Quotes About Household

We can all admit this - women do it better when it comes to planning and shot calling, running households, raising kids.

Someone has to take the garbage out, someone has to cook the food, and someone has to clean the dishes. I want to do all of that.

I love to go home and do the chores and read.

I talk a lot about the men in my family because my mother died when I was little, and my grandmother died when my aunts were little, so we didn't have those kinds of heads of household. But all the members of our household who were female were sort of living as equal and as wise as the male figures in our family.

The first responsibility of the Muslim is as teacher. That is his job, to teach. His first school, his first classroom is within the household. His first student is himself. He masters himself and then he begins to convey the knowledge that he has acquired to the family. The people who are closest to him.

I wish I had a wife who could manage things for me. Men are blessed that way. They have wives to look after their home.

I find vacuuming very therapeutic, but I hate ironing. I usually have no shirt on while ironing, because I'm ironing it, and I end up burning my chest.

Yes, I find it therapeutic to clean my vessels and polish them. I like to water my plants and clean all the artefacts in my house.

Cleaning is therapy for me. I'm not ashamed of holding the duster or broom.

In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!

I have to admit that I'm one of those people that thinks the dishwasher is a miracle.

Whether you're managing the finances for a household of one, a business of a thousand, or a government of several hundred million, there's no more important statement of fiscal intent you can make than putting together a responsible budget - one that acknowledges its available means, and makes a reasonable attempt to live within them.

As with any artistic trend, Twee doesn't become a movement until it gets its own household name. He arrived in the corduroy-draped, beanpole shape of Wes Anderson.

I wait, for the household to assemble. Household: that is what we are. The Commander is the head of the household. The house is what he holds. To have and to hold, till death do us part. The hold of a ship. Hollow.

Of late the three of them wouldn't even let him dry the dishes because he'd dropped too many of them on the floor. He'd done that on purpose, since it was useful to be considered inept when it came to chore division

I was to be Martha, keeping busy with household chores in the background; she was to be Mary, laying pure devotion at Alex's feet. (Which does a man prefer? Bacon and eggs, or worship? Sometimes one, sometimes the other, depending how hungry he is.)

To Scarlett, there was something breath-taking about Ellen O'Hara, a miracle that lived in the house with her and awed her and charmed and soothed her.

Cooking Tip: Wrap turkey leftovers in aluminum foil and throw them out.

The only time I ever enjoyed ironing was the day I accidentally got gin in the steam iron.

Rising before daylight is also to be commended; it is a healthy habit, and gives more time for the management of the household as well as for liberal studies.

I never mind scrubbing floors, vacuuming or bending and carrying stuff. Each time I do it I think, this is instead of going to the gym.

The less worldly members of our household often refer to this small indulgence as a waste of money, yet they never fail to be surprised at how accurately I can list the actors in any given movie, even after a year.

She'd rinsed and dried the romaine lettuce with paper towels.

Obviously the household of Richard the Fair was unused to hearing the magician laugh. Even Richard himself stopped pawing his willing partner to stare at Simon of Navarre. Something amuses you, my Grendel? he demanded. You have been gracious enough to gift me with a clever wife, Simon said. A clever woman is a curse, Richard said flatly, eyeing Alys with profound distrust. Change your mind, my friend. Choose the pretty one. My lord, said Simon, I did.