Florida Scott-Maxwell Quotes

I don't function well in chaos, whether it be my sheets or the dishwasher.

I love everything to be organized and clean... all the time.

A place for everything, everything in its place.

My only phobia is untidiness. My hair has to be neatly kept; my shoes are always clean. Everything has to be in a straight line, in its place.

I'm known as tidy, I like to keep my stuff in order.

It's very clean in our house.

I don't like to see mess.

I can't leave anywhere without making my bed; it's ingrained.

I'm not comfortable leaving the apartment if the bed isn't made or a chair isn't tucked into the table.

Tidiness ... makes life easier and more agreeable, does harm to no one and actually saves time and trouble to the person who practices it: there must be an ominous flaw to explain why millions of generations continue to reject it.

I'm a tidy sort of bloke. I don't like chaos. I kept records in the record rack, tea in the tea caddy, and pot in the pot box.

To be creative, first I need to be really organized. If my apartment's messy I need to clean it. It's like before you start doing your homework or studying for a test, you have to have a clean room.

Not only is orderliness an economy; it produces rest.

I love order and organization.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

I'm not a neat freak. I don't mind things being messy but I mind them being dirty. I just can't relax in a dirty environment. I like things organized.

I am a bit obsessive about tidiness. I need to make my bed in the morning and leave it perfectly made up.

You could eat sushi off my bookshelf. My cleaning regime is like a battleground. I'm Genghis Khan and my cleaning products are my Mongolian army and I take no prisoners. The rest of my life is an experiment in chaos so I like to keep my flat neat.

I like things in their proper places.

Order and tidiness is the first law of Heaven.

A place for everything, and everything in its place.

Messy stuff irritates me. I don't like messiness. If you leave something around my house, I'll tell you to move it back, clean it up, throw it in the trash - don't matter, just get rid of it. I need stuff neat, organized. And once I start cleaning stuff, I don't stop until it's done. Otherwise I'm irritated all day.

I like it when things are where they're supposed to be.

I can't stand things being out of place.

Don't get me wrong, I think it's important to keep things clean. It's just the neatness I struggle with.