To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a 'home' might be added the modern supplement that woman accepted cooking as a chore but man has made of it a recreation.
My mother was an extremely creative woman, despite the fact that she lived the life of a rural housewife.
I don't think I'll ever be a housewife.
The very name of my subject, economics, suggests economizing or maximizing. But Political Economy has gone a long way beyond home economics.
I'm like a really goofy home ec teacher.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
I am not exactly Mrs. Good Housekeeping, although I love to cook, bake, even iron, but only because it's not mandatory.
Before I was married, I had never washed one dish or seen how you fried an egg or baking a potato.
I'm a real Suzy Homemaker.
The department of home economics was organized to train a woman in efficiency and to develop her outlook to life. Such a department is a necessity as a means of developing a society. It stands for the evolution of women's work and place.
I think you owe it to your kids to teach them how to cook - you know, self-survival.
The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
When people are able to live at home, they have more disposable income. That part is good for the economy.
I'm getting all domesticated. I feel like Susie the homemaker.
English women would rather go out and buy a washing machine than shop for clothes.
At 17, I went away to Pau in the south of France for a few months to study domestic science - including cleaning windows with newspaper and water - while living with a Catholic family with 10 children.
Both of my parents worked, so it was my way of helping around the house by making dinner for my family. I fell in love with it.
There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands.
I think it's important for children to know where their food comes from and how much work it takes to produce the items we eat in our home.
I'm around my kids every day. I'm regular. We're a regular family. My wife cooks, she washes clothes, I read books, I pump my own gas, I get my own hair cut.
I'm really domestic.
Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
My mother was predominately a stay-at-home mom.
I tried being a stay-at-home mom for eight weeks. I like the stay-at-home part. Not too crazy about the mom aspect.
I started in college as a business major and finally transferred to home economics and studied making clothes.
