I'd rather make $700 a week playing a maid than earn $7 a day being a maid. — Hattie McDaniel Copy Share Image
“Of course I won't go alone. I shall take my maid." "No," Sebastian said. "You will take me.” — Amanda Quick Copy Share Image
“That's Lalasa, Kel's maid. She sews and knows all sorts of ways to hurt you.” — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
My nan was a nursery maid. Most people weren't in big houses. They were maids of all work. — Sarah Waters Copy Share Image
Maid Marion, who said to Robin Hood, I will not live in a house with a Little John. Never got a dinner! — Red Buttons Copy Share Image
The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
It's worth living abroad to study up on genteel and delicate manners. The maid smiles continuously; she smiles like a duchess on… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“No use wishing to be like other folks,' the maid said shrewdly. 'You have to learn to live at peace within your… — Elizabeth Chadwick Copy Share Image
“No longer did she look like a shy little maid who was trained to censor her thought before it reached her mouth.… — Kien Nguyen Copy Share Image
My mother had bought a sewing machine for me. When I went away to college, she gave me a sewing machine, a… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“Will you be lighting the lamp, or is it the entire night you expect me to stand here?" the maid asked in… — Antoinette Stockenberg Copy Share Image
“Truly, the old maid is a most useful person, one of the reserve forces of the community. They talk of the superfluous… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
... the time will come when no servant will be hired without a diploma from some training school, and a girl will… — Lydia Hoyt Farmer Copy Share Image
Some readers tell me, 'We always treated our maid like she was a member of the family.' You know, that's interesting, but… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
“I opened my louvres and looked at Comfort, walking in the heavy rain, crying bitterly. I heard mom saying, Anywhere you want… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
In my day, when you called on a girl, her mother was always hollering down to see if she was still unraped,… — Frank Crowninshield Copy Share Image
I grew up in a time when women didn't really do comedy. You had to be homely, overweight, an old maid, all… — Lily Tomlin Copy Share Image
I am the least intimidating person. I think I would have done better in my career if I were a little more… — Karen Black Copy Share Image
“And if she were an honest woman, which she was known to be on occasion, she could readily admit that hearing about… — Kathryn Smith Copy Share Image
A show that I loved as a kid was 'Maid Marian And Her Merry Men'. It was a really strong female character… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
When one of my Japanese teacups is broken, I imagine that the real cause was not the careless hand of a maid… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
I remember when I was very young, I had a fever - a long rheumatic fever in bed for four months. And… — Dario Argento Copy Share Image
Be good, sweet maid, and don't forget that this involves being as clever as you can. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
My mother worked as a maid, cleaning the fraternity dorm of the local college. — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
“I would be a slave to achieve the maid whose sudden sight has thrilled my wounded eye.” — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“A maid’s yard, house, wardrobe, fridge, etc. sometimes also serve as her master’s dustbin or dumpsite.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“I loved a maid as red as autumn [...] with sunset in her hair.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
My mother was a very hard-working maid, and their stories are worth telling. — Judy Reyes Copy Share Image
She would have been a very remarkable woman, if she had not been an old maid. — Thomas Nelson Page Copy Share Image
“They rung my bell to ask me. Could I recommend a maid. I said, yes, your momma.” — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image