James Stephens Quotes

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

Man seems to be the only animal whose food soils him, making necessary much washing and shield-like bibs and napkins. Moles living in the earth and eating slimy worms are yet as clean as seals or fishes, whose lives are one perpetual wash.

Don't judge. I used to buy underwear because I didn't do my laundry.

I'm obsessed with cleanliness for myself, so I will take a bath three times a day, sometimes a steam twice a day in addition to that.

I remember there were days when - and this is kind of gross - I would sleep in my uniform to save time in the morning and then get up and go to school... it didn't matter because I didn't have to impress anyone, and I didn't have to look cute in class.

You don't want to take the world over with a whole hamper full of dirty clothes. That's the main thing people overlook. And take a shower, take a bath every day.

If your insides are not well looked-after, then your outsides are going to suffer. It's like a glass that's not cleaned from the inside. Whatever you do to polish it from the outside, it's still going to look dirty. So that's the analogy.

If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will leave you alone.

Ya know what I do almost every day? I wash. Personal hygiene is part of the package with me.

I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.

If you don't feel clean, it affects everything you do; you can't even focus right.

At the end of the day, I have to wash my face. I hate going to bed after a long day not washing my face. It's something I've grown into. When I was younger, I didn't care.

Even in 'Khatron,' I used to wash my own clothes.

I take a bath three times a day.

Health and hygiene are a basic personal need for all.

I'm super-hygienic.

Man and other civilized animals are the only creatures that ever become dirty.

There is no shame — having a dirty face — the shame comes when you keep it dirty.

He who wears unclean garments, has dirty teeth, is a glutton, speaks unkindly and sleeps after sunrise - although he may be the greatest personality - will lose the favour of Lakshmi.

It does not require money to be neat, clean and dignified.

And of course there is nothing better than wearing the same T-shirt for days and not brushing my hair for weeks.

Slovenliness is a lazy and beastly negligence of a man's own person, whereby he becomes so sordid as to be offensive to those about him.

The prize I value most was given to me 60 years ago. I was named the girl with the cleanest fingernails.

I'm a tough girl, and I can go without a shower bot a week and be fine with that. But I will not sleep on dirty sheets.

Look after your laundry, and your soul will look after itself.