Whit Stillman

Sometimes, people who are very fastidious about what they're going to do in their work are not very fastidious in their private life. I'm like that. I love it when people do really nice things around me, but I don't have time to do it for myself. It's very hard for me to even buy a new pair of trousers.

American Director

Thomas Reid

But when, in the first setting out, he takes it for granted without proof, that distinctions found in the structure of all languages, have no foundation in nature; this surely is too fastidious a way of treating the common sense of mankind.

Scottish Philosopher

Jodhi May

I think it's important to keep things private, and there are certain boundaries I feel very particular about drawing. It may seem fastidious, but my experience of talking to the press is that I need those boundaries to remain very clear.

English Actress

Joyce Carol Oates

My reputation for writing quickly and effortlessly notwithstanding, I am strongly in favor of intelligent, even fastidious revision, which is, or certainly should be, an art in itself.

American Novelist

Nell Zink

I tend to be slightly fastidious in the company I keep. As a woman, you almost need to be.

J. J. Abrams

With three kids you are just trying to survive. You can't be fastidious.

Henny Youngman

Those two are a fastidious couple. She's fast and he's hideous.

American Comedian

Frank Peretti

I'm just a slow writer. I'm picky and careful and fastidious.

American Author

Jean de La Fontaine

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

French Poet

Mason Cooley

Fastidious taste makes enjoyment a struggle.

American Writer

Use 'fastidious' to describe people who have high standards and are rarely satisfied.

Hard to Please

Implies an orientation towards even the smallest details, possibly to the point of obsession.

Detail-Oriented

Can be positive. It might show thoroughness or being conscientious in tasks.

Not Always Negative

Highlights an extreme concern for cleanliness, beyond what's usual.

Cleanliness Focus

Often describes personal habits related to maintaining cleanliness.

Personal Habits

Use when something requires a lot of careful effort or detailed work.

Labor Intensive

Implies the task isn't suited for those who delay or are careless.

Not for Procrastinators

 Obsessions can manifest as fears of contamination and illness, worries about harming others, or preoccupations with numbers, patterns, morality, or sexual identity. And compulsions can range from excessive cleaning or double checking, to the fastidious arrangement of objects,

Debunking the myths of...

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