Day

Day

A day is a unit of time. In common usage, it is an interval equal to 24 hours. It also can mean the consecutive period of time during which the Sun is above the horizon of a location, also known as daytime. The period of time measured from local noon to the following local noon is called a solar day.

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Famous quotes containing the word day:

    But what is the greatest evil? If you are going to epitomize evil, what is it? Is it the bomb? The greatest evil that one has to fight constantly, every minute of the day until one dies, is the worse part of oneself.
    Patrick McGoohan (b. 1928)

    Once it was, the repose of night,
    Was a place, strong place, in which to sleep.
    It is shaken now. It will burst into flames,
    Either now or tomorrow or the day after that.
    Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    When parents fail to set appropriate limits, children may feel more vulnerable at night: the aggressive urges that have not been “tamed” by day may be terrifying to a small child alone in the dark.
    Cathy Rindner Tempelsman (20th century)