Krista Tippett Quotes

It's all about consistency, and what makes a child or a dog secure: order, clarity - all those things.

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.

The one thing that kids need is consistency.

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

I like having a routine, because everything else... is so unpredictable.

The stage is a routine. It keeps you grounded, like a metronome. I find that soothing.

When I was four or five, I would organise my cars and my action figures. I needed some kind of structure, I think.

I like routine.

I like stability.

I'm someone who likes routine.

Kids need rituals. They need the security of them, the bonding time of them.

A child wants some kind of undisrupted routine or rhythm. He seems to want a predictable, orderly world.

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

There is a comfort in rituals, and rituals provide a framework for stability when you are trying to find answers.

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

Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of the city, the security of the state. Like beams in a house or bones to a body, so is order to all things.

I guess I crave stability.

I will not serve lunch to anyone in the middle of a workday. I rarely rearrange my furniture or cabinets; once I find a drawer for something, it stays there. I don't garden. And I don't knit.

I am very sure that my children thrive on structure and need boundaries. I know my children need to know what time they are going to bed or how many more minutes until they are leaving for school, and so I have imposed a structure that allows them to know where they are all day long, every day in life.

I believe in routine.

I try to just focus in on being in the same routine every single day.

I've always been kind of a play-by-the-rules girl; I tend to like things structured, predictable, and sometimes even a little boring.

If the world is in complete flux for me and life is falling apart, if I just manage to get myself in front of a computer or at my desk, it calms.

What I love about cooking is that after a hard day, there is something comforting about the fact that if you melt butter and add flour and then hot stock, it will get thick! It's a sure thing! It's a sure thing in a world where nothing is sure; it has a mathematical certainty in a world where those of us who long for some kind of certainty are forced to settle for crossword puzzles.

Routine is a ground to stand on, a wall to retreat to; we cannot draw on our boots without bracing ourselves against it.