#domestic

My husband would do anything for me ...' It's degrading. No human being ought to have such power over another." "It's a very real power, Harriet." "Then ... we won't use it. If we disagree, we'll fight it out like gentlemen. We won't stand for matrimonial blackmail. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#devotion #dignity #disagreements #domestic-life #equality

God goes home at night in the bodies of faithful women. ↗

— Summer Kinard

#new-domesticity #women #faith

As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children. ↗

— John Adams

#birds #children #converse #domestic #heroes

It is hardly surprising that the Georgian domestic style emerges as the most remarkable in the world. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#emerges #georgian #hardly #most #remarkable

Outside of the chair, the teapot is the most ubiquitous and important design element in the domestic environment and almost everyone who has tackled the world of design has ended up designing one. ↗

— David McFadden

#almost #chair #designing #domestic #element

I plan to eliminate regulations that hinder domestic companies, particularly large conglomerates from investing in other companies. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#domestic #eliminate #hinder #i #investing

Government bonds have basically been sold in the domestic market, so there is some sense of stability, but the amount of public debt is really severe... Japan must manage its finances with a sense of urgency. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#basically #been #bonds #debt #domestic

Natural gas is the best transportation fuel. It's better than gasoline or diesel. It's cleaner, it's cheaper, and it's domestic. Natural gas is 97 percent domestic fuel, North America. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#best #better #cheaper #cleaner #diesel

Clearly independent journalists - domestic journalists - run a high risk if they dare to take on serious investigative work. ↗

— David Remnick

#dare #domestic #high #independent #investigative

My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job. ↗

— Ed Bradley

#always #domestic #factories #had #job