Quotes About Maintenance

If you want your appliance to work right, it's a good idea to install the batteries correctly with the plus signs facing the right way.

You put things off and then one morning you wake up and say—today I will change the oil in my truck.

Husbands are like fires - they go out when they're left unattended.

that the way you experience life in your home is determined by how you do your housekeeping.

A ship is always very referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep her in paint and powder.

A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.

I've got to clean it." "You'll prob'ly find everything you need right over there by that sign that says, 'Godliness.' The cleanin' stuff's right next to it.

The building was old. A more prosperous community would have torn it down years ago, but Ice Islanders just kept fixing it, making do. The prevailing attitude seemed to be that good teachers and not fancy buildings were the key to a solid education. A teacher needed books, a blackboard, chalk, and a classroom. Period. The function of the building was to keep the students warm and dry; anything else would be extravagant.

Your body is a temple, but how long can you live in the same house before you redecorate?

It would fare but ill with many of us if we were left to superintend our own digestion and circulation. 'Bless me!' one would cry, 'I forgot to wind up my heart this morning! To think that it has been standing still for the last three hours!' 'I can't walk with you this afternoon,' a friend would say, 'as I have no less than eleven dinners to digest. I had to let them stand over from last week, being so busy, and my doctor says he will not answer for the consequences if I wait any longer!'

Crabgrass can grow on bowling balls in airless rooms, and there is no known way to kill it that does not involve nuclear weapons. Oh, I know you've seen advertisements for lawn products that are supposed to kill crabgrass, but don't believe them. Crabgrass thrives on these products.

A good garden may have some weeds.

America does not have a health care system; what modern medicine has created is an illness maintenance system.

Dentistry is not expensive, neglect is.

You don't have to brush your teeth — just the ones you want to keep.

Wir leben in einem Haus, das ständig zusammenzubrechen droht, und können nicht viel mehr unternehmen, als hier einen Balken abzustützen und dort das Dach zu flicken, damit es nicht hineinregnet. Wenn du dann morgens durch die Stube gehst, brichst du schon wieder durch die Dielen.

The majority of politicians, on the evidence available to us, are interested not in truth but in power and maintenance of that power. To maintain that power it is essential that people remain in ignorance, that they live in ignorance of the truth, even the truth of their own lies. What surrounds us therefore is a vast tapestry of lies, upon which we feed.

Because of the power shortage and lack of replacement parts there was only one elevator running in the Empire State Building, and this one went only as high as the twenty-fifth floor. After that you walked.

the wilderness. Who in his right mind would not want someone to take care of these unpalatable household tasks?

As you get older, things conk out. It's a bit like a car. As long as it's something the mechanics can fix, you can chug on for a few more thousand miles.

The design of each element should be thought out in order to be easy to make and easy to repair.

A house was never taken good care of, Mr Shepherd observed, without a lady:

When something needs to be ironed I put it in the ironing basket. If a year goes by and the item is still in the basket I throw the item away. This is a good system since eventually I end up only with clothes that don't need ironing.

I don't know much about cars, Joyce said, but I think someone took my engine.