It is a difficult matter to gain the affection of a cat. He is a philosophical, methodical animal, tenacious of his own… — Theophile Gautier Copy Share Image
“Neatness and cleanliness is not a function of how rich or poor you are but that of mentality and principle.” — Ikechukwu Izuakor Copy Share Image
“I'd like to be tidy, said Hen, I try, but I guess you can't be what you aren't.” — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
The Yankee: In acuteness and perseverance, he resembles the Scotch. In frugal neatness, he resembles the Dutch. But in truth, a Yankee… — Frances Trollope Copy Share Image
Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
We should see the desire for neatness, the desire for sharp impressions, as a desire in art. — Eli Siegel Copy Share Image
Neatness makes me feel like I have to be on my best behavior. Clutter is my natural habitat. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
[T]his free and easy old-bachelor sort of life is quite full of fun and jollity. Pease and myself room together; and everything… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
There is no neatness in any life- great or small. It is only an illusion men foolishly pursue. All lived lives are… — Tarun J. Tejpal Copy Share Image
I am sure," cried Catherine, "I did not mean to say anything wrong; but it is a nice book, and why should… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
As a moral and social institution, a weekly rest is invaluable. It is a quiet domestic reunion for the bustling sons of… — Robert Dabney Copy Share Image
Simplicity is the character of the spring of life, costliness becomes its autumn; but a neatness and purity, like that of the… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Historical novels, in particular, allow us to relive the past without the neatness of history, and with all the complexity of the… — Laila Lalami Copy Share Image
Neatness of phrase is so closely akin to wit that it is often accepted as its substitute. — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Let it be observed, that slovenliness is no part of religion; that neither this, nor any text of Scripture, condemns neatness of… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Neatness - which is grooming, after all - is definitely the most important requirement. — Babe Paley Copy Share Image
You were right," said the Master impressed by the neatness of Korovyov's work, "when you said: no documents, no person. So that… — Mikhail Bulgakov Copy Share Image
In the sacred precinct of that dwelling where the despotic woman wields the sceptre of fierce neatness, one treads as if he… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“Neatness, madam, has nothing to do with the truth. The truth is quite messy, like a wind blown room.” — William J. Harris Copy Share Image
The camel is an ugly animal, seen from above. Its shoulders slope formless like a sack, its silly little ears and fluff… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
I must say that I am not very genteel and I feel that gentility has a stranglehold: the neatness, the wonderful tidiness,… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Without minute neatness of execution, the sublime cannot exist! Grandeur of ideas is founded on precision of ideas. — William Blake Copy Share Image
I'm pleased to see that the cab is cluttered with cough drop wrappers and empty milk bottles and bits of mud-smeared newspapers… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image