Quotes About Chores

Housework, if you do it right, will kill you.

You won't do any more housework? Then you go to the bin.

There was a Saint Laurent dress that I actually had to hide from my manager. I DJ'd for part of the money, did a shoot and got a discount, and it was still one of my most extravagant purchases. I've worn it loads, even to do chores around the house, so surely that makes it ok?

No one likes doing chores. In happiness surveys, housework is ranked down there with commuting as activities that people enjoy the least. Maybe that's why figuring out who does which chores usually prompts, at best, tense discussion in a household and, at worst, outright fighting.

There were neighbors that I played with and did all the things that children do. I did mow the lawn. I did help with various things that needed to be done to occupy my time.

hair and crumbs and unidentifiable orts to be vacuumed

People can say what they like about the eternal verities, love and truth and so on, but nothing's as eternal as the dishes.

Cleaning up with children around is like shoveling during a blizzard

My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?

Housework can kill you if done right.

Cleanliness is not next to godliness. It isn't even in the same neighborhood. No one has ever gotten a religious experience out of removing burned-on cheese from the grill of the toaster oven.

I love doing the dishes... not for the act of cleaning but because I get to put my headphones in, listen to music, and ignore the world for an hour, and it's totally acceptable because I'm cleaning.

People's biggest worries include financial anxiety, health concerns, job insecurity, and having to do tiring and boring chores.

I love cleaning the house. I'd never have a cleaner - I wouldn't trust them to do it.

Vacuuming is great. I do the laundry. I love washing machines. I'm the maid in my house.

I love doing laundry! It's so satisfying. I love the way it smells. I love doing the sheets.

Gefühle am Morgen, das erträgt kein Mann. Dann lieber Geschirr waschen!

The soap and sponge were doing their thing.

Marriage is not just spiritual communion and passionate embraces; marriage is also three meals a day, sharing the workload and remembering to carry out the trash.

Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.

Ellie had a feeling he thought she was exaggerating. "I am not jesting. Yesterday she presented me with two lists. The first consisted of chores I must perform in addition to those I already do." "What, did she have you cleaning out the chimney?" Charles teased. "Yes!" Ellie burst out. "Yes, and it was not a joke!"

Before I could go out with friends I had to get my room 'ready for inspection,' and a good chunk of our family bonding time besides the kids' activities were definitely all the chores we did. Which I loved.

Vacuums don't clean houses. People clean houses.

Alone at last, Rina stood up, stretched, and glanced at her watch again. Her own boys were still at the Computer Club. Steve would walk them home to a waiting baby-sitter so there was no need to rush. She could take her time. Removing her shoes, she rubbed her feet, slipped them into knitted socks and shuffled along the gleaming white tile. Loaded down with a bucket full of soapy water, a handful of rags, and a pail of supplies, she entered the hallway leading to the two bathrooms.