Routineer

Gary Hart was easily a more thoughtful and intelligent man than the routineer that beat him by using an empty advertising slogan. ❋ Unknown (2009)

My feeling has been all along that the Democratic stiff was probably going to lose to the Republican routineer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Unlike most Patrol agents above the rank of routineer, Herbert Ganz had not abandoned his former surroundings. ❋ Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 (1983)

Now a routineer was in charge of the linguistics team. ❋ Anderson, Poul, 1926- (1964)

They have their Springfields, after all, and once a routineer settles in with something, it's hard to boot him loose from it. ❋ Turtledove, Harry (1960)

The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an obvious example of the routineer. ❋ Walter Lippmann (1931)

It was nothing but the insolence of the routineer that forced Gifford Pinchot out of the Forest Service. ❋ Walter Lippmann (1931)

Political inventors are to-day largely unconscious of their purpose, and, so, defenceless against the distraction of their routineer enemies. ❋ Walter Lippmann (1931)

The routineer is, of course, the first to decry every radical proposal as "against human nature." ❋ Walter Lippmann (1931)

Taft was the perfect routineer trying to run government as automatically as possible. ❋ Walter Lippmann (1931)

The type of statesman we must oppose to the routineer is one who regards all social organization as an instrument. ❋ Walter Lippmann (1931)

The routineer with his taboo does not see this, so he attempts the impossible task of obliterating the impulse. ❋ Walter Lippmann (1931)

At this point the whole routineer scheme of things collapses, there is a period of convulsion and Cæsarean births, and men weary of excitement sink back into a newer routine. ❋ Walter Lippmann (1931)

The difference between the shallowest routineer and the deepest thinker appears, to the latter, trifling; to the former, infinite. ❋ Unknown (1903)

But it is the genuine routineer who is the bulwark of the practice, because, though you can excite public fury against a ❋ George Bernard Shaw (1903)

[That issue] isn't worth addressing. It doesn't happen routinely nor does it rise to the [threshold] of what we would consider [routine]. ❋ Ricky Road (2019)

Ryan did [the no-no] routine with [Hillary] last night after the [pool party]. ❋ Bgrd (2014)

1. He went through his routine every [morning]. 2. The routine was set, and the [program] needed to be [tested]. ❋ Master Quark (2005)

ex #1: john and [elaine] [routed] [rob's] house ex #2: steve and mike went routin' through that car and came up on $500 worth of electronics ❋ Heathaaa (2005)

*Alright, I'm [heading] [to bed]. * Don't forget about the [nightly routine]. *Yeah man of course. ❋ Genius123321456654 (2020)

Don’t [talk to me] if I have [completed] my [nightly routine]! ❋ Namssa96 (2020)

Dawn: "I'm bored of doing the same thing every day and being so [predictable]" [Neil]: "You're stuck in [a Nigel] routine!" Stephen: "I go out too much and spend too much money on dinner times!" Neil: "Why don't you try a Nigel routine?" ❋ Steste12345 (2010)

I pulled [the Weber] [Routine] again yesterday. Why [would I] ever need a girlfriend? ❋ Pete's Kid (2017)

[Duder] 1: "So I turned her around did her [doggy] for a while, then she got on top of me for a little bit and I finished it off by busting in her mouth." Duder 2: "Dude you do that every time! That's your sex routine huh?" Duder 1: "Is it? [Shit son]! You're right." ❋ Westfalia (2010)

another [routine win] for [chelsea], [west brom] bringing nothing to the table today ❋ Artsen (2010)