I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on.
topic: Mom, Mother, Clever, Spring Cleaning, Chores

topic: Family, Mom, Mother, Spring Cleaning, Chores

Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it.
topic: Inspirational, Home, Doe, Chores, Housework

The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.
topic: Time, Book, Memorable, Hercule Poirot, Spring Cleaning
Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization.
source: Ann Oakley (1974). “Woman's work: the housewife, past and present”, Vintage
topic: Inspirational, Self, Cleaning, Chores, Housework
My favorite way of getting out of doing chores is by acting like I'm asleep. But it never works.
topic: Acting, Way, Cleaning, Chores, Household Chores
topic: Fighting, People, Doe, Commuting, Household Chores
Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores - it's called partnership.
topic: Husband, Women, Today, Chores, Household Chores
My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
topic: Ideas, Rooms, Glances, Spring Cleaning, Chores
source: Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.74, Courier Corporation
topic: Sarcastic, Somewhere Else, Advice, Housework, Household Chores
source: Quoted in Michele Brown and Ann O'Connor, Woman Talk (1984)
topic: Funny, Hilarious, Women, Spring Cleaning, Starting All Over Again
My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.
topic: Ideas, Cleaning, Superwoman, Chores, Super Woman
topic: Tasks, Cleaning, Made, Marking Time, Chores
source: Shirley Conran (1978). “Superwoman”, Outlet
Housework can't kill you, but why take a chance?
source: Phyllis Diller (2006). “Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse: My Life in Comedy”, p.77, Penguin
topic: Funny, Hilarious, Witty, Spring Cleaning, Housework
topic: Doors, House, Enemy, Chores, Clean House
source: Naked Civil Servant (1968) ch. 15
topic: Mom, Mother, Class, Empowering Women, Being A Mother
topic: Dream, Home, Past, Chores, Household Chores
They shared the chores of living as some couples do-she did most of the work and he appreciated it.
topic: Couple, Appreciated, Chores, Household Chores
source: Phyllis Diller's Housekeeping Hints (1966)
topic: Growing Up, Children, Silly, Spring Cleaning, Chores
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.
topic: Life, Cute, Science, Social Organization, Clean House
topic: Book, Mean, Management, Chores, Housework
topic: Duty, Difficult, Performing, Household Chores
I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.
source: Shirley Conran (1978). “Superwoman”, Outlet
topic: Lying, Sofas, Housework, Chores, Household Chores
topic: Wife, Legs, Jeeves, Women Bashing, Dishwashers
topic: Space, Trying, May, Margins, Household Chores
At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.
source: Rose Macaulay (1926). “A Casual Commentary”
topic: Life, Stress, House, Chores, Distressing
topic: Mom, Mother, Dad, Household Chores
source: "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
topic: Dad, Cows, Rooms, Chores, Household Chores