Ellen DeGeneres Quotes

As movers and the moved both know, books are heavy freight, the weight of refrigerators and sofas broken up into cardboard boxes. They make us think twice about changing addresses.

I simply love doing household chores and cooking.

I'm really domestic.

There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands.

Vacuuming is great. I do the laundry. I love washing machines. I'm the maid in my house.

Once you learn to choose your belongings properly, you will be left with only the amount that fits perfectly in the space you own.

I am very domesticated. I find I really enjoy it.

I can't stand unpacking.

I'm a housewife: I spend far more time on housework than anything else.

I have moved to a smaller house in Paris, and I don't fancy having so much staff now.

I really like to cook and have dinner parties and I like to clean, it really clears my head and it makes me feel good to keep my home as a comfortable place.

Quite a few books about decluttering are published in a year.

If you want to get rid of stuff, you can always do a good spring-cleaning. Or you can do what I do. Move.

The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters - from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's telephone number - a sort of cheerful inefficiency which protects him.

I love cunning containers as much as anyone, but I've found that if I get rid of everything I don't need, I often don't need a container at all.

Invest in a feather duster - the possibilities are endless.

Everything from the little house was in the wagon, except the beds and tables and chairs. They did not need to take these, because Pa could always make new ones.

I've teamed up with Pine Sol to celebrate the makers of home.

Before I was married, I had never washed one dish or seen how you fried an egg or baking a potato.

I am not exactly Mrs. Good Housekeeping, although I love to cook, bake, even iron, but only because it's not mandatory.

When I go home, I still have to clean my room; I still have to do the dishes. We have somebody come every now and then to do that stuff, but my mom still makes me clean before she comes.

I never thought I would downgrade into a 4,000-square-foot house. It took me about two months to find places to put everything.

Decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.

I like doing chores.

I live in a little studio apartment, so I try to keep the space super clean at all times.