Household Quotes - Page 6

• One of the most visible effects of a child's presence in the household is to turn the worthy parents into complete idiots when, without him, they would perhaps have remained mere imbeciles.

  Georges Courteline

  Children, Parent, Imbeciles

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• In my household there is an insane amount of laughter and celebration.

  Edie Falco

  Laughter, Insane, Celebration

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• Nothing lovelier can be found In woman, than to study household good, And good works in her husband to promote.

  John Milton

  Marriage, Husband, Study

  1665 Adamto Eve. Paradise Lost (published1667), bk.9, l.232-4.

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• I support myself. My wife and I together - it's all our household. I'm really proud of that.

  Armie Hammer

  Wife, Support, Together

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Each generation takes a special pleasure in removing the household gods of its parents from their pedestals, and consigning them to the cupboard.

  William Ralph Inge

  Parent, Special, Pedestal

  William Ralph Inge (2015). “The Victorian Age”, p.5, Cambridge University Press

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• My goal is to be a household name, and when I do that, I want to help other girls become models, and maybe even launch a fashion line with my mom, like Beyonce did with her mother. My mom has such a good eye, and it's always been a dream of hers.

  Chanel Iman

  Girl, Mom, Mother

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• I was brought up in a household with sir and ma'am.

  Darrell Issa

  "Interview with Representative Darrell Issa". "The John King, USA Show", www.realclearpolitics.com. October 27, 2011.

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• I think the economic empowerment of women that has been growing over the past decade is at the 'inflection point' with this global recession. Women are, we believe, the solution for their families in their ability to go out and increase household income.

  Andrea Jung

  Believe, Past, Thinking

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• In many Asian households, to not go on to higher education, that's like a big no-no. I know my parents' discouragement was for my own protection, and I'm really close to them now, but they didn't understand that there is value in this. That's because they didn't know.

  Sandra Oh

  Parent, Asian, Goes On

  Sandra Oh moves from 'Sideways' to TV, www.today.com. March 22, 2005.

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• I guess people recognize me, but I'm not a household name. Two out of every five people who come up to me know my name. The one thing I don't want is to be followed by paparazzi.

  Michael Pena

  Names, Two, People

  "Michael Pena's adjusting to the view from up there". Interview with Luis Gomez, www.chicagotribune.com. September 21, 2012.

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• I think a lot of people think I was born in a blue suit, on the David Brinkley show. And that isn't me. I am much more that kid who grew up in South St. Louis, in a very modest household, with a simple background with parents who didn't get through high school.

  Dick Gephardt

  School, Kids, Simple

  "Who Is Richard Gephardt?", abcnews.go.com.

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• I grew up in a household that was a labor household. My dad was a Teamster and a milk truck driver. My mother was a secretary. Neither of them got through high school. But they worked hard and they gave me very, very important opportunities to go to school, get a good education.

  Dick Gephardt

  Mother, Dad, School

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• I grew up in a crazy, gypsy-like household of actors, dancers and loony Broadway people. It was their way of life, and I didn't know anything else.

  James Badge Dale

  Crazy, People, Dancer

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Kids need a happy household. They need to be loved and supported in their dreams. And I don't think you can make your kids' dreams your own. They need you to support them in their dreams.

  Billy Crystal

  Dream, Kids, Thinking

  "Billy Crystal: My family values" by Elaine Lipworth, www.theguardian.com. May 24, 2013.

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• The most important role models in people's lives, it seems, aren't superstars or household names. They're "everyday" people who quietly set examples for you-coaches, teachers, parents. People about whom you say to yourself, perhaps not even consciously, "I want to be like that."

  Tim Foley

  Teacher, Names, People

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• If people read 'Tomorrow' and feel that it is offering them some view of my own household, they would be very, very wrong.

  Graham Swift

  Offering, Views, People

  "Voice from the street" by Sophie Harrison, www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2007.

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• My parents divorced when I was young but I was brought up in two really loving households. I didn't have a contentious relationship with my mom or dad.

  Matt Damon

  Mom, Dad, Two

  "Matt Damon: My family values" by Elaine Lipworth, www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2012.

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• But while mum and dad were incredibly caring, it was also a very chaotic household where everyone fought about everything. So I know what it's like to internalize all that chaos.

  Dave Eggers

  Dad, Caring, Chaos

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• The most painful household accident is wearing socks and stepping on an upturned plug.

  Peter Kay

  Painful, Plugs, Sock

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• If you knew my wife, you'd be like, "Yeah, you're very married." She runs the household. I refer to her as "the greatest director I've ever worked with."

  Max Greenfield

  Running, Wife, Directors

  "The Max Factor". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.elle.com. January 25, 2013.

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• 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

  Blessed, Names, India

  "Interview with Indian industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla". "Talk Asia", www.cnn.com. April 6, 2011.

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• Legends of prediction are common throughout the whole Household of Man. Gods speak, spirits speak, computers speak. Oracular ambiguity or statistical probability provides loopholes, and discrepancies are expunged by Faith.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Faith, Men, Legends

  Ursula K. Le Guin (2000). “The Left Hand of Darkness”, p.46, Penguin

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• People see I am a mother and head of a household. Today in Chile, one-third of households are run by women. They wake up, take the children to school, go to work. To them I am hope.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Mother, Running, Children

  "'All I want in life is to walk along the beach, holding my lover's hand'". Interview with Jonathan Franklin, www.theguardian.com. November 22, 2005.

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• I have two sisters and a mother, obviously, so I grew up with a household of girls. Maybe I have a greater respect for women because of it.

  Hayden Christensen

  Girl, Mother, Two

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Why is it that half of the households in America pay zero income tax? We need some real tax reform.

  John Cornyn

  Zero, Real, America

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