Housework Quotes

103 Housework quotes by 81 unique authors

Nanny Ogg never did any housework herself, but she was the cause of housework in other people. — Terry Pratchett
I think housework is far more tiring and frightening than hunting is, no comparison, and yet after hunting we had eggs for tea and were… — Nancy Mitford
I enjoy doing housework, ironing, washing, cooking, dishwashing. Whenever I get one of those questionaires and they ask what is your profession, I always put… — Tasha Tudor
I have always known that there were spellbinding evil parts for women. For one thing, I was taken at an early age to see Snow… — Margaret Atwood
Except that my father got a raise, and my mother didn't because she doesn't get paid for housework, and my sister stopped reading those self-esteem… — Stephen Chbosky
Remember, 'No one's more important than people'! In other words, friendship is the most important thing--not career or housework, or one's fatigue--and it needs to… — Julia Child
On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure… — Evelyn Underhill
Growing up, I have discovered over time, is rather like housework: never finished. — Lois McMaster Bujold
When woman work outside the home and share breadwinning duties, couples are more likely to stay together. In fact, the risk of divorce reduces by… — Sheryl Sandberg
We seem so frightened today of being alone that we never let it happen. Even if family, friends, and movies should fail, there is still… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
I made a very slatternly mother, notably unkeen on housework, unaware that homes need to be cleaned now and then, and too often to be… — J. G. Ballard
No work-family balance will ever fully take hold if the social conditions that might make it possible - men who are willing to share parenting… — Arlie Russell Hochschild
My mother made me do all the housework as a boy. I still do it, even in hotels. — Ernest Borgnine
My earliest memories of my mom were of her multi-tasking - preparing dinner while checking on homework and housework; clearing the dinner plates while setting… — Christine Pelosi
The scorn men express for a male who does housework is exceeded only by their aversion to a woman who doesn't — Unknown Author
When I wake up each morning, I catch myself smiling, When I'm busy with housework, I can't help but to start laughing, I don't know… — Becka Miller
For women the wage gap sets up an infuriating Catch-22 situation. They do the housework because they earn less, and they earn less because they… — Unknown Author
Housework, if it is done right, can kill you. — John Skow
My husband and I have figured out a really good system about the housework: neither one of us does it — Unknown Author
The secret of surviving housework is simply to do it. Pull the plug on the part of your brain that always wants to negotiate everything.… — Unknown Author
The cruel irony of housework: people only notice when you don't do it. — Unknown Author
I think housework and kids is the main reason why mental institutes are filled with a majority of women. — Raea
I hate housework. You make the beds, you wash the dishes and six months later you have to start all over again. — Joan Rivers
Don't try to be superwoman by doing the entire housework and caring for the baby yourself — Mazher (@mazher50)
Housework is something you do that nobody notices until you don't do it — Dopekidd

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