"But now behold, In the quick forge and working-house of thought, How London doth pour out her citizens!"
Read quote
3 likes
House quotes
House
5.2K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to House
Browse quotes that often appear alongside house — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
House quotes (page 48 of 261)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"Like one who draws the model of a house beyond his power to build it who, half through, gives o'er, and leaves his part-created cost a naked subject to the weeping clouds."
Read quote
3 likes
"The whole house came up and I came up with it... I was just praying to the Lord to take care of me."
Read quote
3 likes
"The Russians will try all the rooms in a house, enter those that are not locked, and when they come to one that cannot be broken into, they will withdraw and invite you to dine genially that same evening."
Read quote
3 likes
"The essence and foundation of House of Commons debating is formal conversation. The set speech, the harangue addressed to constituents, or to the wider public out of doors, has never succeeded much in our small wisely-built chamber. To do any good you have got to get down to grips with the subject and in human touch with the audience."
Read quote
3 likes
"We proceeded systematically, village by village and we destroyed the houses, filled up the wells, blew down the towers, cut down the shady trees, burned the crops and broke the reservoirs in punitive devastation."
Read quote
3 likes
"There are drawbacks in being famous too, but you can live with those. They're not life-threatening. If the paparazzi are outside your restaurant or your house - and actors make such a big thing of it and scurry into cars and drape things - you think they're going to be crucified or something. It's not a big deal. You can get used to that. It's not so terrible."
Read quote
3 likes
"[Rock 'n' roll] is still a primitive form and there's no way you can get away from that. It's one of the primitive art forms and that's why it's good and that's why it's lasted...you know, it hasn't become sophisticated and it's not in the opera house."
Read quote
3 likes
"I always wondered why the makers leave housekeeping and cooking out of their tales. Isn't it what all the great wars and battles are fought for -- so that at day's end a family may eat together in a peaceful house?"
Read quote
3 likes
"I journeyed to London, to the timekept City, Where the River flows, with foreign flotations. There I was told: we have too many churches, And too few chop-houses."
Read quote
3 likes
"I cannot imagine how I will cope when I discover that my life is behind me, has already happened, and I have nothing to show for it. No treasure house of collection, no wealth of experience, no accumulated wisdom to pass on. What are we, if not an accumulation of our memories?"
Read quote
3 likes
"If you have a slave around the house how can you expect to make a revolution outside it? The problem for women is that if we try to be free, then we naturally become lonely, because so many women are willing to become slaves, and men usually prefer that."
Read quote
3 likes
"It's suspiciously quiet in here, and there's a Tod shaped dent in the bean bag. For the sake of both my sanity and my temper, I'm going to pretend I can't tell that you're in his lap, so could you pretend that this is still my house and you are still my daughter, and I'm within my parental rights to kick your boyfriend out after 11:00 p.m.?"
Read quote
3 likes
"I am very patriotic and grew up in a house with football fans."
Read quote
3 likes
"Hey." Her grin grew as she glanced from me to Nash, then back. "You're blocking the fridge." "There's a cooler in the other room." Nash nodded toward the main part of the house. Emma shrugged. "Yeah, but no one's making out in front of it."
Read quote
3 likes
"The Amish like to live a very plain lifestyle, the way they think God intended. It sort of brings you back to, like, 'Little House on the Prairie' days or something."
Read quote
3 likes
"The smaller it is the heart, more hatred houses."
Read quote
3 likes
"A wedding is not house-keeping."
Read quote
3 likes
"Do not economize on the hymeneal rites; do not prune them of their splendor, nor split farthings on the day when you are radiant. A wedding is not house-keeping."
Read quote
3 likes
"Houses are like the human beings that inhabit them."
Read quote
3 likes