Household Dynamics Quotes

Women are only half responsible for children. Men raise children as much as women do. Until men are as nurturing as women are, and until women are as active outside the home as men are, we won't have democratic families, and therefore we won't have democracy, and we will continue this hierarchical notion of life.

My father always taught me to never be quiet. That's the good thing about a Bengali household.

Paul patted Mrs. O'Leary's snout. The living room shook —BOOM, BOOM, BOOM—which either meant a SWAT team was breaking down the door or Mrs. O'Leary was wagging her tail. I couldn't help but smile.

It's not so weird that four generations are living together under the same roof and trying to make it work. It's how a lot of people in this country are living right now.

All the households of the poor are not equally submissive

I have three women in the house. I get to be wrong three times a day.

Woman is the crown of all creation, but Man is the head who wears it, and even the servant is master in his house.

A house is never perfectly furnished for enjoyment unless there is a child in it rising three years old, and a kitten rising three weeks.

Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family.

Almost 40% of all young adults are living with their parents. This is a 75-year high in America. Forty percent of young adults are living with their parents. I see stuff like this, and I think it's a good thing I didn't become a parent, because if that were happening to me, you wouldn't want to be my kid.

Let's pretend six people live in your house. And you propose that only four people get to eat every day, and you put it to a vote. If four people vote that only four people get to eat, two people don't, that prevails. That's what a democracy is. It's strictly majority-minority rule.

Houses are like the human beings that inhabit them.

A lot of people think I grew up with just my brother and me, but mom was there even when she wasn't. We had a good household.

Domesticity is essentially drama, for drama is conflict, and the home compels conflict by its concentration of active personalities in a small area. The real objection to domesticity is that it is too exciting.

I live in a house with four women. Just shut up and say, Yes, ma'am.

I think the most significant work we'll do in our whole life, in our whole world is done within the four walls of our home.

Look at the political base of the Democratic Party: It is single mothers who run a household. Why? Because it's so tough economically that they look to the government for help and therefore they're going to vote. So if you want to reduce the Democratic advantage, what you want to do is build two parent families, you eliminate that desire for government.

'I will not stand for being called a woman in my own house' she said.

I think it's great for my boys to have a girl in the house, just to understand at least a little bit about what makes a woman tick - not that I can certainly figure that out, because I can't.

Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast.

It is now clear to me that the family is a microcosm of the world. To understand the world, we can study the family: issues such as power, intimacy, autonomy, trust, and communication skills are vital parts underlying how we live in the world. To change the world is to change the family.

You've got to bring your A-game when you're in the same household as a military guy.

I grew up in a bustling household of women with my mom, granny, and aunts. Seeing all these strong women taking charge of their lives and living it to the fullest was a great inspiration while growing up.

I've learned to really enjoy video games. It's really toxic to have in your house, because it's really distracting.

I grew up in a house of forthright women.