needed to stop losing myself in my work and in my addictions. What happens is you just wake up one morning and feel absolutely dead. You can't even drag your soul back into your body. You feel you have negated everything that is wonderful about life. When you have fallen that far, it feels like a miracle when you regain your love of life.” FeelsSoulBodyHappensMorningWonderfulNeededLosingMiracleWake UpAddictionYour BodyYour SoulFallenLove LifeDrag80sLosing Myself Author:David Bowie
“I was a stonehead for 30 years. I'd wake up in the morning and if I couldn't decide whether I wanted a joint or not, I'd smoke a joint to figure it out. And I stayed high all day long.” IfsYearsLongWantedMorningFiguresWake UpSmokeJoints Author:George Carlin
“My car was broken into four times before it was stolen. That can drive you nuts - the repetition. I'd wake up every morning and put on my jeans over my pajamas to run down and see if my car was still on the street. That's not a pleasant way to live.” IfsWayStillsRunningMorningFourStreetsCarBrokenWake UpDown AndPleasantNutsEvery MorningRepetitionJeansStolenWay To LivePajamas Author:Charles Schumer
“Always wake up with a smile on your face, because a lot of people who went to sleep last night are not with us this morning.” PeopleLastsFacesNightSleepMorningWake UpYour FaceLast NightSmile On Your Face Author:Michael Clarke Duncan
“I was a very self-righteous 15-25 year old. Anyway, I wake up every morning and thank God I'm not a kid anymore.” YearsSelfKidsMorningWake UpThank GodRighteousEvery MorningSelf Righteous Author:Annie Baker
“The columnist like myself or people at Stanford University don't wake up in the morning and see their job outsourced. Yet we promote free markets. But we're not sensitive to what that does to other people who don't have our privilege.” PeopleDoeJobsMorningWake UpUniversityPrivilegeSensitiveFree MarketColumnistsStanfordStanford UniversityOutsourced Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“I always thought Cyrano De Bergerac was a coward. He could fight a hundred swordsmen, but he was afraid of his nose, and he was afraid of Roxanne. Jam as cowardly as anybody about facing my fears. So, you spend your you years as an artist fighting those hundred people that you happen not to fear. Then you wake up one morning and realize all this time you're afraid of your nose. That's what you're going to have to face for the rest of your life. And you don't feel very courageous. But, if you don't face it, you dry up as an artist.” PeopleIfsFeelsYearsHappensFacesArtistFightingRealizingMorningHundredWake UpNosesDryCourageousCowardRest Of Your LifeJamCowardlyDry UpSwordsman Author:Michael Ventura
“For morning news, people want to know as they are getting dressed, as they are getting ready to leave [for work], "what has happened in the world overnight?" Morning news is a sure-fire way to find out what that is. I personally love and celebrate the fact that you can go to bed and the world is one way and you wake up and it's totally different.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayWantDifferentFactsMorningFireHappenedReadyBedNewsWake UpCelebrateOne WayGetting DressedReady To Leave Author:Gayle King
“It usually just comes to committing your whole day to the Lord from when you first wake up in the morning. Just being totally available to God and leaving the results to Him. We don't work for answers or trying to convince someone of something. It is just being available to share and leaving the results to God.” TryingFirstsWholeAnswersResultsLordMorningShareWake UpLeavingAvailableConvinceJust Being Author:Vonette Bright
“I wake up very early every morning and I have my coffee at 6:30. If it comes at 6:35, I'm very upset. I don't say anything but I'm upset because I'm so punctual in doing things, that if I lose five minutes I have to rush everything.” IfsLosesMorningFiveMinutesWake UpCoffeeUpsetEvery MorningSay AnythingFive MinutesPunctual Author:Sophia Loren
“You gotta be happy when you wake up in the morning and look at what's next to ya. You wanna just hop on it again. That's how I feel. That's what life is about. Because when you leave the house, it's all misery anyway.” FeelsLooksLife IsNextHouseMorningWake UpMiseryHops Author:Andrew Dice Clay
“What we need to do is pull the rug out so billionaires in our country wake up one morning and say, wow, 80 percent of the country has a solar panel, and we can't make our billions anymore because other people are making millions, but not billions, on alternative energy that doesn't require war. Suddenly, the war-making machinery is not necessary.” PeopleNeedsWarCountryEnergyMorningMillionsPercentWake UpBillionsOur CountryAlternativesWowMachineryBillionaireAlternative EnergySolar Panels Author:Dar Williams
