--- title: "9 Bigger House Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Bigger House quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Bigger House sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/jay-leno-210_acres_martha-stewart-is-now-under-house-arrest_1987647.png" --- > [Martha Stewart is now under house arrest. So she'll go to her $40 million 153-acre estate. So she's going from the big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-leno/martha-stewart-is-now-under-house-arrest-so-she-ll-go-to-her-40/) [Jay Leno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-leno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/jay-leno-210_acres_martha-stewart-is-now-under-house-arrest_1987647.png) > [“Never sacrifice your children for the bigger house, fancier car or the 'better life'. The price you pay is hefty and non-refundable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sotero-m-lopez-ii/never-sacrifice-your-children-for-the-bigger-house-fancier-car-or-the/) [Sotero M Lopez II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sotero-m-lopez-ii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e6/sotero-m-lopez-ii-38569_better-life_never-sacrifice-your-children-for-the-bi_1174392.jpg) > [I live in a bigger house, but I still live in the neighbourhood I grew up in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pelecanos/i-live-in-a-bigger-house-but-i-still-live-in-the-neighbourhood-i-grew/) [George Pelecanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pelecanos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0e/george-pelecanos-3616_bigger_i-live-in-a-bigger-house-but-i-still-liv_2353426.png) > [More is not better. Better is better. You don't need a bigger house; you need a different floor plan. You don't need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-steffen/more-is-not-better-better-is-better-you-don-t-need-a-bigger-house-you/) [Alex Steffen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-steffen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d6/alex-steffen-10872_actually_more-is-not-better-better-is-better-you_1572325.jpg) > [It's become such a cultural norm that people brag about it: "Oh yeah, you did that? I did this." Keeping up with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-schulte/it-s-become-such-a-cultural-norm-that-people-brag-about-it-oh-yeah/) [Brigid Schulte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-schulte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/691/brigid-schulte-15835_brag_it-s-become-such-a-cultural-norm-that-pe_1274257.png) > [The desire to move into a bigger house, to avoid living AIDS daily, and a dream to be accepted by a community…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-white/the-desire-to-move-into-a-bigger-house-to-avoid-living-aids-daily-and/) [Ryan White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bee/ryan-white-20448_accepted_the-desire-to-move-into-a-bigger-house-t_1324386.jpg) > [If someone gets a bigger house, does that automatically make them happy? Maybe for a second. But then they worry about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/if-someone-gets-a-bigger-house-does-that-automatically-make-them/) [Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/robert-thurman-9409_bigger_if-someone-gets-a-bigger-house-does-that_795744.jpg) > [My point is that there are a lot of forces, like the media and the general political rhetoric tells us we should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/my-point-is-that-there-are-a-lot-of-forces-like-the-media-and-the/) [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab0/jonathan-safran-foer-136_bigger_my-point-is-that-there-are-a-lot-of-forc_2613877.jpg) > [Make more money and you'll be happier, get a bigger house and you'll feel satisfied, buy fancier clothes and people will admire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/make-more-money-and-you-ll-be-happier-get-a-bigger-house-and-you-ll/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/081/anonymous-1_believe-in-god_make-more-money-and-you-ll-be-happier-ge_287407.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bigger-house/#itemlist", "name": "Bigger House Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Martha Stewart is now under house arrest. 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