House Quotes

What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply, majoritarian, absolute power on either side. And that's just not what the founders intended.

Sometimes it's so weird just to do an interview. This morning I was back in my parents' house, with my brother, and we went for a jog together, then had breakfast as a family. And a couple of hours later I'm wearing high heels and a dress and makeup, and talking about my job.

For me, the card catalog has been a companion all my working life. To leave it is like leaving the house one was brought up in.

I'm used to being cut out of the conference meetings, but now they are cutting us out even before the bill's are written or either the House or Senate Acts.

So, President Obama wants to change America. I understand that. We don't need to change America. We need to change the White House. We need to change the leadership in the White House.

In his first 100 days, Mr. Obama has put the fate of his presidency in the hands of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He may come to regret that decision.

But if I had committed a breach of privilege, it was the privilege of the Senate, and not of this House, which was violated. I was answerable there and not here.

There is one final point I would like to make this week. As I said on the floor of the House during deliberation of this latest supplemental, hope is something Americans should never lose. Let each of us, both by our words and actions, continue to provide that hope.

If people are concerned about my house and where I live again it's much more of a reflection on them than it is on me.

A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.

It's kind of debatable whether or not the advertisement model is effective. Like whether Nielsen works. For years, Nielsen has been based on sampling. It's not like an electronic bullet that hits your house that tells the people at networks at all times what you're watching.

The best thing I've done with my money is buy a house for my family. You wake up to a house you love and you feel like somebody.

The heart and soul of network programming is series programming, the weekly repetition of characters you like having in your house.

Other than the fact that I like a country house, I can't think of anything I'd want to spend my money on.

When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent.

Fits did not go over well in my house. There was a lot of discipline and obedience and you had to be very ladylike. Ladies didn't curse and I still don't curse in front of my parents.

I'm a private person too, and we don't ever film anything in our home because it's off limits. It's like letting people see your messy house.

For a while I had somebody that came to clean my house that turned out to be in a band that I really loved.

Today, Democrats not only have the White House; they have the Senate too. So we have to be realistic about what we can and cannot achieve, while at the same recognizing that realism should never be confused with capitulation.

The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days.

When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened he would be sued. There is a tendency to punish the victim, not the criminal. If someone broke into my house or my mum's house, I worry that the burglar has more rights than me.

He who builds a masjid in the way of Allah, God will build a house for him in the paradise.

What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?

I realized my family was funny, because nobody ever wanted to leave our house.

This house better get cleaned up in six months. The swamp is going to have to be drained pretty quickly.

I grew up in a very nice house in Houston, went to private school all my life and I've never even been to the 'hood. Not that there's anything wrong with the 'hood.

Hate has no place in the house of God.

You know, we have three branches of government. We have a House. We have a Senate. We have a President.

I've had tons of odd jobs, but I think that I would probably be a fireman because you get to see the results of your job. You get there and there is a house on fire. You leave and there's not a fire anymore.

A face is like the outside of a house, and most faces, like most houses, give us an idea of what we can expect to find inside.