Subject: Activities » Housework

Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.

(1932 – ) British novelist & journalist

It's better to have loved and lost than do forty pounds of laundry a week.

(1904 – 1989) Spanish surrealist painter

The man has not been born for whom I will iron a shirt.

(1939 – ) English actress

I’m eighteen years behind on my ironing.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

You don’t get spoiled if you do your own ironing.

(1949 – ) American actress

I’ve decided to become gay… not in a sexual way, but I am going to start picking up around the house.

American comedian & actor

I find apologizing for not having cleaned is easier than cleaning.

(1975 – ) English comedian

A clean house is a sign of a misspent life.

How do you know if it's time to wash the dishes and clean your house?… look inside your pants and if you find a penis in there, it's not time.

(1957 – ) British stand-up comedian

Housekeeping is like being caught in a revolving door.

writer

I think housework is far more tiring and frightening than hunting is… and yet after hunting we had eggs for tea and were made to rest for hours, but after housework people expect one to go on just as if nothing special had happened.

(1904 – 1973) English novelist & biographer

Nothing annoys a woman more than to have company drop in unexpectedly and find the house looking as it usually does.

(1902 – 1963) Danish actor

Men – because of a tragic flaw – cannot see dirt until there is enough of it to support agriculture.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the sidewalk before it stops snowing.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

Housework can't kill you, but why take a chance?

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

There is always more dirty laundry than clean laundry.

The day I worry about cleaning my house is the day Sears comes out with a riding vacuum cleaner.

(1952 – ) comedian, actress & writer

No husband has ever been shot while doing the dishes.

The fantasy of every Australian man is to have two women – one cleaning and the other dusting.

Australian comedian & actress

I do clean up a little if company is coming; I'll wipe the lipstick off the milk container.

(1952 – ) comedian