Quotes About Domestic

Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.

Men never know when things are dirty or not; women will have their little nonsenses and needless cares.

Anne, judging from her own temperament, would have deemed such a domestic hurricane a bad restorative of the nerves... but Mrs. Musgrove... concluded a short recapitulation of what she had suffered herself, by observing, with a happy glance round the room, that after all she had gone through, nothing was so likely to do her good as a little quiet cheerfulness at home.

All his wishes centred in domestic comfort and the quiet of private life.

It is important to recognise Woolf 's acknowledgement of her father's dually formative influence. The domestic dictator was also an intellectual who powerfully shaped her developing intellect, even if, at times, antithetically so: 'just as a dog takes a bite of grass, I take a bite of him medicinally

She always said, 'When I'm home, I've got to get things done, even if there are visitors. Elizabeth knows how to relax in her own house.' And then she would shake her head, as if Elizabeth had remarkable powers.

That was close,he said, helping himself to coffee. Yeah, you almost opened the door to Morelli. I wasn't talking about Morelli. I was talking about us. That too, I said. Ranger sliced a bagel and looked for the toaster. It's broken,I told him. He truned the boiler on and slid the bagel into the oven. That's surprisingly domestic for a man of mystery, I said to him. He looked at me over the rim of his coffee mug. I like things hot.

Will you promise to pick up after yourself?" "No, but I'll hire a cleaning lady.

For a country like India, which, unlike China, has domestic market for which manufacturing happens, manufacturing also happens for export.

At a time when we are dealing with unpredictable suppliers of energy abroad and higher gas costs at home, the decision to increase domestic energy exploration is integral to a balanced, common sense energy policy.

I just think it would be unrealistic to suggest we're going to eliminate every last domestic insurgent in Afghanistan. Certainly, the history of the country would indicate that's not a very realistic objective, and I think we have to have realistic objectives.

For many women, adopting a traditional full-time domestic role would be unthinkable. But if being at home and looking after your husband works for you, I'm behind you.

When I was sworn in the Marine Corps in 1964, when I was sworn into Congress, I swore to uphold the Constitution against enemies, both foreign and domestic. We have a lot of domestic enemies of - of the Constitution, those who want to pervert it, those who want to change it.

Was it not enough punishment and suffering in history that we were uprooted and made helpless slaves not only in new colonial outposts but also domestically.

The toughest thing about being a housewife is you have no place to stay home from.

Housework is what woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it.

The emancipation of woman will only be possible when woman can take part in production on a large, social scale, and domestic work no longer claims anything but an insignificant amount of her time.

If your religion does not work at home, don't export it.

India, in particular, is looking to develop nuclear power for domestic, commercial use, and we should work with them. This is a good deal for both countries.

Sign at a Kentucky appliance store: Don't kill your wife. Let our washing machine do the dirty work.

The average husband enjoys the total effect of his home but is usually unable to contribute any of the details of work and organisation that make it enjoyable.

India is still considered a preferred destination for many multinationals to manufacture cost-competitive high-technology products for domestic consumption as well as for global demand.

I came to London. I spent nine months doing domestic work and gardening because I knew I wanted to get a West End show. So, when I was offered jobs in Stoke or Leicester or whatever, I'd say no. Eventually, I got 'Godspell.' It was gently building.

I don't really have a domestic inclination. Even my apartment has a semblance of a storage facility. It's just stacks, there are no bookshelves, just books and piles of stamp collections and weird little sewing and knitting projects.