“Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.”

“Nanny Ogg never did any housework herself, but she was the cause of housework in other people.”

“Hochschild’s biggest mistake, though, was one made by almost every popularized housework study: not adequately measuring men’s contribution to work around the home. For example, if mom drives the children to daycare, it’s called housework; if dad drives the family to grandma’s, it isn’t called housework.”

“Earth is abundant with plentiful resources. Our practice of rationing resources through monetary control is irrelevant and counter-productive to our survival.”

“Housework can kill you if done right.”

“Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.”

“The excitement is growing so much I think the Geiger counter of Olympo-mania is going to go zoink off the scale.”

“On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur.”

“Do I know what people say? Sure. I shrug it off. what else can you do? Stop people from talking? You might as well try to stop the wind from blowing.”

“The product of movement and counter-movement is tension. When tension — working strength — is expressed, it endows the work of art with the living effect of coordinated, though opposing, forces.”