Dinner Quote by Isabella Beeton

I have always thought that there is no more fruitful source of family discontent than a housewife's badly cooked dinners and untidy ways,

— Isabella Beeton

When I got married and had a child and went to work, my day was all day, all night. You lose your sense of…

— Martha Stewart

[On women's role in the home:] Every wife, mother and housekeeper feels at present that there is some screw loose in the household situation.

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“It was never reasonable or fair that women should shoulder the burden of household management, but it is possible that in an effort to…

— Julianne Malveaux

The only struggle came from me wanting more for my family and feeling like if they had one less individual to take care of…

— Petey Pablo

“Men who shared the load at home seemed just as pressed for time as their wives, and torn between the demands of career and…

— Arlie Hochschild

“The part of me that enjoys housekeeping and the comforts it provides is central to my character. Until now, I have almost entirely concealed…

— Cheryl Mendelson

“Home-life, when one always stays at home, is necessarily narrowing. That is one reason why so many women are petty and unthoughtful of any…

— Lucy Larcom

Most women who work and have a career and a family sympathise with one another because they know just how difficult it is to…

— Karren Brady

As a group, housewives to-day suffer more from social isolation and loss of purpose than any other social group, except, perhaps, the old.

— Alva Myrdal

Well, while I didn't have the more extreme experiences of some of my characters, I didn't exactly come from the most normal of households.…

— Charles de Lint

Domesticity has been a challenge for me but painful as it's been, engaging with family has been a school for reducing solipsism and increasing…

— Phillip Lopate