Chuck Close Quotes

For pragmatic reasons, I love the routine. I love the structure of it. I love knowing that my days are free. I know where I'm going at night. I know my life is kind of orderly. I just like that better.

I like routine.

No one welcomes chaos, but why crave stability and predictability?

I'm a person who likes habit and knowing what my job is.

Structure is something that calms our nature; we know this of toddlers.

I guess I crave stability.

I like stability.

I'm someone who likes routine.

there must be a routine to life, a framework to hang life on. Routines were what kept you sane, gave you something to do at this moment and at that, definite places to go, positive things to do. Abandon it and that way madness lies.

If you do the same thing every day at the same time for the same length of time, you'll save yourself from many a sink. Routine is a condition of survival.

The most unendurable thing, to be sure, the really terrible thing, would be a life without habits, a life which continually required improvisation.

I'm pretty grounded in a lifestyle which disciplines me and gives me a sense of familiarity and comfort.

"Once there, always there", would give you less freedom than you recently enjoyed, but more security. Security not in the sense of safety from terrorists, burglars, or pickpockets... but security in the sense of knowing where you are, who you are, on what kind of future you can count, what will happen, whether you will preserve your position in society or whether you will be degraded and humiliated - this sort of security. This sort of security for many, many people - a rising number of people - looks at the moment more attractive than more freedom.

There is comfort in routine.

Ironing is comfort. It's control. I'm a nutty person who likes to make sure everything is in its place.

Life has a way of setting things in order and leaving them be. Very tidy, is life.

It became my solace. Because it's the only thing structured in my life right now. Training is sort of a therapy session, I guess.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

I thrive on structure. I find my freedom in structure.

I was born on an even keel. Family lore says I never cried, even at birth. I felt at ease on earth, in the right place. And like many children, I took comfort in life's regularity: Every few days it rained, the school bus came and went, and my parents were rooted in their union.

A lot of times I feel I probably would have ended up in a mental hospital if it weren't for the structure that 'Bones' gave me.

Oddly, the military world is one of great sameness. There is an orderly quality to life on an army base, and even the children of the military are brought up with that sense of order and sameness.

In my work, I'm called to a job at the drop of a hat, so I like a sense of order to my holidays, and holding a map makes me happy.

I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity.

I like boring golf. That's kind of what butters my bread.