“Literally, when you wake up at 9 o'clock in the morning in Havana you don't know where you'll be at noon. But it's a safe guess that you'll either be married, arrested, or in the midst of some incredible transaction where somebody is stealing your passport or paying you in Dominican pesos for it, or whatever. It's a wild place.” KnowsMorningSafeMarriedWake UpIncrediblesStealingClockMidstBeing MarriedArrestedNoonTransactionsPassportsHavanaWild Places Author:Pico Iyer
“You can't start out at 20 in whatever your profession is and say, "I want to win an Olympic medal," or "I want to become president," or "I want to win the Pulitzer Prize." If you love what you're doing, it's sort of a nice thing that happens toward the end of your career, or in the middle of your career. It is not the reason you were doing it. The reason you were doing it is because every day you wake up in the morning and you can't wait to learn something new.” IfsWantEndsReasonHappensWinningWaitingPresidentCareersMorningNiceMiddleWake UpProfessionPrizeSomething NewMedalNice ThingsOlympic Medals Author:Doris Kearns Goodwin
“I think a lot of people get into what they're eating. Yes, it's important, but at some point, let's think about what we're feeling. It can become a control issue to control everything that you're eating and the exercise that you're doing. I think it's good to do a bit of everything, but to just notice how you're feeling when you wake up in the morning.” PeopleThinkingImportantFeelingsBitsMorningIssuesExerciseEatingWake UpControl Issues Author:Caroline Dhavernas
“I certainly wake up every morning and thank God that I'm not a novelist because the theater is tough, but novel writing is infinitely harder. Especially with the economics of serious fiction being what they are in America.” WritingAmericaFictionMorningNovelSeriousToughEconomicsHarderWake UpTheaterNovelistsThank GodEvery MorningNovel Writing Author:Tony Kushner
“I try not to be either optimistic or pessimistic. I try not to think about outcomes on that scale. My job, it seems to me, is to wake up every morning and figure out how to cause as much trouble for the fossil fuel industry as I can.” ThinkingTryingI CanSeemsJobsCausesMorningTroubleFiguresIndustryWake UpScalesOptimisticOutcomesFuelEvery MorningFossilsFossil FuelPessimistic Author:Bill McKibben
“It'll be sad not to be Doctor Who anymore because that's an incredible thing to wake up in the morning and go, 'Oh, I'm still Doctor Who!' And you can go and blow up some monsters, and that's how you spend your day. And also when you walk around people don't see Peter anymore, he's not here, it's Doctor Who they see and he gets many more smiles than I do. It'll be sad to say goodbye.” PeopleMorningWake UpIncrediblesBlowGoodbyeDoctor WhoSaying Goodbye Author:Peter Capaldi
“I am a morning person...I love waking up, walking & reveling In the beauty of all the flowers and trees....while chugging a 5th of vodka!!! It could happen.” MorningTreeFlowerWalkingWake UpVodka Author:Judy Tenuta
“I think it was a big revelation to me earlier in my life that people who appear to be evil are actually not. In other words, nobody wakes up in the morning and says, "Yuck, yuck, yuck, I'm gonna be evil." I think even like Saddam Hussein or Hitler would wake up and say, "I think it's going to be a good day. I'm gonna do some really important work." And given their definition of good, they went out and did horrible things.” PeopleThinkingImportantEvilMorningWake UpHorribleRevelationsGood Day Author:George Saunders
“My deepest desire is to create a world where there's room for all of us, where no matter who you are, you get to wake up in the morning and know that you are worthwhile and deserving. If that's the world I want to live in, I have to do the work to make that true for me.” WorldDesireMorningWake UpWho You AreDeserving Author:Kerry Washington
“For me, having a daughter made me much more efficient and productive. I would wake up in the morning trying to figure out how to organize my day so that I could get home. The phone calls with friends, the lunches out with colleagues - all of that got scrapped so that I could be as efficient and productive as possible.” TryingHomeMorningDaughterWake UpProductiveOrganize Author:Valerie Jarrett
