“Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.”— Erma Bombeck
“My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be.”— Erma Bombeck
“To be a housewife is to be a member of a very peculiar occupation, an occupation with no formal contract, no specific hours, no formal training and no union organization.”— Ann Oakley
“In our society, 'housewife' is a term with negative connotations, suggesting a woman who is boring, unintelligent, and unfulfilled.”— Ann Oakley
“Keeping house is as unpleasant and filthy as coal mining, and the pay is a lot worse.”— Phyllis McGinley