Orderly Quotes

187 Orderly quotes by 165 unique authors

As far as he could see, the world was moving, in an orderly capitalist fashion, toward a logical, perhaps provisional, perhaps permanent, end. — Cees Nooteboom
A foreign observer is struck by our gentleness: by the orderly behaviour of the English crowds, the lack of pushing and quarrelling, the willingness to… — George Mikes
Wherever we find orderly, stable systems in Nature, we find that they are hierarchically structured, for the simple reason that without such structuring of complex… — Arthur Koestler
Like plowing, housework makes the ground ready for the germination of family life. The kids will not invite a teacher home if beer cans litter… — Letty Cottin Pogrebin
A child wants some kind of undisrupted routine or rhythm. He seems to want a predictable, orderly world. — Abraham Maslow
If you love the truth, you'll trust it - that is, you will expect it to be good, beautiful, perfect, orderly, etc., in the long… — Abraham Maslow
My nature is orderly and observant and scrupulous and deeply introverted. — Joyce Carol Oates
It is tempting at one level to believe that bad things happen to people (especially other people) because God is a righteous judge who gives… — Harold S. Kushner
Set up your study or picture in an orderly fashion. This order should not cramp either the linearist or the colorist... Never lose sight of… — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
If [man] thinks of the totality as constituted of independent fragments, then that is how his mind will tend to operate, but if he can… — David
I like things to be orderly. For seven years I ate at Bob's Big Boy. I would go at 2:30, after the lunch rush. I… — David
Isn't our choice really not one of left or right, but of up or down? Down through the welfare state to statism, to more and… — Ronald Reagan
Continuously thou wilt look at human things as smoke and nothing at all; especially if thou reflectest at the same time, that what has once… — Marcus Aurelius
Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived… — Charles Caleb Colton
I am guilty of buying way too many gadgets - way too many! And though I try to keep things nice and orderly, sometimes I… — Paula Deen
Some say that sudden knowledge of mystical matters is accomplished only in complete quietude, or that Creator, in one of God's many forms, appears only… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. — Gustave Flaubert
I worked in the NHS as a hospital orderly during my national service, and people thought it was a noble service. But over the years… — David Hockney
A nation without dregs and malcontents is orderly, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come. — Eric Hoffer
The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion. — Molly Ivins
I like things to be orderly. — David Lynch
Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive. — Margaret Mead
Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction. — Will Rogers
Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't… — Bill Veeck
I expected to be a farmer like my father and brothers. Life seemed pleasant and orderly. — Lawrence Welk

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