Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

The line wryly compresses a common proverb—“everyone has his day”—into a comment on the uneven distribution of luck, fame, and power. It suggests that most people experience a brief moment of prominence or success, but that for a few, circumstances (talent, timing, position, or sheer fortune) stretch that moment into a longer season. Read as Churchillian in tone, it carries a dry realism about public life: reputations rise and fall, and the duration of one’s “day” is not fully controllable. The remark can also be taken as a caution against envy and complacency alike—today’s ascendancy may be temporary, and longevity is exceptional rather than guaranteed.