Chairs Quote by Henry David Thoreau

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.

— Henry David Thoreau

In our house, my dad had a chair. It was a Barcalounger, big and comfortable. If we missed him or wanted comfort when he…

— Wendell Pierce

I hate to sound esoteric, but there is something about a house that leads you to that one chair, that one corner, where you…

— Francisco Costa

My house always had at least 14 people in it. And one bathroom. So I didn't really want to be home.

— Brian Ortega

Haven't you felt a peculiar sort of worry about the chair in your living room that no one sits in?

— Nicholson Baker

I've got to stop getting obsessed with human beings and fall in love with a chair. Chairs have everything human beings have to offer,…

— Carrie Fisher

When I make chairs, they have legs; they can go anywhere in the world. Interiors are a different responsibility. A house is a representation…

— Marcel Wanders

I was shown into a room. A red room. Red wallpaper, red curtains, red carpet. They said it was a sitting-room, but I don’t…

— Hugh Laurie

I work in theater, so I am always working in front of empty chairs. They represent a future presence. They are never just chairs.

— Haris Pasovic

My dwelling was small, and I could hardly entertain an echo in it; but it seemed larger for being a single apartment and remote…

— Anonymous

My table seats eight, so that's my maximum. Having a small number of guests is the only way to generate good conversation. Besides, your…

— Paul Lynde

We were lounging around in this beautiful house in LA, and I'm coming from NY, so sometimes when we weren't working I would just…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal