Welcome to Household Quotes, your go-to destination for inspiration, wit, and wisdom regarding all things related to the home. Whether you’re seeking motivation for a home improvement project, a touch of humor to lighten your chores, or simply some relatable musings about domestic life, you’ve come to the right place. Our collection of quotes encompasses a diverse array of topics, from the joys and challenges of homemaking to the beauty found in the simplest moments within our living spaces.
Within these pages, you’ll discover quotes from renowned authors, philosophers, homemakers, and celebrities, each offering their unique perspective on the significance of the home. From poignant reflections on the warmth and comfort of family gatherings to practical insights into organization and homemaking, our curated selection aims to resonate with homeowners and renters alike. So whether you’re seeking a spark of creativity for your next DIY project or a comforting reminder of the importance of home, allow our collection of Household Quotes to inspire and uplift you. Explore, enjoy, and feel free to share these quotes to brighten the homes and hearts of those around you. Now, without further ado, let the quotes begin!
My parents never looked at my acting as a career. They saw it as a way to help provide for the household. Paul Walker
When we talk about good books, we often talk about good sentences, but what we rarely talk about is reader pleasure. Yet it is reader pleasure that is going to make a book break out into the kind of success that makes it into a household name. Holly Black
I was brought up in a Democrat household. My mom believed the lies she was told, that she needed government to raise her five children. Lauren Boebert
My in-laws don’t let me do much household chores so maximum of time is devoted to my four-year-old son Kabir. Amrapali Gupta
I was raised in a household where kids’ opinions were just as valued as adults and I think that was important for me. Finn Wolfhard
I grew up in this household where reading was the most noble thing you could do. When I was a teenager, we would have family dinners where we all sat there reading. It wasn’t because we didn’t like each other. We just liked reading. The person who made my reading list until my late teen years was my mom. Keith Gessen
The food we ate was Indian, and both my mother and father were very deep into the ancient philosophy of India, so it could well have been an Indian household. Amar Bose
The real lover of cats is one who demands a clearer adjustment to the universe than ordinary household platitudes provide; one who refuses to swallow the sentimental notion that all good people love dogs, children, and horses while all bad people dislike and are disliked by such. H. P. Lovecraft
We need to manage holistically, embracing all of our science and traditional knowledge – all sources of knowledge. We can do that from the household to government to international relations. Allan Savory
If you want any attention in the Howard household, you have to shout quite loudly and try to develop a personality. Russell Howard
I grew up in an environment where it was permittable to use violence to solve a problem. But it was not permittable ever to call the police under any circumstances. That was the kind of doctrine of my household. My dad was a career-long criminal, and you weren’t calling the police for any reason. Charlie Hunnam
Scam’ gave me a national or I would say global platform which made me a household name. I am getting such a lot of love, appreciation, and acceptance from the audience and makers and that’s a very satisfying feeling. Pratik Gandhi
We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn’t speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food. Francis Ford Coppola
In Haryana, there are two things that are most important in a household. We don’t care if we have a big house and several cars or not. But for us, in every household, the sons need to be strong, and the animals need to be in good health. Sangram Singh
I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today. Gerald R. Ford
My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint. Erma Bombeck
There are two major problems that come out of COVID-19: the massive unemployment that is destroying the revenues for our programs, the paychecks for our families, and the sense of purpose for our workers. The second is the astronomical levels of household government and corporate debt. Pierre Poilievre
I grew up in a progressive household with a family that believed in equality for all, and that leaves its mark on you. In the past, I planned to go into politics and never considered Wall Street as an option. Dan Schulman
We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us. Vernon Howard
I grew up in a household listening to hip-hop music. Candace Owens
Every man’s reputation proceeds from those of his own household. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Food and energy account for a significant portion of household budgets, so the Federal Reserve’s inflation objective is defined in terms of the overall change in consumer prices. Janet Yellen
Urbanization, falling poverty rates, and growing global trade have changed the diets and expanded the waistlines of the world’s poor, with processed food and sweetened drinks becoming household staples. Annie Lowrey
I grew up in a household where everybody lived at the top of his lungs. Frank Langella
I’m over the moon to be involved in the ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas special. I can’t quite believe it as it’s a part of the family tradition at the Jenkins household. I heard the news that I got the role on my 30th birthday and it was the best birthday present ever. Katherine Jenkins
Many of our problems are home-grown. Gordon Brown regularly advised the rest of the world to follow his British model of growth. But the model was flawed. It led to the highest level of household debt in relation to income in the world. Vince Cable
I did not grow up around computers, so technology was not a tool used every day in my household. I was drawn to computer science due to the creative nature of programming and the technology focus. Kimberly Bryant
I grew up in a household that was very left wing. Jez Butterworth
Is it not hard that even those who are with us should be against us – that a man’s enemies, in some degree, should be those of the same household of faith? Yet so it is. John Wesley
I grew up in a very visual household. My dad is a designer; my sister is a designer. My brother is an amazing architect who does music. But I think in the Chung household, how things looked was an important part of who you are. Alexa Chung
A flat-rate poll tax would be politically unsustainable; even with a rebate scheme, the package would have an unacceptable impact on certain types of household. Nigel Lawson
My father passed away in 1942, and three-four months after his death, I had to start working. There was a responsibility on my shoulders to run the household. It was my duty as the eldest child in the house. Lata Mangeshkar
We were a Doordarshan household… with a curfew. So after lights out at 10 P.M., we could barely keep up with the latest films of the time. So even thinking about becoming an actress was unfathomable. Kirti Kulhari
Embrace every opportunity of exercising kind feelings and doing good to others, especially to the household of faith. Adoniram Judson
Christmas in the Buckley household is hilarious – at the family dinner, we all have to do a song, no matter if you can sing in tune. Jessie Buckley
The first responsibility of the Muslim is as teacher. That is his job, to teach. His first school, his first classroom is within the household. His first student is himself. He masters himself and then he begins to convey the knowledge that he has acquired to the family. The people who are closest to him. H. Rap Brown
The severe household has no fierce slaves, while it is the affectionate mother who has the prodigal son. Han Fei
The poor child was the drudge of the household, and was always in the wrong. He was, however, the most bright and discreet of all the brothers; and if he spoke little, he heard and thought the more. Charles Perrault
I don’t mind expressing my opinions and speaking out against injustice. I would be doing this even if I wasn’t a writer. I grew up in a household that believed in social justice. I have always understood myself as having an obligation to stand on the side of the silenced, the oppressed, and the mistreated. Tayari Jones
Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast. LeBron James
No one likes doing chores. In happiness surveys, housework is ranked down there with commuting as activities that people enjoy the least. Maybe that’s why figuring out who does which chores usually prompts, at best, tense discussion in a household and, at worst, outright fighting. Emily Oster
I was raised in a conservative Christian household. We weren’t even allowed to watch ‘secular’ television, anything that was deemed not proper for Christians. Matt Bomer
My mother ran the household. In grade school, I came home crying one day. She said, ‘What’s wrong?’ and I said, ‘This kid said he was going to jump on me.’ She grabbed me and slammed me on the floor. ‘If you don’t go out there and stand up for yourself, it’s going to be me and you.’ I didn’t want that to happen. Buster Douglas
I was raised in a very religious household – it wasn’t dogma, but we were raised Christian; we went to church every Sunday, Bible study, Bible camp every summer. Adrienne C. Moore
I was born in a very poor family. I used to sell tea in a railway coach as a child. My mother used to wash utensils and do lowly household work in the houses of others to earn a livelihood. I have seen poverty very closely. I have lived in poverty. As a child, my entire childhood was steeped in poverty. Narendra Modi
I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family’s faith. Vera Farmiga
The typical minimum wage earner is a provider and a breadwinner – most likely a woman – responsible for paying bills, running a household and raising children. Tom Perez
With my mother, I moved from one household to another before settling in the eastern part of Finland, in the city of Kuopio. Martti Ahtisaari
Both parents were hard-working and made me work for my pocket money by doing household chores. That taught me the value of money and gave me a strong work ethic. Eddie the Eagle
My mom is American, so I was raised in her household in my formative years. Nipsey Hussle
In the household in which I was raised, the themes were pretty simple. ‘Work hard. Don’t quit. Be appreciative, be thankful, be grateful, be respectful. Also, never whine, never complain. And always, for crying out loud, keep a sense of humor.’ Michael Keaton
The severe household has no fierce slaves, but it is the affectionate mother. Han Fei
For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison. Theodore Roosevelt
I was raised in a Baptist household, went to a Catholic church, lived in a Jewish neighborhood, and had the biggest crush on the Muslim girls from one neighborhood over. Will Smith
My mother is an amazing woman. Not only did she manage the entire household, she noticed a gift in each of her kids and instilled confidence in all of us that that gift would take us wherever we wanted to go. Barbara Corcoran
Before I became an orphan of the Holocaust my early family life was stable. I grew up as a German Jew in Frankfurt, and I was in a household with two loving parents and an adoring grandmother who spoiled me. My mother helped my father in their wholesale business and they went to synagogue every Friday. Ruth Westheimer
What was new was the symbolic force of the targets struck. The attackers did not just physically cause the highest buildings in Manhattan to collapse; they also destroyed an icon in the household imagery of the American nation. Jurgen Habermas
Mid-afternoon, I’ll go out and do the household errands, come home, do my gardening, go for an evening walk. Diana Gabaldon
When it comes to housework the one thing no book of household management can ever tell you is how to begin. Or maybe I mean why. Katharine Whitehorn
As a Jewish refugee from the Soviet Union, I felt it was ridiculous to expect me to atone for the sins of slavery and segregation, to say nothing of the household drudgery and workplace discrimination suffered by women. Max Boot
Wherever the citizen becomes indifferent to his fellows, so will the husband be to his wife, and the father of a family toward the members of his household. Wilhelm von Humboldt
I have a business manager and a book-keeper who deals with our household bills. My husband and I sit down with her for a weekly report on how much money is going out, but I’m not terribly interested, and I don’t have the patience for it. Jane Green
The dirty little secret is that I grew up in a household where there were no carbohydrates allowed, ever. No cookies, no bread, no potatoes, no rice. My mother was very extreme in terms of what she served. Since I left home more than 40 years ago, I’ve been making it right for myself. Ina Garten
It was quite a thespian – ‘thespy’ – sort of household. My mum had a dance school, and my dad now works in a theatre, so I spent a lot of time going to see dance as a young child – it was just a part of who we were. Elizabeth Debicki
I mean, when you grow up in the inner city and you grow up in a single-parent household, that’s – those are humbling times, you know? LeBron James
Edith Vonnegut behaved like a guest in her children’s lives. To her way of thinking, parenting came under the general heading of household tasks, which, as a wealthy woman, she could pay others to do. Charles J. Shields
I probably don’t make as much money as people think I make. I make more than the usual medium household. I’m one of the few middle class actors out there. The microcosm of Hollywood reflects the macrocosm of international finance. James Ransone
One feels very blessed to be born into a family like the Birla family, which is a household name in India, which stands for tradition, is yet contemporary, stands for trust. Kumar Mangalam Birla
Being a household name throughout boxing, that matters to me. Jermell Charlo
On a very local scale, a refrigerator is the center of the universe. On the inside is food essential to life, and on the outside of the door is a summary of the life events of the household. Robert Fulghum
The household I grew up in… was rather like an Ovaltine advert. There was a huge fire, a kettle on the fire, the oven with the bread being baked every day, and there was the radio; it was very magical to hear all these wonderful programmes. Brian Blessed
I was a sign language interpreter from when I was 17, but I don’t do that anymore. Both of my parents were deaf. I grew up in a deaf household. I don’t do any jokes about it really, but yeah that was my day job. Moshe Kasher
People say, ‘I love ‘Snatch,’ I love ‘Lock Stock,’ but I want to be more than a movie name. I’d love to be more of a household name. Vinnie Jones
Mergers are like marriages. They are the bringing together of two individuals. If you wouldn’t marry someone for the ‘operational efficiencies’ they offer in the running of a household, then why would you combine two companies with unique cultures and identities for that reason? Simon Sinek
An oligarchy of race, where the Saxon rules the African, might be endured; but this oligarchy of sex which makes father, brothers, husband, sons, the oligarchs over the mother and sisters, the wife and daughters of every household… carries discord and rebellion into every home of the nation. Susan B. Anthony
I never really got any attention until I was on MTV. I became a household name because I was on every day from 3-4 P.M. I wasn’t prepared for it – how mean they can be in the press. Simon Rex
People always ask about my dad and his comedic influence. It’s funny because my mom is really the comedian of our household. Dan Levy
To be a queen of a household is a powerful thing. Jill Scott
I grew up in a very literate, very independent household where people spoke their ideas and were very supportive of helping each other find their own way. Lucinda Williams
I was brought up in a household where I was not allowed to take the Lord’s name in vain. Evangeline Lilly
What I’m most proud of is that I paid off all the debts of my household. Ji Chang-wook
Look at ‘American Idol,’ which I don’t look at. Those winners haven’t become household names except for Jennifer Hudson, and she was a reject. You can’t aim to be a household name. You just have to be successful. Andre Leon Talley
I grew up in a household that never talked about limitations. Lzzy Hale
When you’re single, you’re very independent. Very independent women raised me. We didn’t have a lot of male figures as the head of our household, so I got, and took on, a lot of that strong spirit from the matriarchs in my family. Tichina Arnold
Growing up in Georgia, my dad was a farmer and we worked in agriculture, so we were always looking up at the sky, checking if rain was in the forecast. That always set the tone for the mood in my household, whether we had rain coming in or not – we knew the crops would be good and it was going to be a good week around the Bryan household. Luke Bryan
Tupac, Biggie, Jay. Your usual suspects. These were the people that was played in my household. Kendrick Lamar
Humility was considered a great virtue in my family household. No show of complacency or self-satisfaction was ever tolerated. Patting yourself on the back was definitely not encouraged, and pleasure or pride would be punishable by death. Hugh Laurie
The average credit score of today’s FHA borrowers is higher than the average American household with a score. As it becomes more costly and difficult to get a FHA loan, loans from private mortgage lenders will become more attractive and their market share will grow. Mark Zandi
Sport was my absolute love. It was very sporty household. We had my – my brother and I both loved sports. Delta Goodrem
It’s tough for me to get rid of clothes. I grew up in a household with a limited budget and we really had to make our nice clothes last, and so now I’ll get free pairs of shoes and this, that and the other and I’ll be like, ‘Oh great!’; even though it stresses me out that I don’t have enough room to put them, I can’t throw them away. Will Ferrell
The world’s battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history. Henry Ward Beecher
A household can never appear prosperous without a cow. How auspicious it is to wake up in the morning to the mooing of your own cow! Munshi Premchand
I grew up in Sydney in a very political household, where we were all for the underdog. John Pilger
Black and brown pride have been taught in my household for a long time. Kendrick Lamar
There is no evidence to show that prohibition has ever had its intended impact. Of course, just as banning beef has reduced beef consumption, banning alcohol will lead to reduced alcohol consumption. But, there appears to be little or no correlation between, say, domestic violence or household impoverishment and prohibition. Vikram Patel
I was so fortunate to be raised in a household filled with books and – as you might imagine to be the case in the Bush home – plenty of conversation. Dorothy Bush Koch
I am still the same village girl from Dhing who used to help my father in the paddy field, help mother in household chores, run for hours on the streets of Dhing, play football with my Mon Jai group friends. Hima Das
My daughter’s position in our household is definitely higher than mine. I listen to her a lot. I guess you can say that’s my parenting style. Zhao Wei
All workers, whether they are employed in the private or public sector, should avoid living ‘paycheck to paycheck.’ Studies show that every household wastes 10% or more of its salary or income on unnecessary expenditures or by not taking the time to shop for better prices. It’s all a matter of proper budgeting. Mark Skousen
Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas, and there’s no way I’d do anything to undermine that belief. Carol Ann Duffy