“For me, as Yasmine, I do this every day. I wake up in the morning, and if I can do something to make someone feel better, I do it. I do not wait to be invited; I think that's the worst thing we can do. I make it my job to wake up every day and do one thing for one person and make them feel better.” ThinkingWaitingMorningWorstWake UpFeel Better Author:Yasmine Elmasri
“I was an incredibly devoted student, and I would often wake up at 4 or 5 in the morning to study. But even so, there were still people who thought that a girl like me with a background like mine wasn't really "college material."” PeopleGirlMorningStudyStudentsCollegeWake Up Author:Michelle Obama
“Pretty much up until The West Wing, our leaders had always been portrayed in popular culture as either Machiavellian or dolts. But I thought, "What if we show a group of people who are highly competent, they're going to lose as much as they win, but we're going to understand that they wake up every morning wanting to do good?" That was really the spirit behind The West Wing.” PeopleSpiritCultureWinningLeaderMorningWake UpWhat IfEvery MorningPopular Culture Author:Aaron Sorkin
“The sound of madness is life. It's waking up in the morning to your alarm clock, your kid crying for you, hearing the sound of the city, it's everything. Madness isn't necessarily a negative thing, it can be a positive thing. You know, hearing them cry for you, if you have children, is a great thing, it's your child.” ChildrenKidsMorningCryNegativeMadnessWake UpOur ChildrenGreat ThingsClockYour Children Author:Barry Kerch
“To have conscious communication with the angels - we all are continuously and unconsciously connecting with our angels, whether we know it or not - you would start in a place you feel comfortable, all by yourself, so you don't feel self-conscious. Then, just think of something you would like help with. For example, say, "Angels, I want a wonderful new job that exercises all my talents and everything I've learned - so I will wake up on Monday mornings and say 'Yippee!' - and that comfortably pays all my bills, plus some." You ask, and then the next step is to let go.” ThinkingHelpingMorningWonderfulTalentCommunicationExerciseLetting GoConsciousAngelWake UpMondayNew JobMonday Morning Author:Doreen Virtue
“When I close my eyes at night I'm able to go to bed with a heart full of gratitude. When I wake up in the morning my heart is full with thankfulness and peace. I don't know what tomorrow will hold, but I do know I will live each day to the fullest.” HeartEyeNightMorningTomorrowMy HeartGratitudeWake UpThankfulness Author:Lizzie Velasquez
“I don't even think of myself as a quote, unquote star - that's really douchey. I think of myself as just like . . . a dance commander. You have to have dance parties all day and night, and you always have to be excited about having a dance party. You have to have a dance party in Milan one day, and then wake up and have a dance party at, like, four in the morning on national television in L.A. the next day. The hours are insane.” ThinkingNightHoursPartyMorningOne DayWake UpExcitedInsane Author:Kesha
“My idea of no makeup on actors is really no makeup. I mean, they can be wearing makeup. I don't care what they're wearing as long as it looks like they're not wearing makeup. But an actress will suddenly appear with some lipstick on. And that's makeup. Keener's character wears makeup. Her character would wear makeup. I try to stay true to whoever that person is. I hate that kind of thing where you're waking up in the morning with makeup on in a movie. I just think it pulls you out of the movie.” ThinkingTryingKindMeanLongCharacterCareHateMorningI HateWake UpMakeupLipstickStay TrueNo Makeup Author:Nicole Holofcener
“My dreams tend to be like dog dreams. I'm usually so tired that I hardly dream at all. In a way, I do think that the zone one performs in - without getting too ooga-booga about it - it's like that moment when you wake up in the morning and you're emerging from a dream state but you're not quite up. Where are you? Can you hear the birds? Or is that the traffic? It's that zone in which I perform. It’s like one foot in reality and one foot in a dream state. I spend most of my life in that state!” ThinkingMomentsDreamRealityMorningDogBirdWake UpTiredZoneEmerging Author:Cate Blanchett
“I don't even think any stimulants really help writing. You talk to most guys and they say, "Hey. I wrote this." And they're out of their head or they had a few beers or a bottle of whiskey. You wake up the next morning, it's usually pretty crap. But you know Dylan Thomas wrote some great poetry. Brendan Behan. You never know but ultimately I'd say you have to get up early in the morning and you're usually sober when you write your good stuff; it's hard work. So alcohol, keep it for chilling out, fun, and having a good time. Not for work.” ThinkingWritingHelpingGuyFunMorningHard WorkWake UpAlcoholBeerGood TimesCrapSoberChillDylanHaving A Good TimeWhiskeyGreat PoetGreat Poetry Author:Gavin Friday
“I go to the gym whenever I can. I actually have to eat to keep the weight on when I am working because I tend to lose too much weight. I like to workout. I don't cook. Not really, I like good restaurants. And sometimes I get back from work and it is too late to eat dinner so I just go straight to bed and I wake up the next morning starving and have to eat cheeseburgers for the pure energy. But in general I am a pretty healthy eater.” SometimesEnergyMorningHealthyWake UpGymWorkoutCheeseburger Author:Rebecca Romijn
“I'm 44 now; I feel better than I did when I was 34. I've got more clarity now. I wake up in the morning, and I write my blog, and then I go upstairs, and I work on music. And I do that every day. That's what I do. I don't check in once a week and think, "Oh, I've gotta come up with something now." I'm always writing. I was just in a coffee shop in Chelsea last night, just killing time, waiting for a friend, and I sat and wrote enough for three good songs. I love it. This is my life. It's all I do.” ThinkingWritingEnoughNightSongWaitingMorningWeekWake UpKillingCoffeeClaritySatFeel BetterLast NightCoffee ShopTime To Kill Author:Bob Mould
“I literally think that if you're in this business, it has to be the only thing you can and want to do, because it's so hard. You have to be fully committed - and partially insane - to wake up every morning and be like, "I'm an actor." I have it in my blood. It's in every pore of my body. There's always something awesome about every project, even with the worst ones. I try to remind myself every time I think about complaining that there are way worse jobs than mine.” ThinkingTryingMorningWorstWake UpCommittedComplainingInsaneEvery Morning Author:Lindy Booth
“Everyone of us wakes up in the morning, goes to the bathroom, looks in the mirror and asks: "Who am I? Who am I today? Do I feel good enough? Do I feel big enough? Do I feel sexy enough?" Some days, the answer is 'yes' but sometimes it's not.” SometimesEnoughTodayMorningWake UpSexyFeel GoodGood EnoughBathroomI Feel Good Author:Aksel Hennie
“The sense of waking up in the morning and knowing that there is music ahead of me in the day is such an incredible feeling. The more I engage with music the more days I wake up and know that that's what's going to be there, and the things that come with music.” FeelingsMorningWake UpIncredibles Author:Will Oldham
“My jogging is the best thing in my life. Wake up in the morning and jog. Come to the gym and train my ass off. Be fit, make myself fit. Feel like a man. Because when you get to the ring and you start to get tired, it's very bad.” MenMorningFitWake UpTiredTrainRingsAssGym Author:Joshua Clottey
“Sometimes I go to sleep thinking, "I don't like this painting." But then I wake up in the morning, look at it again and think, "Actually, that's not so bad."” ThinkingSometimesSleepMorningPaintingWake UpGoing To Sleep Author:Rebecca Horn
“I didn't sit down and write a song like, "I want to write a song about this," but I just spent so much time living in this affectively charged space of the live show, with its risks and the incredible reward that comes from people knowing me, recognizing me, affirming me. And then I would wake up in the morning and have an eight-hour drive where I would read George Saunders and listen to Grouper and Pure X. And you bond so much with your tour-mates and your bandmates because it's this weird, quite desperate way of living.” PeopleWritingSongMorningRiskWake UpIncrediblesDesperateAffirming Author:How to Dress Well
“Something that I tell myself every morning when I wake up is like: "Think it over, take the time to think it over." I don't like spontaneity, there you go. I'm wary of it.” ThinkingMorningWake UpEvery MorningSpontaneityTime To Think Author:Jacques Audiard
“Strangely, meanness pays more than offering constructive and interesting commentary. Every season I think, "This is the last season. I'm not gonna read tomorrow morning. Forget it." The first thing when I wake up - quite late, usually - I am craving the newspaper.” ThinkingForgetInterestingMorningTomorrowWake UpCravingForget ItMeanness Author:Nicolas Ghesquiere