Subject: Activities » Housework

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

Housework, if you do it right, will kill you.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

Best way to get rid of kitchen odors: eat out.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

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

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

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

(1928 – ) British journalist, writer & columnist

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

(1967 – ) English actor, writer & comedian

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

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

I’m eighteen years behind on my ironing.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

Excuse the mess but we live here.

(1952 – ) comedian, actress & writer

No husband has ever been shot while doing the dishes.

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

(1975 – ) English comedian

The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.

(1922 – 2007) American novelist

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

(1932 – ) British novelist & journalist

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

(1899 – 1995) humorist

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

(1952 – ) comedian

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

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

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

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

(1952 – ) comedian, actress & writer

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

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

Nature abhors a vacuum… and so do I.

American cartoonist & greeting card illustrator

If you start to clean your desk in the spare bedroom you will probably have to clean the garage to find what you need to finish cleaning the desk.