Domesticity Quotes

22 quotes by 22 authors

In nothing more is the English genius for domesticity more notably declared than in the institution of this festival-almost one may call it-of afternoon tea...the… — George Gissing
The cat is the only animal which accepts the comforts but rejects the bondage of domesticity. — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
The idea of private property universal but private, the idea of families free but still families, of domesticity democratic but still domestic, of one man… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I've done lots of songs for film soundtracks and things like that-stuff I'm not ashamed of, but that doesn't represent my legacy with the Pretenders...I… — Chrissie Hynde
We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and snug in the social, our historic passions have withdrawn into the glow… — Jean Baudrillard
I loved the domesticity of my life as a struggling actor. When I wasn't going to auditions, I could do things like cook dishes from… — Jenna Fischer
Domesticity has to mean nesting. Otherwise, six months go by, and you don't know where your underwear is. — Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
The women of the South have brought into American literature a unique mixture of domesticity and grotesquerie. — James Dickey
As soon as a woman's primary social value could no longer be defined as the attainment of virtuous domesticity, the beauty myth redefined it as… — Naomi Wolf
The combination of domesticity and wildness - that's a deep expression — Tracy Kidder
I never mind the accusations of domesticity, as long as people recognise that all of us, even the luckiest, will live lives in which we… — Nick Hornby
Women owe Friedan an incalculable debt for The Feminine Mystique. Domesticity was not a satisfactory story of an intelligent woman's life. — Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
I tend to be a bit of a workaholic, but I also can't function without some sort of domesticity as well. — Jenny Slate
Cooking is the showy side of domesticity. — Adam Gopnik
I lead a life of blameless domesticity and always have done. — Boris Johnson
I know there are writers who feel unhappy with domesticity and who even manufacture domestic turmoil in order to have something to write about. With… — Paul Theroux
Jack? . . . No, there is very little music in the name Jack, if any at all, indeed. It does not thrill. It produces… — Oscar Wilde
There was a danger whenever I was on home ground. It was the danger of seeing my life through other eyes than my own. Seeing… — Alice Munro
What if one happens to be possessed of a heart that canâ€™t be trustedâ€”? What if the heart, for its own unfathomable reasons, leads one… — Donna Tartt
What compromises women - babies, domesticity, mediocrity - compromises writing even more. — Rachel Cusk

Who Wrote These Domesticity Quotes

22 authors contributed a total of 22 Domesticity Quotes as follows: