Subject: Activities » Housework

I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

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

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

People often write me and ask how I keep my wood floors so clean when I live with a child and a dog, and my answer is that I use a technique called “Suffering From a Mental Illness.”

(1975 – ) blogger

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

(1939 – ) English actress

I’ve decided to sell my Hoover… well, it was just collecting dust.

(1967 – ) English actor, writer & comedian

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 am a marvelous housekeeper; every time I leave a man I keep his house.

(1917 – 2016) Hungarian-born American actress

I did think about adopting… an 18-year-old girl from Thailand, whose hobbies include vacuuming and some light dusting.

(1964 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

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

(1932 – ) British novelist & journalist

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

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

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

(1949 – ) American actress

Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it.

(1899 – 1995) humorist

I used to think about Cindy Crawford; now, I think about leaving dishes in the sink overnight without a war breaking out.

(1965 – 2010) American stand-up comedian & television personality

Have you ever taken something out of the clothes hamper because it had become, relatively, the cleanest thing?

(1928 – ) British journalist, writer & columnist

There's no real need to do housework – after four years it doesn't get any worse.

(1908 – 1999) English writer

I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

Whatever arrangement you make for the division of household duties, your husband's job will be easier.

My second favorite household chore is ironing, my first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.

(1922 – 2007) American novelist

A clean house is a sign of a misspent life.

Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist