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Quotes About Hygiene

When I used to have a show on French TV, people would ask me how my jacket stayed spotless while cooking. Your whole area has to be clean - and you have to keep it that way.
~ Joel Robuchon
The flush toilet, more than any single invention, has 'civilized' us in a way that religion and law could never accomplish.
~ Thomas Lynch
Don't eat the bar nuts.
~ Jon Taffer
I'm obsessed with fresh breath.
~ Ryan Seacrest
A strip of white paper was looped around the seat of the toilet bowl to certify that no one had sat there since the strip was placed in position. The toilet paper from the toilet-paper holder in the wall to the left of the toilet seat was soft and very absorbent, and would stick to the anus.
~ Norman Mailer
Her clothing smelled of her anxious unwashed female body.
~ Oates, Joyce Carol
Keep careful track of any contacts you do have. We're still uncertain of the mode of transmission, but most myxoviruses spread by droplet and direct contact. Wash your hands with soap and water frequently.
~ Connie Willis
He had lots of guns, but you can't shoot germs.
~ Cory Doctorow
Sleep is still most perfect, in spite of hygienists, when it is shared with a beloved.
~ D.H. Lawrence
There was also the issue of his hygiene. He was still convinced, against all evidence, that his vegan diets meant that he didn't need to use a deodorant or take regular showers. "We would have to literally put him out the door and tell him to go take a shower," said Markkula. "At meetings we had to look at his dirty feet." Sometimes, to relieve stress, he would soak his feet in the toilet, a practice that was not as soothing for his colleagues.
~ Walter Isaacson
You can learn a lot about someone by his teeth. Or her teeth. Especially vampires. For some of us, hygiene goes out the window when our body temperature drops. We might not need much in the way of deodorant, but I swear—a little Listerine never hurt anybody.
~ Cherie Priest
Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.
~ William Osler
HYGIENE. Bacteriology made moral...
~ H. L. Mencken
Does anyone know if we can shower now? Or should we just keep washing our hands?
~ Internet meme, March 2020
Coronacation 2020 begins.
~ Internet meme, March 2020
So there is no cure for a virus that can be killed by soap and sanitizer?!
~ Internet meme, March 2020
The toothbrush doesn't remove six months of tartar 30 minutes before your appointment.
~ Dental hygienists' saying
Dentistry is not expensive, neglect is.
~ Dental saying
Got teeth? Thank your dental hygienist.
~ Dental saying
You don't have to brush your teeth — just the ones you want to keep.
~ Author Unknown
I've been to the dentist several times, so I know the drill.
~ Author Unknown
Dental hygienists are boss of the floss.
~ Dental saying
It is with the [head louse and body louse] that we are chiefly concerned, and they are so closely related that, even now, by an occasional mésalliance resulting from the meetings of young people about the neck band, a body louse may go native and interbreed with a head louse. The crab louse we may neglect. He is probably of distinct generic origin and a creature that merits neither respect nor sympathy; not even terror.
~ Hans Zinsser
There aren't many clean places left in this dirty world of ours.
~ Harry Bernstein