Barbara Barrie Quotes

Put all the menus and TV guides and magazines and local info papers in the drawers. I hate clutter!

I don't like a lot of clutter.

I hate clutter. I can't stand it.

I don't like when I look too cluttered.

I have personal issues with clutter. I, personally, am very minimalist and like a clean slate. I like to throw everything away.

I don't like to see mess.

Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived.

Perfectionism means that you try not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being lived.

Cluttered closets mean a cluttered mind.

Having a messy coat closet should not be a big deal in a full life, and yet there's something about getting control of that coat closet that's surprisingly satisfying.

Clutter, either mental or physical, is the sign of a healthy curiosity.

I can't focus when there's too many things around. Whenever I used to go to the office, I used to always say, 'Tidy up.'

My house is completely organized from my closets to my drawers.

The trouble with having a place for everything is how often it gets filled up with everything else.

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 hate a mess.

I really like keeping my kitchen counters as clear as possible. I tend to function better when there's less clutter.

There are tons of things in your home and life that you don't use, need, or even particularly want. They just came into your life as impulsive flotsam and jetsam and never found a good exit. Whether you're aware of it or not, this clutter creates indecision and distractions.

There's nothing quite as irksome as someone else's mess.

Less mess, less stress. That's my rule! If you don't stay on top of decluttering, it can get out of control. I maintain as much as possible. I'll do seasonal edits and decide what we can toss or donate. If we don't love it, need it or haven't used it in the past year, it's gone.

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

I have a problem with cabinets being messy and people just shoving things in and closing the door. I will lie in bed and not be able to sleep because I'll say to myself: 'I think I saw something in that cabinet that just shouldn't be there.'

The more I examine the issue of clutter, the more effort I put into combating it, because it really does act as a weight.

My friends tease me because I don't like clutter. I'm not someone who gets attached to things.

When I was a teacher, teachers would come into my classroom and admire my desk on which lay nothing whatever, whereas theirs were heaped with papers and books.